Dan Hurley: "I don't really care what people necessarily think of my intensity or my passion. It obviously shows up the right way with my team. We don't cheat. We don't lie. I think we're about all the right things. I'm just, at times, an asshole."
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- The NCAA throws a fit if you try to go anywhere in public view while holding anything other than a blue NCAA labeled cup. So Geno Auriemma waved a Dasani water bottle around when he took a seat on stage for press conference as an NCAA rep repeatedly tried to take it away from him
- Alex Karaban: “We know it’s not normal to go back to back. But there’s not a single normal person in this locker room.”
- Dan Hurley eats eight M&M candies before every game. He discards the colors of opponents. He’s been doing this for years. No green ones Friday before UConn plays Stetson.
- Geno on Paige and her friends who set up the piano for her concert.
- Geno Auriemma: "Everybody's got 'Redeem team' and everybody's got 'Reload team' and everybody's got 'Unfinished business team.' How about we just shut the f--- up and win games? Maybe that's what the tour should be: 'Shut the f--- up and win games.'”
- Sue Bird is joined by partner Megan Rapinoe today at UConn. Rebecca Lobo’s kids are huge Rapinoe fans and they got to meet her this morning.
- “I just want to be a nice guy," Sanogo said. "I’ve been everywhere in the world. I just want to share peace with everybody. Coming from a place where you have nothing, and to a place like here - people watch you, and people like you - it makes you humble.”
- Stephon Castle, clearly emotional, hugging Tristen Newton ... and then the UConn mascot.
- I can confirm that UConn is awaiting official invitation to the Big East and a formal announcement of the move is forthcoming. First reported by @DigSportsDesk UConn football likely lands in another conference or goes independent, starting in 2020 season.
- Mike Thibault, fired in 2012 after 10 seasons with the Sun, said he was told then by a member of Sun management, "You owed us a championship." Thibault, in his seventh year with the Mystics, won a championship with a victory over the Sun Thursday. "I got mine first," he said.
- Hopped in an Uber yesterday in Panama City, Panama, and the driver asked where I was from. "Connecticut, USA," I told him. "Connecticut," he said, interest piqued. "UConn!" You got it, buddy. "The great basketball team!" he said.
