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Message: [QUOTE="RockyMTblue2, post: 2408555, member: 250"] “I think that there was something about the winning steak and just the sheer level of excellence that was exhibited by the winning streak,” SNY president Steve Raab said. “It isn’t as much a women’s basketball story as it’s an athletic leadership and excellence story. That takes on sort of a broader level of interest.” [URL="http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-womens-basketball/hc-sp-sny-uconn-women-20171106-story.html"]SNY Enjoying Partnership With Geno Auriemma, UConn[/URL] And here's good news, including sunny Italia. SNY will offer 350 hours of UConn programming, with pregame, halftime and postgame shows along with original shows such as “The Geno Auriemma Show.” A new episode of “Geno’s Legacy” premieres Jan. 9 and [B]“Huskies All-Access” will include coverage of UConn’s trip to Italy, as SNY sent a crew to Europe for six days.[/B] [B][/B] And the future looks bright. “This is a program that sort of stands for a level of excellence, that isn’t bounded by the state of Connecticut or bounded by the Northeast,” Raab said. “It’s become a national property. And with Geno’s notoriety from an Olympic standpoint, [B]I don’t think there’s any reason to think that we can’t keep pushing the boundaries of what the UConn basketball program stands for and what that fan base might be.”[/B] [/QUOTE]