UConn coach Dan Hurley, irritated by a fan again, gets technical foul in Big East Tournament
Associated PressNEW YORK — UConn coach Dan Hurley got heated about a fan again Friday night. Moments after St. John’s counterpart Rick Pitino received a technical foul for shouting at officials in the Big East semifinals, Hurley was whistled for one during the same stoppage in play. At courtside, you shouldn’t end up on the court.” Hurley said the fan was cursing a lot, but the UConn coach said he later told ushers he didn’t want the man thrown out. “Karma.” 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. “I just told him, ‘I’ve got a national championship ring, and we won the regular season in the Big East, and we’re champions,’” Hurley said after that game.