Dan Hurley has made a behavior out of chewing out the officers on the UConn Huskies approach to back-to-back nationwide championships in males’s faculty basketball. On Monday, the refs lastly received the final giggle on Hurley, and it price his group the sport.
The Memphis Tigers beat UConn, 99-97, in time beyond regulation within the opening spherical of the Maui Invitational. Memphis led by 13 factors with solely 4 minutes in regulation, however the Huskies stormed again to power time beyond regulation behind some clutch shot-making from freshman Liam McNeeley and sophomore Solo Ball. The fireworks actually began within the further interval.
UConn had the ball with the rating tied at 92 with about 40 seconds left. Star ahead Alex Karaban missed a go-ahead three-pointer. McNeeley soared for the offensive rebound over a Tigers defender, however the refs referred to as an over-the-back foul. Hurley misplaced his thoughts, and was given a uncommon technical foul by the refs. Watch Hurley’s outburst right here.
Memphis guard PJ Carter went to the road for 4 straight free throws — two for the technical foul on Hurley, two for the foul on McNeeley — and knocked all of them down. That was ball recreation.
Right here’s a take a look at the offensive foul referred to as on McNeeley:
Hurley was working the refs all through the sport just like the he all the time does. The refs allowed him to get away with it earlier than T’ing him up in crunch-time and altering the complexion of the sport.
Hurley blasted the officiating after the sport. Watch his feedback right here:
Dan Hurley’s ideas on at the moment’s officiating:
“I had quite a lot of points with what went on. That over-the-back name… there was a Memphis participant that made a half-ass effort, Liam McNeeley high-pointed the rebound, and for that decision to be made… was a whole joke. I could have misplaced… pic.twitter.com/w5AxFsZF5d
— The Discipline of 68 (@TheFieldOf68) November 25, 2024
“For that decision to be made at that time within the recreation is a whole joke,” Hurley mentioned of the over-the-back name on McNeeley.
Hurley additionally refused to just accept accountability for costing his group the win. These are two wonderful quotes:
Dan Hurley tells @CBSSports he does not really feel his OT technical price UConn the sport.
“I believe it was the shitty calls,” he mentioned, including, “I might count on to return to play in an occasion, and I do not know too many back-to-back nationwide championship groups that get that sort of a whistle.”
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) November 25, 2024
Hurley instructed me he believes he received the T in OT not due to cursing on the official, however as a result of he fell to the bottom in disbelief over McNeeley’s over-the-back name.
He is additionally conscious of how his habits got here off.
“What I gave the cameras at the moment was Oppenheimer,” Hurley mentioned.
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) November 25, 2024
UConn had three gamers foul out within the loss. Memphis breaks a 17-game successful streak for the Huskies relationship again to final season. It’s the primary time UConn has misplaced since Feb. 20.
