South Carolina fans boo Geno Auriemma on Jumbotron at women's national championship
Ahead of Sunday's Women's NCAA Tournament title game, South Carolina fans were seen booing Geno Auriemma when he was shown on the Jumbotron. Here's more.
Geno Auriemma may not be coaching in Sunday's Women's NCAA Tournament national championship game , but the Connecticut head coach still received his fair share of boos from those at the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix. Just before tip-off between No. 1 South Carolina and No.
1 UCLA, Gamecock fans in the crowd loudly booed Auriemma when he was shown on the Jumbotron celebrating the program’s 12 national championships throughout the years. They, of course, applauded loudly when footage of South Carolina and Dawn Staley celebrating their three national championships in 2017, 2022, and 2024 was shown on the Jumbotron. Here’s the pro-South Carolina crowd booing Geno Auriemma https://t.
co/tP9KkE7VSj pic. twitter. com/eP8ta21Wlc — Jacob Seliga (@jacob_seliga) April 5, 2026 REQUIRED READING: UCLA vs South Carolina in women's national championship: Highlights, score The loud boos come just two days after Auriemma and Staley got into a heated confrontation before the postgame handshake in Friday's Final Four game between the Huskies and Gamecocks, a win for South Carolina that handed UConn its first loss of the season.
With just a second left in the game, ESPN cameras caught the two coaches going in for a handshake, but caught Auriemma making some comments at Staley. That led to a brief shouting match between the two, with assistant coaches and officials breaking up the scuffle. He was then seen heading towards the locker room on his own immediately after the game clock went triple zeros.