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Translation: As sports mature into adulthood, dynasties aren't unusual, they're expected.
And even more important: Auriemma and Wooden are actually contemporaries -- not in relation to each other, of course, but in relation to their sport. They each excelled at nearly the exact same moment in their sport's history, and each also played a crucial part in the evolution of their sport.
"I think John Wooden was one of the reasons the men's college game became what it became," Auriemma said. "And I hope that we at Connecticut have done our part to grow our game."
Translation: As sports mature into adulthood, dynasties aren't unusual, they're expected.
And even more important: Auriemma and Wooden are actually contemporaries -- not in relation to each other, of course, but in relation to their sport. They each excelled at nearly the exact same moment in their sport's history, and each also played a crucial part in the evolution of their sport.
"I think John Wooden was one of the reasons the men's college game became what it became," Auriemma said. "And I hope that we at Connecticut have done our part to grow our game."