Referee from viral Dan Hurley video not selected for Final Four
Roger Ayers, the referee at the center of the viral Dan Hurley clip, was not selected to officiate his eighth Final Four this year.
After a viral exchange in the final moments of UConn's upset win over Duke with Huskies coach Dan Hurley, longtime college basketball referee Roger Ayers was not selected to be a part of the crew for the Final Four . Ayers has officiated seven Final Fours, including last season's, but he was not among the 11 officials chosen this year. Following Braylon Mullins' game-winning shot with 0.
4 seconds left, Hurley got in Ayers' face as the two appeared to bump heads. There's no evidence that Ayers going unselected had anything to do with that viral moment with Hurley, and he told ESPN's Seth Greenberg after the fact that the exchange was "absolutely nothing. " Hurley was not called for a technical foul after the incident, which prompted quite a bit of discussion online.
Basketball analyst Seth Davis noted that Hurley and Ayers have known each other for a long time and suggested the exchange was not meant to taunt or intimidate the referee . Contact/Follow @College_Wire on X and @College_Wires on Threads. Like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of college sports news, notes, and opinions.
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