GENO AURIEMMA RUMORS
Calhoun, Auriemma inducted into Hall
Former Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun and UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma were inducted Wednesday into the state's Hall of Fame.
The coaches, both already members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, had their names added to a wall that includes such Connecticut icons as author Mark Twain, lexicographer Noah Webster and baseball pioneer...
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UConn's Auriemma eyes 8th NCAA title
Geno Auriemma has never lost an NCAA championship game.
Of course, his UConn Huskies haven't had to face a team like upstart Louisville, which is making an unprecedented run through the women's tournament. A victory Tuesday night over the Cardinals would be UConn's eighth title, matching them with Tennessee for the most ever in women's basketball.
Auriemma didn...
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Louisville Women's Coach Jeff Walz To Retire After NCAA Final To Be a Waiter For Geno Auriemma
Last night after the UConn Huskies women's basketball team beat the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, UConn head coach Geno Auriemma made the following quote about Louisville Cardinals head coach Jeff Walz's shirt.
He wears an Italian tablecloth for a shirt. I was going to hire him for my restaurant.
So on Monday at his pre-finals press conference, Walz (jokingly) offered...
Women's Final Four brings Big East to the Big Easy
Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma says the women's NCAA Final Four represents ''a great swan song'' for the ''greatest basketball conference that's ever existed.''
The Big East breaks up after this season. Before it does, the women's Final Four will be played in New Orleans with three Big East teams: Auriemma's UConn, along with Notre...
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Auriemma signs new contract to stay at UConn
Connecticut has signed women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma to a new five-year, $10.86 million contract designed to keep him at the school through the 2017-18 season.
The 59-year-old Hall of Famer, who has coached at UConn for the past 28 seasons, will make $1.95 million in salary, speaking fees and media fees in the next year. That will gradually increase to $2.4 million...
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Why did Geno Auriemma slap Baylor coach’s butt? (PHOTO)
via USA Today:
Associated Press photographer Jessica Hill snapped a tremendous picture of Connecticut women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma grabbing the rear end of Baylor coach Kim Mulkey before Monday night’s showdown between the college powerhouses.
Thankfully, Rich Elliot of the Connecticut Post noticed the exchange and asked Auriemma about it after UConn’s 76-70 loss...
BUTT OUT
Auriemma gets touchy-feely with Baylor coach
Jessica Hill of the Associated Press deserves an award for the photo she snapped on Monday night when UConn’s Geno Auriemma grabbed the butt of Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey. And she seemed to really enjoy this moment. The story behind the picture is almost as odd as it looks like. Here is Auriemma explaining it to the Connecticut Post’s Rich Elliot: “She was staring at my butt...
Geno Auriemma Slapping That Ass
That’s Geno Auriemma’s hand on Baylor coach Kim Mulkey’s butt Monday night before the Huskies lost to the Bears.
According to the Connecticut Post, the butt grab was all in good fun.
“She was staring at my butt and she was commenting on it and I said, ‘Really? How about yours?’ and she went, `Yeah, look at it,’ and I went (slap), I’ll teach you a lesson. And then...
Geno Auriemma pats Baylor coach Kim Mulkey’s butt and it’s all good (photo)
The top-ranked Baylor Bears faced the third-ranked UConn Huskies on Monday night and while the matchup between two top-tier programs was viewed as a big game for far more traditional reasons, but a photo snapped by AP photographer Jessica Hill capturing UConn coach Geno Auriemma patting the butt of Baylor coach Kim Mulkey before the game undoubtedly will be what everyone is talking...
Video: Geno Auriemma Chest Bumps Kelly Faris
After a great play by UConn Huskies women's basketball player Kelly Faris during their 79-49 win over the Duke Blue Devils, UConn head coach Geno Auriemma decided to chest bump Faris.
I think the best part was seeing the bench laughing about it after it happened.
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