UConn's Dan Hurley unloads on referee with epic 1-liner in Huskies' overtime win: 'Did I say that?'

UConn men’s basketball manager Dan Hurley’s latest sideline antics with officials were captured by broadcast cameras connected Tuesday night, erstwhile the Huskies outlasted Butler successful overtime to triumph their 15th-straight crippled astatine the XL Center successful Hartford. 

The seasoned coach, who led the Huskies to back-to-back national championships successful the past 2 seasons, has go known for letting officials cognize precisely however helium feels. Tuesday nighttime was nary different, but Hurley’s prime of words to 1 authoritative became an instant viral infinitesimal connected societal media. 

UConn Huskies caput manager Dan Hurley watches from the sideline arsenic they instrumentality connected the Butler Bulldogs astatine Harry A. Gampel Pavilion connected Jan. 21, 2025 successful Storrs, Connecticut. (David Butler II-Imagn Images)

Late successful the archetypal half, with UConn starring by 10, Hurley approached a referee aft helium felt a foul should person been called connected a antiaircraft rebound attempt. 

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However, arsenic Hurley was pleading his case, the authoritative turned his backmost connected the coach. That was erstwhile the broadcast picked up Hurley’s epic one-liner. 

"Don't crook your backmost connected me, I'm the champion manager successful the f---ing sport."

Hurley did not contradict making the remark successful his postgame presser, explaining that helium was seeking much "communication" from the officials. 

"Did I accidental that," Hurley replied with a smirk. "Oh, yeah. I’m gonna dependable similar an a--hole present – I privation immoderate level of connection too."

UConn Huskies caput manager Dan Hurley watches from the sideline arsenic they instrumentality connected the Butler Bulldogs astatine Harry A. Gampel Pavilion connected Jan. 21, 2025 successful Storrs, Connecticut. (David Butler II-Imagn Images)

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Hurley went 1 measurement further to support himself, adding that his enactment with officials is not unique, but his camera clip is. 

"I conscionable privation they enactment the camera connected the different manager more," helium continued. "I conscionable privation they would amusement these different coaches losing their minds astatine the officials successful other Big East games that I'm coaching wherever I look – going into a timeout wherever I'm not talking to officials. I spot the different coaches arsenic demonstrative arsenic I am.

"But the camera, evidently – I've created this for myself. I'm not the victim. I conscionable privation that they would not person the camera connected maine 90% of the time. Unless they consciousness similar its driving ratings and much a--holes connected Twitter that tin enactment clips of maine from a crippled and they [can say] ‘Look however large a monster helium is. He’s yelling astatine a ref again. What a monster.’" 

Alex Karaban, #11 of the Connecticut Huskies, reacts aft scoring and being fouled during overtime of an NCAA hoops crippled astatine the XL Center connected Jan. 21, 2025 successful Hartford, Connecticut. The Huskies defeated the Bulldogs 80-78 successful overtime. (Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images)

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UConn had won 28 consecutive astatine location earlier a nonaccomplishment connected Saturday to Creighton, but they rebounded connected Tuesday down the show of Solo Ball, who scored a career-high of 23 points successful the 80-78 overtime win over Butler.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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