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Geno addresses small turnout at Gampel
The final home game in the career of Maya Moore and Lorin Dixon did not translate into a huge draw at Gampel Pavilion.
The crowd of 5,729 is not only the lowest home draw of the season but the lowest for a UConn home game going back to the 1994 Big East tournament championship game against Seton Hall on Mar. 7, 1994.
UConn Geno Auriemma didn't pull any punches addressing the issue after Tuesday's game.
"It's only natural," Auriemma said. "We probably have to win more games. Everybody loves a winner. I think free parking and handouts at the game would help. Letting some of the fans participate in coaching the team since they always volunteer to do that. I think what would help the most is I am going to recommend we don't bid on this tournament for the next five years because I think we have a real spoiled group of fans who just assume we are going to win, just assume we are going to Philadelphia, assume we are going to the Final Four. The regular season was great, then we had the tournament in Hartford, then we had the first two rounds so you are asking them to do a lot, I understand that. So I am going to recommend to Jeff (Hathaway, UConn's director of athletics) and everybody else that we don't bid on this tournament for the next five years and see where that takes us."
The crowd of 5,729 is not only the lowest home draw of the season but the lowest for a UConn home game going back to the 1994 Big East tournament championship game against Seton Hall on Mar. 7, 1994.
UConn Geno Auriemma didn't pull any punches addressing the issue after Tuesday's game.
"It's only natural," Auriemma said. "We probably have to win more games. Everybody loves a winner. I think free parking and handouts at the game would help. Letting some of the fans participate in coaching the team since they always volunteer to do that. I think what would help the most is I am going to recommend we don't bid on this tournament for the next five years because I think we have a real spoiled group of fans who just assume we are going to win, just assume we are going to Philadelphia, assume we are going to the Final Four. The regular season was great, then we had the tournament in Hartford, then we had the first two rounds so you are asking them to do a lot, I understand that. So I am going to recommend to Jeff (Hathaway, UConn's director of athletics) and everybody else that we don't bid on this tournament for the next five years and see where that takes us."
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posted by Jim Fuller at
11:20 PM
3 Comments:
It's nice to see Geno defending his players. They accomplished a remarkable feat this year. It really is a shame that so few people are even aware of it, let alone appreciate it. If you look back at pre-season predictions, no one would have expected anything at all like the season we've seen so far.
I hope UConn makes it to the finals. I would love to see a rematch with either Baylor or Stanford, and for Maya to get her three-peat to match Queen Diana!
Jim Fuller, would you Pay for gas, for tickets for your family, for parking, and for concessions, for Every game at Gampel or the XL Center?
Geno tries to let folks figure things out on their own before he really tells them the whole story.
I believe Geno really wanted to say: HOW IN THE WORLD DO YOU LET Maya and Lauren PLAY THEIR LAST HOME GAME IN A HALF FULL GAMPEL PAVILION? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE? Geno was embarrassed that these supposedly the greatest fans in womens' basketball let one of the greatest players UCONN history down.
By the way Geno was talking about the NCAA games, not regular season games. Also were selling single day tickets so you didn't have to spend the money for two day package.
WOOF!
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