UConn coach Dan Hurley and players react during the first half of the tema’s NCAA college basketball game against St. John’s in the semifinals of the Big East men’s tournament Friday, March 15, 2024, in New York. UConn head coach Dan Hurley reacts after his team scored during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Xavier in the quarterfinal round of the Big East Conference tournament, Thursday, March 14, 2024, in New York.
“I was really just trying to help the officials. They might not have seen it. And then I got a technical for pointing out more increasingly aggressive fans. At courtside, you shouldn’t end up on the court.” The New York Post reported the St. John’s fan, Tom O’Grady, said he didn’t say anything to Hurley and all he did was tell the official Hurley was out of the coaching box.The exchange came six days after Hurley spent much of the final minute of his team’s 74-60 victory at ProvidenceThe coach of the defending NCAA champions also waved his arms to encourage the considerable contingent of fans rooting for the road team, then left the court with both index fingers raised in the air.