Dan Hurley: UConn defense ‘a joke’ in loss to unranked Creighton

Dan Hurley was unhappy with UConn’s defensive efforts during his team’s 91-84 loss to Creighton on Wednesday. “The defense was a joke,” Hurley said in the postgame press conference. “It was a game of really bad individual defense. “Our defense was so bad. We played with fire. Obviously, the overall defense was just terrible. “Hurley noticed a lack of effort and execution on defense from the point as Creighton controlled the tempo and scored 45 points in the first half. “You have a hard time starting the game when you’re replacing people in the first minute. Things were made worse when prolific UConn freshman Braylon Mullins hit a 25-foot 3-pointer to tie the game before halftime missed part of the second. Nonetheless, Mullins finished with a game-high 25 points. Silas Demary Jr. had 17 points and Tarris Reed Jr. added 15. UConn’s schedule doesn’t get any easier then whether they travel to Villanova on Saturday and host St. John’s next Wednesday, the number two and three team in the Big East contributed to this report.