Arizona State Coaches, Players Refuse Handshakes With Arizona After Rivalry Loss

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Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley was slapped with a technical foul, a move that is sure to be highly debated.

Once the outcome of the game, an 81-72 Arizona win, was sealed with 30 seconds left, Hurley ordered the Sun Devils players on the bench to go into the locker room. As the last seconds of the clock ticked away, Arizona State's coach was seen signaling to his players on the court to join their teammates in the locker room.

This is how the scene unfolded on CBS Sports' main broadcast.

And here's another point of view, which also shows Hurley giving a rather brushing-off gesture to his counterpart in Arizona, Tommy Lloyd.

Tensions reached a boiling point several times during the game. First, guard Adam Miller's frustration boiled over after he was unfairly assessed a foul and was subsequently given a technical foul.

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Both players were given technical fouls and were removed from the game.

After the game, Hurley informed the press that he instructed his team to skip the post-game handshake line to avoid a confrontation with the Arizona players, whom he said behaved with "no class."

I was really close to our bench and the constant, steady stream of chatter from the Arizona players was not being adequately controlled," Hurley said. "It seemed very unbecoming to me.

Lloyd was tactful about the absence of a handshake.

It's clearly a tough situation... Extremely on both sides," Lloyd said. "We want to be a program where we handle tough moments with class. And I'm not sure if we did or we didn't. But just a difficult moment in a high-emotion game. I have a lot of respect for Bobby and Arizona State.

The Wildcats improved their record to 15-6 with the victory, while the Sun Devils fell to 12-9.

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