Geno Auriemma embarrasses self, UConn with Dawn Staley tiff | Opinion
UConn coach Geno Auriemma criticized Dawn Staley's interactions with referees, then had late-game words with her.
Geno Auriemma was wrong. He was wrong to throw Dawn Staley under the bus in an in-game interview. He was wrong to confront her near the end of the game.
He was wrong to leave the court without shaking hands with Staley. And he was wrong to suggest Staley didn’t shake his hand prior to the game and that a South Carolina player had ripped Sarah Strong’s jersey when there is evidence to the contrary of both. More: Geno Auriemma, Sarah Strong offer differing opinions on Final Four jersey rip For someone who has done so much for the game, this was a low point in Auriemma’s career.
Maybe the lowest. He diminished this game and, what’s worse, he overshadowed everything his team had done leading up to it. “Here at Connecticut, we have won so much that I think we know how to win.
I think we know how to win with class and we know how to win with dignity. We win with humility,” Auriemma said after UConn’s 54-game win streak ended in a 62-48 loss to South Carolina in the Final Four on Friday, April 3. “But the true test is how you handle yourself in this moment.
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