Jeff N

@dontejharvey You whine on Facebook and now you’re whining on here. Get over it - refs had nothing to do with your boys choking away a 19 point lead.

It’s not a tech bc that’s his boy! The success UConn has when Ayers refs their games is magically outstanding! 😂 It wasn’t a coincidence the whole second half was called janky! 🤷🏾‍♂️

@Metfan2987 They aren’t missing an entire season

@JeffPassan @jorgecastillo There’s one thing thats never going to be in that war chest: father time. This is an advantage the owners will always hold. Players will crack but it will take full season….my prediction: it gets settled in February 2028, with a cap of some sort- season will happen but delayed

The MLBPA is carrying a war chest more than twice the size of what it had at the same point going into the last collective-bargaining negotiations, according to federal filings. @jorgecastillo with the latest on the union's $400 million-plus in reserve: espn.com/mlb/story/_/id…

@EricLindquist This whole thing is/was a big nothing burger. People making a big deal out of it because they hate Hurley. Hurley Derangement Syndrome 😂

This is absolutely incredible, and I grew up a Duke fan. Props again to that ref for understanding the moment, and props to Dan Hurley for being a complete psychopath.

@RobCo313 Yeah I’m an alum. I also criticize him when it’s warranted. The ‘incident’ on Sunday is a complete waste of oxygen. Ayers said it, Hurley said it. Zero malicious intent and they both know it.

@Dooch2009 “As a UConn fan with a husky as my default pic” sounds like an unbiased opinion to me

🤣🤣🤣

@RobCo313 Again, as someone who watches every UConn game, that’s simply wrong. Maybe they don’t hit him with Ts or whatnot, but they make up for it by calling a shit ton of fouls on us. One of the most fouls called against team in BE play this year….routinely had a FT deficit

@Dooch2009 Just because he gets hit with some techs doesn’t mean there aren’t dozens of other occasions where he skates on them bc refs know they have to move the goalposts and adjust to his crazy antics..

@RobCo313 Except you’re wrong about that. He has zero leash in BE play. Have you not been paying attention the past few seasons?

@Dooch2009 Wrong again Dooch!

@CBSSportsCBB 🙋

Does anyone remember these UConn results like @JonRothstein? 🤔

@OptoEVpicks @Playbook

Tuesday's Best Bets 🔥 Rangers ML Reds +1.5 PIT/CIN UNDER 9.5 Total Janson Junk OVER 3.5 Strikeouts #GamblingX | #MLBPicks

@RobCo313 You seem pretty upset that he didn’t get T’d up 😂

@Dooch2009 Getting dunked on by Dooch2009 was not on my schedule today

@RobCo313 Yes, it’s much more productive than ‘OMG, Hurley looked mean and the ref came face to face, so he should get a T, for absolutely no reason’

@Dooch2009 A “Go for a walk” tweet goes hard damn

@RobCo313 Glad that’s settled. Maybe do something productive like go for a walk, read a book, solve world hunger , etc instead of dissecting this big nothing burger (which it is)

@Dooch2009 Oohhhh got it ok thanks Jeff

@RobCo313 The explanation is you all are idiots who are trying to come up with something out of nothing because you dislike the guy.

@jc_jay_cee @UConn6thBorough There is no explanation that makes sense lol

@SethDavisHoops I’m sure you have watched the documentary 4.7 Seconds.. What how a class act coach acts after winning the biggest game of his life. Then watch another coach get into it with fans, get into it with referees… and we have to keep hearing the same excuses for him.

Hoping this is the last time it needs to be addressed, but there seems to be confusion as to what the rules are regarding contact between a coach and official. Many seem to assume that any contact between a coach and official by rule must result in a technical. This is not true. This is what's in the rulebook, specifically rule 10.2.h which says an unsporting Class A technical should be assessed to a coach or player who "disrespectfully contacts an official or makes a threat of physical intimidation or harm to include pushing, shoving, spitting, or attempting to make physical contact with an official." The phrases "disrespectfully" and "physical intimidation or harm" are by definition subjective. So it's up to the official in that situation to decide whether he is being disrespected or intimidated. The ref in this situation did not believe he was. Seeing as how the "contact" came right after Mullins' game winning shot, it's reasonable to interpret that Hurley was pumped about the shot and not trying to intimidate or threaten the official. That is my interpretation as well. Reasonable (and especially unreasonable lol) minds can differ, but to assert that the referee did not follow the rules in this situation is factually inaccurate. Thank you for you attention to this matter.

