Just when you thought ejections during games couldn’t get any worse, we present you with Dan Hurley.
The UConn coach received a technical foul for getting angry during the first half of his team’s game against Villanova on Tuesday after a no-call on a drive by one of his Huskies to the basket. Hurley slammed the scorer’s table, which triggered the tech call.
https://twitter.com/MrMatthewCFB/status/1496311000617963522
Hurley was upset over the tech and responded by pumping up the crowd. He got ejected as a result:
After receiving his first tech, Danny Hurley got ejected for this……… fix college basketball pic.twitter.com/irgQZIFcdy
— Matt Esposito (@MattEsposito_) February 23, 2022
Here is video of Hurley walking off the court.
Wild scene at XL Center as Dan Hurley leaves the court after being ejected from the game pic.twitter.com/TwEKrZrNE1
— Gavin Keefe (@GavinKeefe) February 23, 2022
Though Hurley was ejected, the Huskies were able to win without him. They picked up a 71-69 victory for their first win over Villanova since 2014.
No doubt people will be calling that ejection extremely soft. It had been a while since Hurley was last ejected.
By my count, that's Hurley's third ejection at UConn, first since he and Frank Haith were tossed on Jan. 16, 2019.
— David Borges (@DaveBorges) February 23, 2022
At least he accomplished something with the ejection; Hurley fired up the crowd and his team.
