How Geno Auriemma's intense March practices prepared UConn women's team for NCAA Tourney

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How Geno Auriemma's intense March practices prepared UConn women

After a season of practicing with a short roster, the UConn women's baskletball team engaged in intense practices ahead of the postseason.

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"Auriemma is famously demanding in practice. Conditioning is a hallmark of the program and former players often talk about the level of competition in practice exceeding anything they faced in games. That didn't happen this year, at least not until the regular season ended."

"It was at Nika Mühl's urging that Auriemma elevated practice. "You worry too much about what we want. You need to do what we need," she told coaches. "So we just went at it like, 'Hey, I don't care if it hurts. This is how hard we're going to go,'" Auriemma said"