@SethDavisHoops @dannykanell - big fan Seth, but Hurley knew what he was doing showing up official like yeah you can’t take that shot back.all the no calls (which is absurd). Just like Cayden Boozer made a mistake with 10 seconds left, Hurley made one at.04 seconds.T’d up Duke 2 shots game over

@davidrifkin Lol we’re doing this after 4 games? Some of you need to get a grip

I’m not angry Blackburn was used, I’m angry Blackburn is on the roster. There are better options in AAA and in FA

The Shot. The Reactions. The Madness. The moment @UConnMBB clinched the Final Four, as captured by UConn Nation.

@UConnHusky8 Jalen Adams vs Cincy in AAC tourney . Not game winning but still deserves mention

Any misses? Tate George 1990 Clemson Ray Allen 1996 Georgetown Rip Hamilton 1998 Washington El Amin 1999 Pitt El Amin 2000 West Virginia Denham Brown Gonzaga 2005 Kemba Walker 2011 Pitt Napier 2012 Nova Napier 2013 Florida Boatright 2015 Cincinnati Braylon Mullins 2026 Duke

@drjack24 Well we know you clearly didn’t attend Duke. It’s ‘your’

Enjoy the view from the couch, punkass

@phillysaid No, they won 73-72. Did you miss the ending?

@JackMac UConn lost the game and everyone knows it. Cope all you want but that’s a tech and lost the game. No matter what happens we all saw it

"Should've been a technical"

@SpartanLover13 Someone is still salty. Cry some more

@PGATourProDice @nochilllmanny @game7__ What do you expect him to say dumb dumb? Of course he is going to try to downplay it. You have the brain capacity of a 2yr old

It's rare that sports fans agree on anything. But everyone seems to be in agreement today: Duke got robbed this weekend. Dan Hurley and UConn have been flagrantly ignoring the rules for the entirety of the NCAA Tournament. Sunday was no exception. There were still 0.4 seconds on the clock. The game was live. Dan Hurley walked toward a referee on the sideline. He got in the official’s face. Then he pressed his forehead directly into the ref’s forehead. SI called it a “menacing forehead tap.” No technical foul was called. If it had been, Duke shoots two free throws. Down one. With an 86% free throw shooter at the line. Here's what actually happened and why this should be a much bigger story than it is. Braylon Mullins hit a 35-foot three to give UConn a 73-72 lead with 0.4 seconds left. It was the shot of the tournament. Nobody is disputing that. But in the seconds after the shot, Hurley walked toward a referee, got in his face, and pressed his forehead directly into the official's forehead. Sports Illustrated described it as a "menacing forehead tap." The clock still showed 0.4 seconds. The game was not over. A technical foul on a head coach for making contact with an official during a live ball is one of the easiest calls in basketball. There is no gray area. Contact with a game official is a technical. If it's called, Duke's Isaiah Evans steps to the free throw line, trailing 73-72. He shot 86% from the stripe this season. Makes both? Duke wins 74-73. Makes one? Overtime. That wasn't the only violation. When Mullins' shot went in, UConn bench players ran onto the court to celebrate before the game was over. They caught themselves and ran back, but they had already entered the playing area during a live ball. Duke's radio announcers immediately called for a technical. That wasn't called either. Two separate technical foul violations. Zero calls. In the span of 0.4 seconds. And here's what makes the Hurley part impossible to ignore. Three weeks ago, on March 7, Hurley was ejected from UConn's game at Marquette in the final second for getting in a referee's face. He was chest-to-shoulder with the official. Double technical. Ejected. The Big East fined him $25,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct. In the Sweet 16 against Michigan State on March 27, Hurley challenged an out-of-bounds call, got it overturned, and then sarcastically offered his glasses to the ref who got it wrong. Lip readers caught him asking about Lasik. Nothing was called. Two days later against Duke, Hurley was officially "warned" during the game for leaving his coach's box. Told to stay put. Then after the buzzer beater, he went forehead-to-forehead with a ref. Ejected and fined $25,000 at Marquette. Taunted a ref to his face at Michigan State with no consequences. Warned during the Duke game for leaving his coach's box. Then physical contact with a referee in the biggest moment of the tournament. The full breakdown of every missed call and what would have happened if any of them were made is here: itsgame7.com/news/duke-got-… UConn came back from 19 down. Mullins hit one of the greatest shots in tournament history. That part was earned. But two technical foul violations in 0.4 seconds, and neither one called, on a coach who was ejected for the same thing three weeks ago? That's not intensity. That's a pattern. And last night, it changed the outcome of a game.