The chief coach of the UConn Huskies, Geno Auriemma, and the star guard Paige Bueckers Share is inimitable.
And yet, when the first projected general selection entered a meeting full of former auremma players, the coach let him know, how compared to the icons of the programs.
“Oh what, you have one [championship] So do you think you can be down here now? “Auriemma hit.
The former Huskie Rebecca Lobo was one of the legends of the room, and told the complete story of Sarah Spain of ESPN in her podcast, “good game with Sarah Spain.”
“It is probably [2:00 a.m.] and [Bueckers] Down comes: he has the network and his championship hat, and approaches and are all the sensed players, “said Lobo.” And remember, this is just a couple of hours after seeing [Auriemma] Crying and hugging her and tell her.
“And he looks at Paige and points to me and he said: ‘Go sit by your side, you just have one [championship in common]. “
Auriemma, the leader of all time in victories (1,217) and championships (12) among the Women’s Basketball Trainers of the NCAA, has won the right to speak that blow.
Breanna Stewart and Jessica Moore were among the other iconic huskies in the room at the time Auriemma moistened sharply Bueckers, and Wolf, for her lonely championships.
Both have a little more hardware: Stewart won four titles in four years with Auremma; Moore won three.
While Auremma’s comments could be taken in the wrong way, their players know that everything is very fun.
“Is that who is he, do you know?” Wolf said about interaction. “I felt that I was in a deformation of time. As, 30 years ago, it was I who was giving garbage. [That night] It is Paige. “