Geno Auriemma trails only Mike Krzyzewski and Tara VanDerveer on the college basketball all-time win’s list. (David Butler II/USA Today) Geno Auriemma joined an elite group of college basketball coaches on Wednesday night. The longtime UConn women’s basketball coach picked up his 1,200th career win after the Huskies cruised to a 67-34 win over Seton Hall. He’s now just the third coach in history, men’s or women’s, to reach the 1,200 wins mark. Only former Duke men’s coach Mike… Source link
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It’s always the trivial aspects that blow a story open. That’s the chatter acceptable for the surface-level dinner-table talk or quick “did u c this??” share of a TikTok. Basically, “we talk about the dumbest things,” UConn head coach Geno Auriemma told reporters on Tuesday in Minneapolis ahead of the Final Four. And as with most things Auriemma says, there’s some truth to it if you dig between the rest. Like a realtor gushing about the cute, staged kitchen while the foundation… Source link
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Moments after his team defeated Iowa to advance to its 15th consecutive Elite Eight, UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma walked to mid-court and pointed in the direction of Hawkeyes guard Caitlin Clark. Auriemma then wiggled his finger to signal that he wanted Iowa’s freshman phenom to come over so that he could speak to her. While TV cameras showed Clark and Auriemma sharing a laugh, viewers were left to wonder what the exchange entailed. It wasn’t until Clark’s postgame news… Source link
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