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Message: [QUOTE="huskymedic, post: 2812929, member: 549"] [URL='http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-womens-basketball/hc-sp-uconn-tennessee-basketball-rivalry-column-20180815-story.html']MikeAnthony: UConn-Tennessee Rivalry Renewed, But Geno Auriemma Still Not Over Past[/URL] >>It just means it’s a game that works for both programs, an idea that had been kicked around for the past couple years, and that Auriemma sees enough good in the involvement of the Hall of Fame and the Pat Summitt Foundation, with a portion of proceeds benefitting both. Nothing more. Nothing less. “I’ve always thought that a lot of things were said and there was an awful lot of insinuations, things that everybody’s read about, people dissected it over and over, so whether we ever played the game or not didn’t matter to me one bit,” Auriemma said Wednesday. “We’ve kind of moved on and gone our separate ways so there was no interest on my part in beating down the doors and saying we have to have this game. I couldn’t care less whether we had the game or not because I did feel like there’s got to be some sort of acknowledgement, anyway. But I think you and I both know that’s probably never going to happen. No one is going to admit to any of that. If the Hall of Fame hadn’t gotten involved — the level of respect I have for them, and how the game is going to be handled, I decided it’s worth doing.”<< [URL='https://www.ctpost.com/sports/jeffjacobs/article/Jeff-Jacobs-Geno-says-Tennessee-allegations-13159354.php']Jeff Jacobs: Geno says Tennessee allegations still sting, but he’s glad series benefits good cause[/URL] >>Nor does the resumption of the series have anything to do with influencing Tennessee to honor a two-game football contract with UConn. “Mostly it was the Hall of Fame wanting to do something,” Auriemma said. “It had been batted around for a few years. You could never find the right balance of where, when and all that. “Neal Eskin (senior associate athletic director) did an amazing job of coordinating all this. He worked with the Hall of Fame. They came up with a plan.”<< [/QUOTE]

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