Two college basketball coaches were ejected after attempting to shake hands

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Like players and coaches, referees have a tendency to overreact to certain things that happen during a game and we saw the perfect example of that Wednesday night during a college basketball game between UConn and Tulsa.

In the second half of the game, both coaches were given questionable technicals, but if you thought the first technicals that were called on Dan Hurley Frank Haith were questionable, wait until you see what they were thrown out for.

Here's the shorten version of what happened with Frank Haith and Dan Hurley (ESPNEWS) with Tulsa and UConn. pic.twitter.com/P2tHkQcJfU
— Harold R. Kuntz (@HaroldRKuntz3) January 17, 2019

Hurley and Haith attempted to SHAKE HANDS and were given their second technical fouls of the game, thus leading to an ejection.

Both coaches have been ejected: Frank Haith and Dan Hurley are gone. Got two techs initially with a (very limited) verbal altercation ... then when Hurley went to shake Haith’s hand ... another double tech was issued. pic.twitter.com/kRyJYuEbtY
— Harold R. Kuntz (@HaroldRKuntz3) January 17, 2019

Here's the video of the Haith/Hurley double T and ejection. pic.twitter.com/TcL1XnohB3
— Chad Brendel (@ChadBrendel) January 17, 2019

Dan Hurley: “That was embarrassing for the conference.”
— Neill Ostrout (@NeillOstrout) January 17, 2019

Hurley said he was trying to shake Haith’s hand and diffuse situation but said it was “mishandled” by refs
— Dom Amore (@AmoreCourant) January 17, 2019

Here's Dan Hurley getting T'd up for trying to shake Frank Haith's hand (h/t @tcf_15) pic.twitter.com/SH0r7c9MZH
— Russell Steinberg (@Russ_Steinberg) January 17, 2019

Rather than let the coaches try and diffuse the situation, the refs just added more fuel to the fire. UConn was down double digits when both coaches were tossed, but they played inspired from that point on and only ended up losing by 6.

(H/T: Barstool Sports)