Geno story from 1985

[Vowelguy]

http://touch.courant.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-55366435/

 

[Zorro]

"I want people to say that UConn is a team that comes at you," Auriemma said. "I want to win more, but I also want to win games we're not supposed to win."

Be a while before he can do THAT again!

 

[Vowelguy]

Bascom overlapped with Najarian.

Najarian helped in terms of play, but she was part of a group of players that did not mesh with Geno (having been recruited by the previous coach) and he was glad to see them go.

It was covered in his book ; an excerpt is here:
http://books.google.com/books?id=0-...0CDEQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=geno najarian&f=false

 

[Icebear]

Krista Blomquist involved in that story grew up in the congregation where I did earlier at Tabor Lutheran in Branford. Her dad Chet's a great guy who loved volleyball and canoeing. Krista went on to have a career in pro beach volleyball. She is in the Branford Sports Hall of Fame.

 

[DaddyChoc]

Bascom overlapped with Najarian.

Najarian helped in terms of play, but she was part of a group of players that did not mesh with Geno (having been recruited by the previous coach) and he was glad to see them go.

It was covered in his book ; an excerpt is here:
http://books.google.com/books?id=0-4Fcg1qMtsC&pg=PT28&lpg=PT28&dq=geno najarian&source=bl&ots=lzVIn4W-jS&sig=uoQO4cz6IVZPCVLnnyLenPdG98U&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8T5zU-rrB-bb8gHI9YD4Ag&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=geno najarian&f=false

thanks... that was a good read

 

[slimmer56]

And the scoreboard goes up another notch ! Who woulda thunk it ?

Thanks Geno