Dan Hurley taunting ref after Braylon Mullins shot almost cost UConn
Dan Hurley needs to chill a little.
UConn men's basketball coach Dan Hurley has a fiery personality and isn't the biggest fan of referees . Him getting in the face of a ref after Braylon Mullins' game-winning 3-pointer during Sunday's Elite Eight game against Duke could have bit him and the Huskies in the butt, but the official let it slide. After that fateful Mullins shot , Hurley celebrated with his team before mean-mugging a referee right in his face, seemingly to say "How about them apples?
" If this ref had called a technical foul on Hurley for taunting him, it would have sent a Duke player to the free-throw line for a chance to alter the result with just a fraction of a second left. That could have been a catastrophe for UConn after such a generational bucket , but the ref let Hurley's quick antics slide. If Hurley had lingered any longer, we might be having a very different discussion about this wild ending .
Don't know what's better. UConn's logo 3 to win the game or Dan Hurley's epic stare down with the ref at the end. pic.
twitter. com/74CjlZ7ht9 ā Sam Youn (@samyoun) March 30, 2026 pic. twitter.