When it comes to winning, UConn WBB head coach Geno Auriemma has proven that he really knows how, as he is the winningest coach in NCAA basketball, for both men\u2019s and women\u2019s. In 2019, he was part of \u2018What Drives Winning\u2019s series, where they talked about being a winner. Auriemma, already considered a WBB legend at that time, talked about women\u2019s sports and said that its quality should never be lowered.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that when we play, like in games or anything else, it\u2019s meant to be played a certain way, right? This idea that girls should play differently than guys\u2014you would never expect that from a guy. You would never tolerate that in a guy. So why would you tolerate it in girls\u2019 basketball?\u201d he commented<\/a> (3:00)<\/p>\n \u201cWhatever you expect from that guy is what you should expect from that girl, and that\u2019s how we do it. And that\u2019s not going to change as long as I\u2019m the coach there. I think too many coaches coach girls like they\u2019re girls, so they end up playing\u00a0like\u00a0girls,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Geno Auriemma would go on to win 12 championships, with the latest one being just last April, with UConn still being seen as one of the favorites to win it all again and maybe get the legendary coach\u2019s 13th national title.<\/p>\n Auriemma has also become a beloved figure in women\u2019s sports, building lasting relationships with his former players, from Diana Taurasi to Paige Bueckers.<\/p>\n Dallas Wings Head Coach Chris Koclanes Asked Geno Auriemma About Paige Bueckers<\/p>\n As Auriemma enters this year\u2019s campaign, he will be without his biggest star during last season\u2019s championship run, Paige Bueckers. Bueckers was already a senior and had to leave, and when she did, she was drafted No. 1 overall by the Dallas Wings. Soon after this, head coach Chris Koclanes approached Auriemma and asked<\/a> what to expect from Bueckers.<\/p>\n \u201cPretend that everything\u2019s okay,\u201d he told Koclanes. \u201cBe ready for her to challenge you, and you should challenge her. She\u2019s going to be a risk taker and you\u2019re going to have to live with some of the risks, because most times they actually pay off. At the end of the day, she wants to win as much as you do and she\u2019ll spend more time in the gym than you do. It\u2019s a home run of them.\u201d<\/p>\n Even though her team, the Dallas Wings, were struggling, Paige Bueckers would be named a WNBA All-Star just on her rookie year. She has had a breakout year so far,\u00a0 even competing with veterans of the game.<\/p>\n Related: Paige Bueckers Reacts as \u2018Girlfriend\u2019 Azzi Fudd Turns Heads With Elegant ESPYs Outfit<\/a><\/p>\n College Sports Network has you covered with the latest news, analysis, insights, and trending stories in\u00a0college football<\/a>,\u00a0men\u2019s college basketball<\/a>,\u00a0women\u2019s college basketball<\/a>, and\u00a0college baseball<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When it comes to winning, UConn WBB head coach Geno Auriemma has proven that he really knows how,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[402,398,400,401,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-55247","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-basketball","11":"tag-ncaabasketball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}