NEW YORK -- Dan Hurley has made headlines this season with some egregious technical fouls -- some of which have cost his team games -- but he says his latest one was “calculated.” The UConn coach was T’d up with his team trailing in the first half of its Big East Tournament quarterfinal victory over Villanova at Madison Square Garden.

This led head coach Dan Hurley to declare that he would never again participate in a tournament format like that. UConn finished third in the Big East this year, which surprised many, but Rick Pitino had his team on a mission.

As UConn basketball head coach Dan Hurley’s behavior has been monitored throughout the year due to his fiery nature and technical fouls, some would argue that those moments happen off a whim. However,