UConn's Hurley admits 'mistakes,' won't change how he coaches - ESPN

STORRS, Conn. — UConn coach Dan Hurley acknowledged there are things that «I wish I didn't do» as he expressed regret over making profane comments about the officiating after the Huskies' NCAA tournament lossto Florida on Sunday.

UConn's bid for a third straight national title ended with a 77-75 defeat to the top-seeded Gators in the second round.

As he walked off the floor, Hurley was caught on camera from a media member telling Baylor players as they prepared for their game, «I hope they don't f--- you like they f---ed us,» referencing the officiating.

The oftentimes fiery Hurley reflected on what happened Wednesday.

«Those are three great officials on that game, so, although I said something in the heat of the moment, in an area of the arena that in pretty much every game I've ever coached in college has been media-free,» Hurley told reporters Wednesday. «Past the tunnel, by the locker rooms, in the hallway where the coaches go, that's for the combatants, that's for the competitors. That's not for camera phones. Just relative to that, those were three great refs and Florida earned it.

»If I don't go off the rails at the end there, after that three-year run ended in excruciating fashion.… If I don't have that emotional outburst there, probably all people are talking about is the run we've had, the amazing players."

Queen City News' Joey Ellis posted video of what Hurley said. Charlotte Sports Live reported that UConn director of men's basketball communications Bobby Mullen asked Ellis to remove the video and then made a threatening comment to him. Ellis later said on social media that Mullen apologized to him.

«Bobby regrets, just like I regret the moments I've had. Obviously it's all my fault that Bobby got pulled