Q&A: Diana Taurasi weighs in on who can upset UConn, Azzi Fudd's draft stock, WNBA CBA + GREENIES collab

It's no surprise that former UConn Husky, Diana Taurasi, is a dog lover, so teaming up with GREENIES to help pet parents add dental defense to their dog’s daily playbook was a no-brainer for the UConn legend. According to Diana, pets are what people love the most in life and collaborating with GREENIES on its "Be Your Dog's Mouthguard" campaign was a great way to get March Madness started. Courtesy: GREENIES Taurasi sat down with NBC Sports and shared her thoughts on a number of hot topics in women's basketball, including the NCAA Tournament and who the biggest threats are to UConn repeating, Azzi Fudd's potential to go No.

1 in the WNBA Draft, life after basketball, the WNBA's new transformational CBA and the next generation of Team USA. Diana Taurasi's interview with NBC Sports was lightly edited for length and clarity . Why did you decide to collaborate with GREENIES and how does someone take advantage of making the pledge to Be Your Dog's Mouthguard ?

Diana Taurasi : Well, it happened very organically. When I was approached to partner with GREENIES, I thought what do people love the most in life? Their college team and their pets.

And when [University of] Connecticut and GREENIES teamed up to take [the] pledge to "Be Your Dog's Mouthguard" it [was] one of those things where like GREENIES has been in my house forever. It's always been my pet's number one treat. It was just a great partnership and they've been amazing.