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Message: [QUOTE="eebmg, post: 3502247, member: 7548"] The athletic has a fantastic writeup with Dailey, Geno and Lobo (and alot of others) reminiscing about the perfect storm [URL unfurl="true"]https://theathletic.com/1717722/2020/04/02/a-perfect-storm-an-oral-history-of-the-uconn-team-that-changed-womens-hoops/?source=dailyemail[/URL] Opposing coach quotes are the best [I]The season started on Nov. 26 with a 107-27 rout of Morgan State. The Huskies won their first Big East game, against a Villanova team that would finish third in the conference, by 38 on Dec. 4. UConn scored 98 points on the road at NC State six days later, showing how potent that triangle offense could be. On Dec. 28, the Huskies hosted California — the team that had beaten them in Lobo and Webber’s first game as freshmen — and won by 47.[/I] [B]Joe Mullaney, St. John’s head coach: [/B]You went into the games hoping you could keep them within 30 or 40 points. [B]Pat Knapp, Georgetown head coach: [/B]There are too many good players on that team. They were ridiculous. Game-planning against them was brutal. and the MLK game against TN [B]Auriemma: [/B]I didn’t show them any film. Going into that game, they had no idea of any personnel. They didn’t know anything. And I didn’t care. I didn’t want them to know. The practice before the game was maybe as intense, as brutal in terms of how they went after each other as any practice I’ve ever seen. I remember stopping it and saying, “We’re good to go, guys. Let’s go.” Interesting quote by ESPN Producer after MLK game [B]Stiff: [/B]At the end of the game, I’m watching Geno elated talking to the media, and then I walk down the long corridor at Gampel Pavilion and there was Pat standing outside the locker room with the stat sheet in front of her. She looked up with a very stern look in her eyes and said, “For the good of the game.” The championship game [B]Dailey: [/B]Tennessee still tried to intimidate our players in the warmups when we were stretching. I look back now and it makes me laugh, but when it was happening, I was like, “Who do they think they are?” [B]Rizzotti: [/B]I remember coming out for warmups and they were sitting on our side of the court and I had to kick them off. No one had clearly ever done that to them before. That set the tone for us. Final clinching play [B]Auriemma: [/B]That morning, we went over when we’ve got to get the ball inbounds, here’s what’s going to happen. La-dee-da. Now they’re coming over (to the huddle) with the pressure of the game and the intensity of the moment, my life flashed before my eyes. I’m thinking to myself, “ Mary and Joseph, what are we gonna do now?” I kept eliminating people as they were running over. I ain’t giving this ball to Rizzotti because she’s so jacked up right now, she’s liable to bite the ball. I’m not giving it to Jamelle, she’ll start crying because she wants to win so bad. And I’m not going to put Nykesha in that spot because she’s only a freshman. I’ve got the perfect person: Carla Berube. [/QUOTE]

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