Auriemma Faces Juggling Act As U.S. Coach.

Although the responsibility of bringing the gold home is enormous, 2004 U.S. Olympic women’s basketball coach Van Chancellor says Geno Auriemma is ready for the task. “I think Geno is most deserving of this,” said Chancellor, LSU’s coach, who won gold in Athens, Greece. “I believe the Olympic committee has made a correct choice. Geno [...]

Stanford set to face bully of women’s hoops.

Out on the left side of the women’s basketball world, Tara VanDerveer usually is safely removed from the spitwads fired by that wiseguy on the right. Still, Geno Auriemma manages to find plenty of targets. “He’s kind of like the kid in school that gets into a fight with everyone,” VanDerveer, the Stanford coach, said [...]

Auriemma, Coale reunite in Final Four.

Auriemma said all Coale had to do after becoming the Sooners coach “was just be herself and do the same things she was doing in high school.” Of course, getting her first national title — something All-America center Courtney Paris guaranteed last month — could mean getting past the man who helped inspire her to [...]

Thibault, Auriemma Olympic Candidates?

When the new executive advisory committee serving USA Basketball’s women’s national team is selected this year, it will have to choose the successor to Anne Donovan as Olympic coach for the 2012 Summer Games in London. It is an elite job, one many college and professional coaches desire, though it requires a three-year commitment and [...]

Auriemma tries to keep Huskies focused.

Auriemma realizes that UConn is predominantly a jump-shooting team. If those shots don’t fall, he’s uncertain if it can score enough inside to be successful. The bench is also a question mark, meaning the starters have to continue to excel. And just because the Huskies have yet to endure a subpar performance that resulted in [...]

Geno will start looking down bench.

Now,Caroline Doty is gone for the season with a knee injury and top-ranked UConn is done with its nonleague schedule and headed into the meat of its Big East season. The Huskies (18-0, 4-0) play at Cincinnati (13-5, 3-2) at 7 tonight (CPTV). And Auriemma has to think even more about his bench.http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=ca03320d-3507-421e-9d08-b4780e632405

Auriemma Sets Focus For Title Next Year.

During UConn’s flight home the day after its loss to Stanford in the national semifinals, coach Geno Auriemma asked his assistants to announce there would be a meeting at Gampel Pavilion after landing. It wasn’t to distribute party favors. “Our bedside manner is to get into a wound as soon as it’s opened,” Auriemma [...]