6:02 pm | January 16, 2019 | Go to Source | Author:
UConn‘s Dan Hurley and Tulsa‘s Frank Haith each were ejected during the Golden Hurricane’s victory over the Huskies on Wednesday night in Oklahoma.
The coaches received technical fouls during a heated verbal exchange with 11:40 to play and Tulsa leading 61-47. When Hurley went to shake Haith’s hand, another double technical was assessed and the coaches were shown the door early.
Tulsa (2-6, 2-3 AAC) handed UConn (10-8, 1-4) an 89-83 loss.
“I’ve never seen anything like that,” Hurley said after the game. “That was surreal.
“I feel that situation was escalated by the officials.”
The double ejections came just a day after Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin was ejected in the Bearcats’ win over South Florida.
“What they did, they almost penalized a group of kids, and they should be suspended,” Cronin said afterward. “Instead, the league office is monitoring my press conference right now to see if I say anything wrong. That’s the problem with our sport.”
It was Hurley’s second ejection in his first season at UConn (10-8, 1-4 AAC). He also was tossed on Nov. 16 in a loss to Iowa at Madison Square Garden.
Hurley was celebrating his 46th birthday on Wednesday.
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