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Message: [QUOTE="oldude, post: 2123952, member: 7511"] As I watched the wonderful young ladies that comprise the UConn WBB team over the past few days at Webster Bank Arena, I couldn’t help but think about what it is that motivates them to play so incredibly hard: sprint the court time after time, dive on the floor for loose balls and high five each other until their hands must hurt. Geno, the Master Motivator, and his coaches have something to do with getting every last ounce of effort out of his team, but when asked how he motivates his team to play so hard, Geno will tell you that you start by recruiting, “Really motivated players.” Yes, it’s true. This is a team of really motivated players that compete at virtually everything they do: academics, CD’s trivia games, cooking competitions, hand-clap videos and most importantly, championship WBB. But there are lots of really competitive players who work very hard to succeed. IMO there is still something more to the UConn Huskies team that accounts for their incredible effort and motivation. I believe that as much as any team I’ve ever seen, [B]THIS TEAM PLAYS FOR EACH OTHER[/B]. I can imagine that the worse possible outcome for each and every member of the team would not be losing. It would be letting down their teammates. While I cannot say with certainty that this team will bring back their 12th championship banner from Dallas this coming weekend, what I can say with absolute certainty is that each member of this team will do everything humanly possible to help their team achieve that goal. [B]One…two…three…TOGETHER! [/B] [/QUOTE]

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