UConn coach Dan Hurley rips up stat sheet, says team 'f---ing blew a chance' to beat Arizona after loss

UConn's Silas Demary Jr lobbed it to Eric Reibe for the and-1 vs. Arizona.

UConn head coach Dan Hurley was pretty blunt in his assessment of the team’s 71-67 loss to No. 4 Arizona on Wednesday night at Gampel Pavilion. 

Hurley’s squad was without two of its top players – senior center Tarris Reed Jr. and five-star freshman Braylon Mullins – in the close loss, and the two-time champion head coach ripped up the stat sheet in disgust. 

"We just f---ing blew a chance to beat one of the best teams, down two studs," Hurley said postgame at his press conference. 

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UConn Huskies head coach Dan Hurley watches from the sideline as his team takes on the Columbia Lions at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut, on Nov. 10, 2025. (David Butler II/Imagn Images)

The No. 3 Huskies were dominated on the boards, as the Wildcats outrebounded them 43-23, yet they were still in the game. Hurley expressed his displeasure with the team’s lack of fight. 

"We should have been minus-10 on the glass today. I mean, we got punked. We punked out. It’s going to be a bad film session coming out of here where there are people; there’s a street fight going on in the paint and men can’t watch fights," Hurley said. 

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UConn center Eric Reibe, left, and Arizona center Motiejus Krivas fight for a rebound in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Storrs, Connecticut, on Nov. 19, 2025. (Jessica Hill/AP Photo)

"You know, men, you can’t stand on the outside when your buddies are in a fight. You get in the fight, you don’t stand on the periphery of the fight. And I think we’re going