After Dan Hurley's UConn Huskies dropped their second-straight loss in as many days, Hurley criticized UConn's defense during the postgame presser.
Although the officiating at this year’s Maui Invitational has been sub-par, the UConn Huskies need to learn to defend without fouling, and head coach Dan Hurley knows it.“We’ve been bad out here defensively,” Hurley said. “The foul trouble has taken its toll, too.”“We could not afford for Hassan and Alex to be in foul trouble in the first half. They put us in a very compromised position by sitting that whole first half.
“I was really impressed with how we played considering that first half. At halftime, I felt like we were going to do what we do at UConn, which is … get it to double figures and then surge in that game.” That never happened for the Huskies, as the Buffaloes from Colorado only became more confident as the second half wore on. Six-foot-ten senior center Elijah Malone was tremendous down the stretch for Colorado. Malone employed a poised, skilled post attack to pick apart the Huskies’ interior defense, especially with both Tarris Reed Jr. and Samson Johnson in foul trouble throughout the game.But the Huskies need to look past the officiating and look in the mirror.
There’s something fishy going on with UConn and the refs in Maui, but ultimately, the prevailing narrative is that the Huskies haven’t played well.Colin Keane is a contributing journalist for "UConn Huskies On SI." Born in Illinois, Colin grew up in Massachusetts as the third of four brothers. For his high school education, Colin attended St. Mark's School , where he played basketball and soccer and served as student body president.
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