Dan Hurley reminds he has zero March Madness technicals: 'I just jinxed myself'
UConn basketball coach Dan Hurley pointed to his clean slate of technical fouls in the NCAA Tournament in defense of his incident with Roger Ayers.
Dan Hurley is no stranger to controversy. The Connecticut men's basketball coach is often animated on the sidelines. However, in the Elite Eight, he went viral for appearing to headbutt official Roger Ayers in celebration of Braylon Mullins' game-winning shot .
Hurley has since downplayed the incident. When asked about it again Thursday, April 2, at a news conference ahead of the Final Four in Indianapolis, Hurley admitted to being tough to officiate, but his record is clean. Final Four X-factors: The four March Madness players key to team's national title hopes "Then, dealing with the officials, I think I'm an intense coach," Hurley said.
"It's not easy to work my games. But I've always gotten zero technical fouls in my NCAA Tournament coaching career. " Hurley looked up with a smile and paused for a moment.
"I just jinxed myself. Oh, my God, now I'm going to get bounced out of this thing. Oh, my God," he added with a laugh.