Women's Hoops Blog

Inane commentary on a game that deserves far better


Tuesday, December 06, 2005

North Carolina annihilated UConn. The final margin was 23 points — Geno's worst home loss ever — and the game wasn't even really that close.

Coach Auriemma:
For the first time in 20 years, I didn't know what to say. I'm sitting there speechless. That's not me. Coaches coach. They instruct. They direct. At the end of the game, I'm powerless. I'm sure they're just as frustrated. There's a lot of soul-searching that has to go on. Maybe we just don't have it in us. Maybe we're just not good enough.
Ann Strother:
It was embarassing to the program, to everyone that's played here, to the name on our jersey. It was embarassing. They just came in and walked all over us and we didn't do anything about it.
Jeff Jacobs wonders whether these Huskies just don't have the horses, especially at one position: "The point is Carolina has a championship point guard. UConn does not."

UConn fans applauded Latta when she went out of the game. "It was a great honor," she said. Latta was fabulous, as were her teammates. The 'Heels — long, fast, athletic, confident — looked like an NBA team playing a college game.

Geno said that his players "just don't have the confidence to play here." After last night, they have even less.