While Geno Auriemma was answering questions on a teleconference about the naming of the 21 finalists for the U.S. Olympic basketball team he will be coaching, I asked him for his reaction of the hiring of Warde Manuel as UConn's new athletic director.

"I heard about it yesterday the same as everybody else so I have not had a chance to speak to him," Auriemma said. "I do not know him but from everything I hear, he is exactly what we need. I am sure I'll get a chance to catch up with him at some point."