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More air time for Geno
UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma may not care about the Huskies' 80-game winning streak, eight shy of the NCAA Division I basketball - men's or women's - currently held by the 1970s UCLA men's program but the national media certainly does.
UConn was featured in a segment on ESPN's Outside the Lines, talk of the UConn/Baylor game made it onto ESPN's Pardon the Interruption and on Tuesday HBO, Auriemma and former UConn All-American guard Sue Bird will be among those interviewed in an episode of "Real Sports."
DELLE DONNE COMING TO YALE
Apparently the hype surrounding former UConn signee Elena Delle Donne was subsided. Delle Donne left UConn after two days of summer school in 2008. She is now a sophomore at Delaware which will play at Yale on Saturday night at 7 p.m.
Word I am hearing is that there have been limited amount of advance tickets bought for the game even though UConn will not be playing until the following night at Georgia Tech. Perhaps there will be a large walk up or maybe people in this state have finally moved on and realized that everything has worked out for the best. Delle Donne is thriving at Delaware while UConn is 80-0 even without the former No. 1 high school player in the country.
People interested in coming to the game can just walk up the night of the game or visit www.yalebulldogs.com to purchase tickets in advance. Tickets are of the general admission variety and available for $5. Consider this a warning, parking around Payne Whitney Gym is extremely limited.
GENO/KAY MURAL
At the recent Night of Hope event run by the Collegiate Initiative portion of Geno's Cancer Team, a mural of Geno Auriemma and the late Kay Yow garnered plenty of attention. There is a plan to put the mural painted by UConn student up on e-bay to raise money for the V Foundation. You can check www.genoscancerteam.com in the coming days to see when the bidding for the item will begin.
UConn was featured in a segment on ESPN's Outside the Lines, talk of the UConn/Baylor game made it onto ESPN's Pardon the Interruption and on Tuesday HBO, Auriemma and former UConn All-American guard Sue Bird will be among those interviewed in an episode of "Real Sports."
DELLE DONNE COMING TO YALE
Apparently the hype surrounding former UConn signee Elena Delle Donne was subsided. Delle Donne left UConn after two days of summer school in 2008. She is now a sophomore at Delaware which will play at Yale on Saturday night at 7 p.m.
Word I am hearing is that there have been limited amount of advance tickets bought for the game even though UConn will not be playing until the following night at Georgia Tech. Perhaps there will be a large walk up or maybe people in this state have finally moved on and realized that everything has worked out for the best. Delle Donne is thriving at Delaware while UConn is 80-0 even without the former No. 1 high school player in the country.
People interested in coming to the game can just walk up the night of the game or visit www.yalebulldogs.com to purchase tickets in advance. Tickets are of the general admission variety and available for $5. Consider this a warning, parking around Payne Whitney Gym is extremely limited.
GENO/KAY MURAL
At the recent Night of Hope event run by the Collegiate Initiative portion of Geno's Cancer Team, a mural of Geno Auriemma and the late Kay Yow garnered plenty of attention. There is a plan to put the mural painted by UConn student up on e-bay to raise money for the V Foundation. You can check www.genoscancerteam.com in the coming days to see when the bidding for the item will begin.
posted by Jim Fuller at
12:11 PM
2 Comments:
As a Stanford grad, I congratulate UC on a great final last spring and an incredible win streak. UC does not need Elena. I rarely go to sports, but living in Delaware, I love to watch her play. Even at lower level of competition, she has some special games. It looks like she will have more support this year. With the physical beating she takes from frustrated defenses, she may have a problem staying healthy.
Elena Della Donne is a superb basketball player. She is more talented in may aspect of the offensive game than Maya Moore. But she lacks in the defensive area. She was the CAA Player of the year two years in a row, CAA is Div 1 She scored 54 points against the CAA champ last year. She would have been a great combo with Maya, but all my wishing won't make it so. Her family is great. Her mother is more than gracious. EDD is beautiful inside and out. But she probably would not have fit in with Geno's emphasis on defense.
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