Live Streaming of White House Visit 2:40 PM

[Wbbfan1]

President Obama Honors the 2016 NCAA Champion UConn Women's Basketball Team

 

[Kaizen]

Glad to see Katie Lou on two feet again

 

[RockyMTblue2]

There is no support in those impractical shoes!!! Napheesa on the other hand... good choice!

 

[divots]

After watching this presentation any young lady being highly recruited by UConn would have a very difficult time explaining her decision to not want to be a part of something so magnificent.....thank you ladies and coaches............

 

[DaddyChoc]

that was fun... Moriah-size jersey. Nice to see Geno back in the spotlight

 

[CL82]

The President does a great job at these. He has a practiced nonchalance about him that makes it appropriately formal without being stuffy.

Geno's vaguely political sidebar was risky but done well.

 

[Sargassoc]

Wonderful as usual (though no one fell off the stanchion).

 

[CL82]

Wonderful as usual (though no one fell off the stanchion).

I thought of that when I saw the guys were at the sides.

 

[Goodgood]

CONGRATS!

Gabby is 5' 11 and Kia is 6' standing next to each other..

 

[jcoton56]

Terrific event, such great ambassadors for women's sports.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

CONGRATS!

Gabby is 5' 11 and Kia is 6' standing next to each other..

Not biting, but good try. Traditions have to be respected. I'm sure someone will run with it.

 

[DaddyChoc]

Hopefully he shows up to the XL Center for a game this upcoming season

 

[Buzzyboy]

Can't help but smile and imagine how those girls feel (felt) having been there with the President of the United States and it's actually multiple times for most of the team. I thought the ceremony, though brief, was quite impressive and Geno was on his game, as always.

 

[JavaMan]

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[Kaizen]

CONGRATS!

Gabby is 5' 11 and Kia is 6' standing next to each other..

Looks like both Gabby and Chong have grown 1-2 inch.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Looks like both Gabby and Chong have grown 1-2 inch.

Tradition preserved!

 

[Blueballer]

Thanks SO much for the link and photo's, VERY enjoyable ceremony.

 

[MaineFan]

Interesting. At the end of the ceremony, as Geno closed his remarks (at 40:12), he said something like, “…we’re going to miss coming down to see
the President, but if you all have been paying attention to what’s going on in the last six or seven months, as time goes by, we are probably going to miss him more than he misses us.”

President Obama Honors the 2016 NCAA Champion UConn Women's Basketball Team

 

[bags27]

And I thought they were going to announce it: "Ladies and Gentleman: Coach Geno Auriemma accompanied by Barack Obama...."
Seriously both were in rare form; clearly a lot of good feelings between 2 first generation Americans who have succeeded astonishingly against all odds.

 

[CTyankee]

There is no support in those impractical shoes!!! Napheesa on the other hand... good choice!

Yeah, but no flip flops... Beware of the Mother Superior, CD.

 

[UcMiami]

And I thought they were going to announce it: "Ladies and Gentleman: Coach Geno Auriemma accompanied by Barack Obama...."
Seriously both were in rare form; clearly a lot of good feelings between 2 first generation Americans who have succeeded astonishingly against all odds.

Just a correction on this first generation stuff - Geno was born in Italy and is a naturalized US citizen, he is thus a first generation immigrant, and his children are first generation americans - Obama was born in the US and his mother is multigenerational american while his father was a foreigner - he takes his 'generations' from either parent, so is multi-generational as well.

 

[bags27]

Just a correction on this first generation stuff - Geno was born in Italy and is a naturalized US citizen, he is thus a first generation immigrant, and his children are first generation americans - Obama was born in the US and his mother is multigenerational american while his father was a foreigner - he takes his 'generations' from either parent, so is multi-generational as well.

Thanks UcMiami. I thought about that, too. But I guess I was thinking of his father--I am not a Trump birther!

 

[Blueconn]

Interesting. At the end of the ceremony, as Geno closed his remarks (at 40:12), he said something like, “…we’re going to miss coming down to see
the President, but if you all have been paying attention to what’s going on in the last six or seven months, as time goes by, we are probably going to miss him more than he misses us.”

President Obama Honors the 2016 NCAA Champion UConn Women's Basketball Team

Very interesting. And the reaction of those gathered was also interesting - a standing ovation that seemed more than perfunctory or obligatory. And I believe that Obama was touched...was he wiping a tear from his eye ? Something above and beyond the usual celebration of a sporting accomplishment was momentarily in emotional command of the room. Memorable.