UConn coach Dan Hurley’s bitter rant caught on hot mic… before he cries in wake of March Madness loss
Dan Hurley’s X-rated reaction to UConn’s March Madness loss to Florida was caught by a hot mic.
The UConn coach, whose team’s hopes of a three-peat were ended in the second round on Sunday, was heard ranting as he headed towards the locker room in Raleigh.
He directed his comments, seemingly about the officials, at Baylor. The Bears took on Duke in the next game in North Carolina.
‘I hope they don’t f*** you like they f***ed us. I hope they don’t do that to you, Baylor,’ Hurley could be heard saying.
The UConn coach then broke down during an interview following the 77-75 loss. Hurley was overcome with emotion as he discussed the team’s first loss in 14 NCAA tournament games.
‘(Florida) showed their quality. I thought we played with tremendous honor, I thought we played with the heart of a championship program – a program that’s gone back to back,’ he told CBS.
UConn coach Dan Hurley was overcome with emotion after the Huskies’ loss to Florida
‘I hope they don’t f*** you like they f***ed us,’ Hurley was heard telling the Baylor Bears
‘For a team to end what we really wanted to do, they were going to have to put us down. And obviously a worthy opponent like that, there’s honor in the way we went out.
When asked what his message was in the locker room post-game, he added: ‘I just love them.
‘This year has been a real battle – we’ve had to battle and battle and battle and at times I don’t think we liked each other a whole lot – with some of the things we had to go through together.
‘But I don’t think I’ll ever love a team more than how hard they fought for what we were trying to accomplish and for the honor they played with today.’
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