UConn's Geno Auriemma rips officiating and confronts South Carolina's Dawn Staley in loss
UConn's Geno Auriemma was not a happy man. The Huskies coach ripped into the officiating crew during a live TV interview and then got into a heated argument with Staley in the final seconds of their 62-48 loss to the Gamecocks in the national semifinals of the women's Final Four on Friday night. “There were six fouls called that quarter — all of them against us," Auriemma said on the broadcast.
PHOENIX (AP) — UConn's Geno Auriemma was not a happy man. With the officiating. With his team's performance.
With South Carolina coach Dawn Staley. The Huskies coach ripped into the officiating crew during a live TV interview and then got into a heated argument with Staley in the final seconds of their 62-48 loss to the Gamecocks in the national semifinals of the women's Final Four on Friday night. “There were six fouls called that quarter — all of them against us," Auriemma said on the broadcast.
"And they’ve been beating the (expletive) out of our guys down there the entire game. I’m not making excuses, ’cause we haven’t been able to make a shot. But this is ridiculous.
“Their coach rants and raves on the sideline and calls the referee some names you don’t want to hear. And now we get 6 to 0, and I got a kid with a ripped jersey, and they go, ‘I didn’t see it. ’ Come on, man.