Furious Dan Hurley has profane message after UConn's loss to Arizona

UConn was without senior center Tarris Reed Jr., who is dealing with an ankle injury. Reed is the team’s top scorer and rebounder with 20.0 points and 9.3 rebounds per game. He also averaged 2.7 blocks in the three games he played and is an excellent low-post player.

Five-star freshman Braylon Mullins, another one of UConn’s starters, has not yet played for the Huskies because of an ankle injury he suffered during the preseason.

Even without the two starters, Hurley did not seem pleased with his team’s overall effort.

“We got punked. We punked out,” Hurley said. “It’s gonna be a bad film session coming out of here. There’s a street fight going on in the paint, and men can’t watch fights. 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. We’ll see a lot of clips where guys were not in the fight with their teammates.”

UConn let a potential big win slip away, but it was a positive sign that they had a chance to beat one of the top teams in the country even without arguably their best player. While we have seen far more emotional news conferences from Hurley, he clearly felt the Huskies should have come away with the victory.

Hurley led UConn to consecutive national championships in 2023 and 2024. The Huskies are viewed as a legitimate contender again this season, and they should be even better when they have everyone healthy.