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http://msn.foxsports.com/wcbk/story/UConn-women-have-been-downright-stingy-on-defense-74220220
Most interesting are the last few sentences:
Clearly Auriemma knows that having so many talented players out of high school helps get the Huskies in a defensive mindset. ''One of the nice things about my situation is that I have the ability to recruit seven kids who are high school All-Americans,'' he said. ''When they get here they look around and I tell them guys that don't want to play defense won't play. They know, there's always someone else. They know if they want to play they'll have to do those other things. Other schools may only have one All-American and they know they'll still play 30 minutes if they don't play defense.'' Still don't look for Auriemma and his staff to be recruiting pure defenders any time soon.
''I don't think I'll ever go out to watch an AAU game or high school game and go let's see who the best defender on the floor is,'' he said. ''You can't score, you aren't coming to Connecticut.
Most interesting are the last few sentences:
Clearly Auriemma knows that having so many talented players out of high school helps get the Huskies in a defensive mindset. ''One of the nice things about my situation is that I have the ability to recruit seven kids who are high school All-Americans,'' he said. ''When they get here they look around and I tell them guys that don't want to play defense won't play. They know, there's always someone else. They know if they want to play they'll have to do those other things. Other schools may only have one All-American and they know they'll still play 30 minutes if they don't play defense.'' Still don't look for Auriemma and his staff to be recruiting pure defenders any time soon.
''I don't think I'll ever go out to watch an AAU game or high school game and go let's see who the best defender on the floor is,'' he said. ''You can't score, you aren't coming to Connecticut.