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

UConn caput manager Dan Hurley was beauteous blunt successful his appraisal of the team’s 71-67 nonaccomplishment to No. 4 Arizona connected Wednesday nighttime astatine Gampel Pavilion. 

Hurley’s squad was without 2 of its apical players – elder halfway Tarris Reed Jr. and five-star freshman Braylon Mullins –  in the adjacent loss, and the two-time champion caput manager ripped up the stat expanse successful disgust. 

"We conscionable f---ing blew a accidental to bushed 1 of the champion teams, down 2 studs," Hurley said postgame astatine his property conference. 

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UConn Huskies caput manager Dan Hurley watches from the sideline arsenic his squad takes connected the Columbia Lions astatine Harry A. Gampel Pavilion successful Storrs, Connecticut, connected Nov. 10, 2025. (David Butler II/Imagn Images)

The No. 3 Huskies were dominated connected the boards, arsenic the Wildcats outrebounded them 43-23, yet they were inactive successful the game. Hurley expressed his displeasure with the team’s deficiency of fight. 

"We should person been minus-10 connected the solid today. I mean, we got punked. We punked out. It’s going to beryllium a atrocious movie league coming retired of present wherever determination are people; there’s a thoroughfare combat going connected successful the overgarment and men can’t ticker fights," Hurley said. 

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UConn halfway Eric Reibe, left, and Arizona halfway Motiejus Krivas combat for a rebound successful the 2nd fractional of an NCAA assemblage hoops crippled successful Storrs, Connecticut, connected Nov. 19, 2025. (Jessica Hill/AP Photo)

"You know, men, you can’t basal connected the extracurricular erstwhile your buddies are successful a fight. You get successful the fight, you don’t basal connected the periphery of the fight. And I deliberation we’re going to spot a batch of clips wherever guys were not successful the combat with their teammates."

Despite being out-rebounded and committing much fouls (the Huskies had 21 fouls to the Wildcats' 16), they went stride for stride with Arizona. UConn clawed backmost to necktie the crippled astatine 60-60 aft trailing by 13 with 13:44 near successful the game. 

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Arizona defender Brayden Burries raises his arms successful solemnisation with Arizona guardant Tobe Awaka, left, and Arizona defender Anthony Dell'Orso astatine the extremity of the archetypal fractional of an NCAA assemblage hoops crippled against UConn successful Storrs, Connecticut, connected Nov. 19, 2025. (Jessica Hill/AP Photo)

But down the stretch, Arizona executed amended and pulled retired the triumph successful the conflict of 2 of the apical 5 teams successful the nation. 

The nonaccomplishment was UConn’s archetypal of the year, dropping them to 4-1. They volition look to bounce backmost against Bryant (1-4) connected Sunday astatine 6 p.m. ET. 

Arizona improved to 5-0 with the triumph and volition look to proceed their blistery commencement to the play against Denver (1-3) astatine 10:30 p.m. ET.

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