Hurley Should Have Received Technical for Head-Butt

During the excitement after Mullins' last-second three-pointer that gave UConn a one-point lead over Duke with 0.4 seconds left, Huskies' coach Dan Hurley stepped up to a referee and lightly head-butted him. The incident went unnoticed amid the celebrations, but experts question whether Hurley should have been assessed a technical foul for making contact with an official.

Hurley has a reputation as being a 'wild-card' who pushes referees to the limit. While Duke broadcasters were already arguing for a technical on UConn player Malachi Smith for celebrating prematurely, Hurley's intentional contact with an official should have drawn an immediate technical, potentially costing his team the game as the Huskies head to the Final Four.