Tony Bennett Hit With Technical Foul For Incredibly Soft Reason: VIDEO

Virginia basketball coach Tony Bennett caught a wildly soft technical foul during a win over Wake Forest.

Bennett received just the second tech of his career with the Cavaliers during the tough 49-47 victory, and given the fact he's a very soft-spoken guy, fans might assume he had to really go off the rails in order to get T'd up.

Not at all.

Tony Bennett hit with soft technical foul against Wake Forest. (Photo by Ryan M. Kelly/Getty Images)

Tony Bennett explains incredibly rare technical foul.

Bennett revealed after the game that he received the technical foul for simply cussing within earshot of the ref after wanting a call.

"I said, 'Alright, I guess I deserve that, but if every time a coach in our league is dropping a cuss word, there'd be a lot of technicals.' But I shouldn't have said that. I really shouldn't have. It was classless on my part," a clearly entertained Bennett explained after the game.

You can watch his full explanation below, and hit me with your thoughts on this soft technical foul at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.

Soft. Incredibly soft. Refs are handing out technical fouls now for cussing? I understand getting a T for getting in a ref's face or really crossing the line.

That makes sense, but by Bennett's own admission, that's not even close to what happened. He simply cussed - presumably with an F-bomb - and the ref hit him with a T as soon as he heard it. Is this college basketball or a church?

Thank goodness guys like Bo Ryan are retired. They might end up in prison if this is how soft refs are in 2024.

Sports are emotional and the people who play and coach are passionate. F-bombs are going to fly from time to time. If that offends the officials, then they need to start looking for a new line of work. Let the players play and let the coaches coach. Think I'm wrong? Let me know at David.Hookstead@outkick.com and we can embrace debate!