There will be no perfect season for the UConn women’s basketball team. The Huskies’ quest for an undefeated, championship season came to an emphatic end on Friday night in a 62-48 loss to South Carolina in the women’s Final Four. This was always expected to be an incredibly intense game between the two most dominant programs in women’s college basketball.
Even though it ended up being a shocking 14-point deficit on the scoreboard, it more than lived up to the hype in terms of the intensity, with UConn’s Geno Auriemma taking out all of his frustration on South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley, the officials and anybody who would listen to him.
UConn’s Geno Auriemma has definite beef with South Carolina’s Dawn Staley
Auriemma’s first meltdown happened during an in-game interview when he went off on the officials for, in his view, allowing Staley to dictate the way the game was called.
At the center of Auriemma’s frustration was the fact there were six fouls called in the third quarter of the game, with all of them going against UConn. He was especially irked that Sarah Strong had her jersey ripped with no foul call, but he was mistaken. Strong ripped her own jersey.
Be aware there is some inappropriate language in his interview.