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Hurley appears to blame refs for loss in profane postgame video

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Good, bad, or ugly, no coach in college basketball provides more viral content than Dan Hurley.

The UConn coach was at it again Sunday following the Huskies' 77-75 loss to Florida in the Round of 32, appearing to blame the officials as he walked with his team to the locker room.

"I hope they don't f--k you like they f---ed us. I hope they don't do that to you, Baylor," Hurley said as he walked past the Bears before their matchup with Duke, as captured by Joey Ellis of Queen City News.

It's unclear what set Hurley off, as there was only a discrepancy of four fouls called between the teams throughout the contest. However, he brought up a no-call on a late Alex Karaban drive twice during his postgame availability.

"Obviously the Karaban drive on the baseline, there was a lot of contact there," Hurley said, according to ASAP Sports. "We're up one, I think, at that point or two potentially. I thought that was a big play too."

The Karaban miss would have put UConn up by four with three minutes to play. Instead, the miss led to a Florida possession in which Walter Clayton Jr. canned a triple to give the Gators their first lead of the second half. That play, alongside a couple of missed rebounds on free throws down the stretch, ended up being the difference in the contest.

"I think, when we go back and watch this film on this flight back today, I think it's going to be crushing looking at those free-throw rebound plays again, looking at the Karaban finish on the baseline with a no call on that," Hurley said.

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