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Message: [QUOTE="Drew, post: 3034466, member: 3723"] [URL="https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/columnists/mark-giannotto/2019/02/10/memphis-tigers-uconn-huskies-penny-hardaway-dan-hurley/2830717002/"]If Memphis and UConn are finally ready to be rivals, Dan Hurley makes the perfect villain[/URL] [I]Connecticut coach Dan Hurley left the sideline, hands digging holes into the pockets of his sport coat, and began walking. He walked past one side of the 3-point arc, past the Huskies’ huddle, past the [URL='https://www.commercialappeal.com/sports/tigers/']Memphis [/URL]dance team, and didn’t stop until he was clear across the other side of the court Sunday afternoon to protest a foul call. After a game in which his sideline antics stole the show, from profanity-laced tirades to mood swings that spanned seconds, this was the final flourish from the newest villain Memphis basketball fans are going to love to hate. As Hurley completed this jaunt to the courtside seats at FedExForum during the final media timeout of the [URL='https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/college/memphis-tigers/basketball/2019/02/10/penny-hardaways-memphis-tigers-take-uconn/2766319002/']Tigers’ 78-71 win[/URL], he stared menacingly at one fan pointing at him to go back to where he came from. And Hurley shouted right back. “Sit down!” he said, and there might have been another expletive in there depending on who you asked. But Memphis didn't sit down, and Hurley didn't stop screaming. It's exactly what you should want. Because as Memphis snapped a three-game losing skid Sunday in a game coach Penny Hardaway deemed a “must-win,” perhaps the more important development was that these two slumbering college basketball powerhouses gave us a preview of what might be once they become powerhouses again. Forget Rick Barnes and Tennessee: Hurley, and his over-the-top hi-jinks, is actually the perfect foil for Hardaway. Because the success of one program will help the other.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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