Rebecca Lobo says Geno reached out to Dawn Staley personally to apologize
PHOENIX – ESPN analyst Rebecca Lobo said on Sunday’s broadcast of the NCAA national championship game between UCLA and South Carolina that UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma had reached out personally to South Carolina coach Dawn Staley after he initiated a heated exchange between the two following the NCAA national semifinal game between the two teams Friday night. “Coach Auriemma was certainly wrong in that moment, which he acknowledged in his apology (Saturday),” Lobo said during the broadcast. “And I know he has also since reached out personally to Dawn to apologize.
It’s unfortunate that happened. It’s unfortunate that any focus was taken off South Carolina’s performance. ” Sunday, UCLA beat South Carolina 79-51 for the Bruins’ first NCAA title.
Asked after the championship game if Auriemma had reached out, Staley said in the press conference: “That’s a Geno question, right? It really is a Geno question. I haven’t heard from Geno, so … I have not.
I got 800 text messages. I don’t know if he texted or not. “This is UCLA’s day, right?
Let’s keep it UCLA, them winning the national championship. Again, I will address all of that at another time, just not this weekend. We’re not going to dampen UCLA’s day with it.
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