'I have not heard from Geno': Dawn Staley downplays report on Auriemma's apology
ESPN's Rebecca Lobo reported that Auriemma had reached out personally to Staley apologizing for their Final Four confrontation, but Staley says she hasn't heard from him.
Confetti is still falling on the heads of UCLA after its historic blowout win over South Carolina to capture the storied school's first ever women's NCAA national championship, and Gamecocks head women's basketball coach Dawn Staley wants to keep that the focus. During the game, ESPN color commentator and UConn alum Rebecca Lobo said on-air that Geno Auriemma had reached out to Staley to personally apologize after his public statement apologizing to South Carolina for his actions at the end of the Gamecocks' Final Four win over Auriemma's UConn Huskies. "Geno Auriemma certainly wrong in that moment, which he acknowledged in that apology yesterday," Lobo said.
"I know he has also since reached out personally to Dawn to apologize. It's unfortunate that it happened. " But Staley said she has yet to hear from Auriemma directly, though she did acknowledge that she has 800 unread text messages and just might not have seen it yet.
"That’s a Geno question … I have not heard from Geno," Staley told reporters. "... I don't know if he text or not, but ...
it's UCLA's day, right? Let's keep (the conversation) UCLA, them winning the national championship. I will address all of that at another time.