What UConn’s Dan Hurley said to (and about) referees during the F-bomb meltdown: Was he fined?

Dan Hurley is a great quote – for reporters. Not so much for match officials.

And his snarky New Jersey tongue led to a 99-97 overtime loss to Memphis in the first round of the Maui Invitational on Monday – but the Jersey City native somehow escaped a fine and/or a suspension after putting the Zebras on insulted on the pitch and then the game.

A Big East official, who requested anonymity because he is not authorized to speak on the matter, told NJ Advance Media that Hurley has not been fined, adding that it is rare for one to be A fine or a ban for a non-league game will be imposed.

Hurley likely escaped discipline because he did not specifically mention the officials by name or question their integrity, another league official said.

The loss ended a 17-game winning streak for the two-time defending NCAA champions – the longest in the country – that stretched to last February at Creighton.

Hurley was upset about an offensive rebound call over the back against the Huskies’ Liam McNeeley with the game tied with 40.3 seconds left.

Hurley fell to the ground in disbelief and was officially Pat Driscoll, a video showed. “You’re a joke!”

Driscoll has been a college basketball referee for more than three decades.

Memphis’ PJ Carter made four free throws – two for the personal foul, two for the technical foul – to give the Tigers the lead for good.

Hurley told CBS Sports that he doesn’t believe his technical foul was the reason for his team’s loss. Rather, he said it was “the shit calls” directed at UConn throughout the game. Hurley, who was restrained on the field by an assistant coach, continued to tear up the referee team after the game.

“For that call to be made at that point in the game was a complete joke,” Hurley said.

He added: “Maybe the absurdity of the call caused me to lose my balance, or maybe I stumbled… But if I had made that call at that time, I would have ignored the fact that I was on my back.” If I had If I had made that call, I would have ignored it. I would have ignored that.

“Of course it was a major, a major. What you could call that while this game was going on, the way the game was going, is just beyond me.”

Driscoll officiated the game along with Steven Anderson and Scott Brown.

“I’ve never seen that one referee before. “I didn’t even know he was a college referee, and besides, I know the other two, so it doesn’t surprise me,” Hurley said.

About four minutes into the game, UConn was also called for a technical when the team’s medical trainer took the floor. Huskies center Samson Johnson also suffered a technical midway through overtime.

When Hurley threw out the first pitch before a Yankees game at Yankee Stadium in June, he said he would stir up controversy if necessary – to keep his players thinking they were underdogs, even after the program won the last two NCAA titles had won.

“I have a chip on my shoulder and I think we’re undervalued and people think I suck, so most of the time I’ll either look for slights or create ones that don’t exist just to keep that chip on UConn’s shoulder.” he told NJ Advance Media. “I think that’s what has always fueled the program. I know coach (Jim) Calhoun always did that, so it worked out pretty well for him.”

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