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Good word too infrequently used: Rapscallion ... that's Geno tweaking the NCAA (and the SEC sisterhood of the petty).
Jeff Jacobs: Kobe’s daughter wouldn’t be Auriemma’s first recruit from a famed family
“Yeah, we’ve had some illegal contact with (Gianna),” Auriemma said. “She was in the locker room a couple of times with us. Ten-12 years from now, we’ll see how that holds up.”
She is a reminder of how the UConn women can take on almost mythic proportions. They’re like the Yankees. Of course a 12-year-old girl dreams of playing at UConn.
“I was just talking to the players about that today before practice,” Auriemma said. “We’re are kind of numb and immune to everything that’s around us here. But anytime we go someplace, anytime we’re in public and around other people, they have this perception that’s almost mythical.
“I don’t know if players can actually live up to that perception. It’s part of their life wherever they go. The expectation is you must be the best basketball player in the country. I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing. But I do think the kids who walk in here thinking, ‘I’m the best player in the country’ and buy into that are in for a rude awakening.”
Jeff Jacobs: Kobe’s daughter wouldn’t be Auriemma’s first recruit from a famed family
“Yeah, we’ve had some illegal contact with (Gianna),” Auriemma said. “She was in the locker room a couple of times with us. Ten-12 years from now, we’ll see how that holds up.”
She is a reminder of how the UConn women can take on almost mythic proportions. They’re like the Yankees. Of course a 12-year-old girl dreams of playing at UConn.
“I was just talking to the players about that today before practice,” Auriemma said. “We’re are kind of numb and immune to everything that’s around us here. But anytime we go someplace, anytime we’re in public and around other people, they have this perception that’s almost mythical.
“I don’t know if players can actually live up to that perception. It’s part of their life wherever they go. The expectation is you must be the best basketball player in the country. I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing. But I do think the kids who walk in here thinking, ‘I’m the best player in the country’ and buy into that are in for a rude awakening.”
