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Michael Voepel
Tampa, Fla. – No coach has received more NCAA basketball titles than Uconne‘with Geno Auriumma, who has 11 but his last in 2016 and since then he had had some painful losses in the female finals. “
Yet he headed to his 13th. Hopes to push all the right buttons when he will face South Carolina Sunday (15:00 et, ABC).
“I’ve lost more for my team for the last four than them, because coaches are deciding what to do with their team,” Auriemma said on Saturday. “And if you make the right decision you win.”
Huskies won four consecutive NCAA titles for Breann Stewart star from 2013 to 2016. In 2017 and 2018, UConn lost two points in the national semifinals on Bummer Beating Shots by Morgan William of Mississippi and Arike Ogunbowale from Notre DameRespectively.
“I don’t look at the two like heartbreaking frustration,” Auriemma said. “I would have not made two decisions in both games that I think of losing more than the two buzzes.
“This is the frustration I will take from it:” Why do you constantly screw it for these people? “
Auriemma did not specify the decisions he made. However, he acknowledged that coaches could often be sure whether the decision was correct or bad until they see the result.
In 2019 The Huskies Lost again with Notre Dame In the national semifinals, at that time by five points. AND 10-point loss for Underdog Arizona In 2021, the national semiification was one of the greatest surprising defeats of UConn.
In 2022, Huskies faced the title game in South Carolina; Uconn was a slight cheater and injury and illness Huskies even more. South Carolina dominated 64-49.
Uconn Star Guard Paige Bueckers In the summer of 2022, he suffered a knee injury and did not play at the NCAA 2023 when the Huskies strip was broken from the 14 consecutive final four.
Last year, Doom Uconn helped another two -point national semifinals, this to Iowa, Iowa, with a late moving screen.
Now Uconn is knocking again on the door of the championship. And after dealing with the injury of more seasons changing for players like Bueckers and Azzi advantage In recent years, Auriemma said that Final Four feels best in this team that players are healthy.
“The fact that we have a chance to be able to manipulate the game a little better than we had before is rewarding,” Auriemma said. “This replaces all grief and all the trauma and tribulation we had to go through.”
