White Privilege in College Hoops: Hurley's Stunt vs. Black Coaches

On March 31st, in Sunday night's epic Yukon Duke match-up, freshman Braylon Mullins

drained a buzzer-beater to stun the top-seated Blue Devils, who had, built a 19-point lead

earlier.

But the real talk exploded after the game when Yukon coach Dan Hurley got nose-to-nose

with referee Roger Ayers, touching foreheads in a tense.

Stair down that had, folks calling it everything from passionate to a near-head button.

Hurley dodged a technical foul that could have handed Duke free-throws with 0.4 seconds

left, and Ayers brushed it off as nothing.

This ain't Hurley's first rodeo.

He's been fine before for confronting refs and even trash-talked opponents and fans,

yet he's painted as just fiery and eccentric.

Black coaches are sounding off-hard on the double-standard.

Tennessee State's Nolan Smith joked he'd end up in prison for trying that move, and Tuskegee's

Benji Taylor got hauled off in cuffs just for.

Deescalating a fight, they say a black coach pulling Hurley's stunts with face ejections

labels like out of control or worse.

Why coaches like Rick Patino keep landing big jobs despite major scandals, such as his

program's escort scandal where he failed oversight duties.

Meanwhile, black figures in society from politics to policing get zero slack for far less, proving

the rules been different ways.

His clear white privilege runs deep in college hoops and beyond, letting some skate while

others pay full price, something every player and fan needs, to clock moving forward.