UConn coach Dan Hurley gives explicit warning to Baylor about refs following loss to Florida

Dan Hurley was acold from thrilled with the officiating successful the 77-75 UConn nonaccomplishment to Florida successful the 2nd circular of the NCAA Tournament connected Sunday, to the constituent wherever helium warned Baylor, a squad successful a akin concern facing a No. 1 seed.  

Hurley’s Huskies had their three-peat chances ended connected Sunday day aft falling conscionable abbreviated to the Gators, the No. 1 effect successful the West Region of the March Madness bracket.

Instead, they walked disconnected the tribunal disappointed, and Hurley didn’t mince his words for the Baylor Bears waiting to instrumentality connected the Duke Blue Devils, different No. 1 seed.

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Connecticut Huskies caput manager Dan Hurley reacts during the 2nd fractional against the Connecticut Huskies successful the 2nd circular of the NCAA Tournament astatine Lenovo Center. (Zachary Taft-Imagn Images)

"Hope they don’t f--- you similar they f---ed us. I anticipation they don’t bash that to you, Baylor," Hurley was heard yelling successful the tunnel. 

Hurley’s strength and blunt quality is 1 of his calling cards, and helium ne'er comes without an explanation. 

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He spoke with reporters aft the pugnacious nonaccomplishment astir the officiating, specifically a no-call against 1 of his players, Alex Karaban, aft a Gators subordinate made wide interaction with him connected changeable effort precocious successful the game. 

At the time, UConn was up, 61-59, with conscionable implicit 3 minutes to play. 

"Part of (the emotion) is astir apt conscionable the season, however tumultuous the play has been," Hurley began, via USA Today. "The squad battled and fought conscionable to suffice for the tournament, and past however the crippled played out, up 3 astatine the past media (timeout) we person 2 escaped propulsion rebound mistakes. 

"With past teams, we’ve had issues similar that hap but those games we were up 15-18 truthful they weren’t truthful magnified. And obviously, the Karaban thrust connected the baseline, you know, determination was a batch of interaction determination and we were up 1 I deliberation astatine that constituent oregon 2 potentially. I thought that was a large play, too."

Connecticut Huskies caput manager Dan Hurley reacts during the 2nd fractional against the Oklahoma Sooners astatine Lenovo Center. (Bob Donnan-Imagn Images)

Looking successful the container score, Florida was called for less fouls than UConn (17 to 24), though they had occupation astatine the escaped propulsion line, making conscionable 22 of 34 shots. The Huskies missed 3 of their 22 attempts.

"I deliberation erstwhile we spell backmost and ticker this movie connected the formation backmost today, I deliberation it's going to beryllium crushing looking astatine those escaped propulsion rebound plays again, looking astatine the Karaban decorativeness connected the baseline with a nary telephone connected that," Hurley admitted.

As a No. 1 seed, Florida is 1 of the favorites to marque a nationalist title run, though determination was ever a accidental they’d person to spell done UConn who, similar Hurley mentioned, fought to get into the tourney aft an up-and-down campaign. 

Connecticut Huskies caput manager Dan Hurley reacts aft a play during the 2nd fractional against the Florida Gators successful the 2nd circular of the NCAA Tournament astatine Lenovo Center. (Zachary Taft-Imagn Images)

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The back-to-back rubric winners astir pulled disconnected the upset, but they volition caput backmost to Storr, Connecticut, hoping to regroup for different imaginable tally during the 2025-26 season. 

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