Big East fines Dan Hurley $25K after referee confrontation, late-game ejection in loss at Marquette

Dan Hurley appears to have come quite literally as close as possibly could to avoiding a suspension. The 53-year-old coach of the Connecticut Huskies was ejected in the final second of fourth-ranked UConn's 68-62 loss at 12-19 Marquette on Saturday afternoon. Hurley unloaded a verbal burst on official John Gaffney after there was no whistle against Marquette following Silas Demary's drive to the hoop with the Huskies down 64-62. Hurley yelled at Gaffney, physically leaning toward the official, but the Big East office said it came to the conclusion there was no evidence that Hurley made contact with Gaffney. The conference fined Hurley $25,000 for the incident but stopped short of suspending...