As Champ pointed out the other day, we don't follow women's basketball, or even pretend to like it, what we do follow are smug statements from coaches. While the Orangewomen lost to number one UConn by six last night, it was a hard fought game and Syracuse didn't back down. Leave it up to classy Geno Auriemma to offer this backhanded compliment after the game:
"If we struggled and they played lousy we would have won by 25," Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma said. "Even though we struggled, it was probably because Syracuse had a lot to do with it."
Look, I know Geno is in the Hall of Fame and there's no arguing with his record of success, especially compared with the Rutgers-like history of women's basketball in Syracuse, but the fact of the matter is that Syracuse is a young, talented team that stood up, punched UConn in the mouth, and almost pulled out what would have been a well earned victory.
They've already won 14 games this year, so to think a team "probably" made you struggle, and you would have beat them by 25 if they had struggled is just arrogant.
They've already won 14 games this year, so to think a team "probably" made you struggle, and you would have beat them by 25 if they had struggled is just arrogant.
Go back to back to Connecticut and quietly snipe at Calhoun Geno, you are now officially an enemy of the idiots (and most other people you deal with).
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