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Message: [QUOTE="eebmg, post: 4410172, member: 7548"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://theathletic.com/3652627/2022/10/26/uconn-womens-basketball-azzi-fudd/[/URL] Alot of new stuff with some eye opening quotes about how she handled last year's final loss and how our alumnae talked to her after the game. After UConn bowed to South Carolina in the national title game, Fudd, who played just 16 minutes because of stomach flu, returned to the team hotel, desperate to hide from the former players who gathered there. “I’m not going to lie. There were points last year when I thought, ‘Are we the worst UConn team?’” she says. “I felt like we let everyone down. I did not want to see anyone.’’ Instead, a collection of former players, headed by Sue Bird, pulled Fudd and her teammates aside. They told them that they should be proud of what they’d accomplished considering all they had to overcome. More, they challenged the Huskies to disregard the banners and trophies that everyone else considers their measuring sticks and establish their own. “They told us to create our own legacy,’’ Fudd says. “That stuck with me because people are always asking me, do you look up to this person, or compare yourself to that team? And I definitely did. But hearing them say that, that was an eye-opener. They created an incredible set of standards and goals, but this is our team. It’s our team.’’ [/QUOTE]