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NCAA BasketballGeno Auriemma predicts future of NCAAW after Texas, other top teams get upset early in season

Only a couple weeks into the season, women’s college basketball has already seen some of the top teams around the country be taken down by their underdog counterparts. UConn head coach Geno Auriemma believes college fans should get used to it. “You’re going to see that happen more and more,” Auriemma told ESPN. “Hell, that’s […]

NCAA BasketballVillanova does the impossible, ends UConn's 169-game conference winning streak

The day has come. The seemingly eternal winning streak of the University of Connecticut in women’s basketball has been put to rest by Villanova on Wednesday night. The Wildcats pulled off the monumental upset, 72-69 to snap the Huskies’ 169-game conference winnings streak. The last time UConn lost in a Big East contest, Macklemore & […]

NCAA BasketballUConn head coach Geno Auriemma's cold response to former Notre Dame head coach's ESPN bias accusation

The UConn women’s basketball team has enjoyed an enormous amount of success under head coach Geno Auriemma. Under Auriemma’s leadership, the Huskies have won 11 national championships and have finished the season with a perfect record four times. That astonishing level of success comes with a fair amount of coverage from sports outlets, specifically ESPN, […]

WNBAUConn head coach Geno Auriemma releases statement on Paige Bueckers' knee injury timetable

The UConn women’s basketball team, ranked third in the nation, is off to a good start at 5-1. The Huskies are coming off of a convincing victory over number-22 ranked Notre Dame, but the win was a bittersweet one. UConn star Paige Bueckers suffered a knee injury late in the game. Head coach Geno Auriemma […]

NCAA BasketballUConn coach Geno Auriemma uses LeBron James as an example after controversial victory over Baylor

The top-seeded UConn Huskies were the beneficiaries of a controversial non-call in a tight game against the second-seeded Baylor Lady Bears in the Elite Eight of the ongoing NCAA Tournament. After gaining the narrow win to go to the Final Four, UConn head coach Geno Auriemma addressed the situation and used LeBron James as an […]

Boston CelticsKyrie Irving talks about intent behind flat earth talk

At this point, it’s safe to say that the scientific community’s relationship with Kyrie Irving is a rocky one. This is largely due to Irving’s staunchness over his belief that the Earth is flat—not round. Sure the Boston Celtics guard once clarified that walking around and telling people that the planet we all are living […]

NCAA BasketballUConn basketball news: Geno Auriemma offers to coach for free

Geno Auriemma is one of the best basketball coaches in the history of the sport. No, you. There are no caveats about him coaching the women’s game needed. His genius knows no bounds. Anyway, the UConn coach was recently forced to publicly comment after promoting the school’s fight against more than $300 million in cuts to […]

NBAUConn's Geno Auriemma Wants Shot At The NBA

There have been a lot of headlines about Villanova’s Jay Wright possibly making the leap to the NBA after winning a national championship earlier this week. The Suns even made him their top priority. But what about a coach who won a national title not just this year, but a total of 11 times in his […]

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