Geno Auriemma’s quote to bring Paige Bueckers down to earth before heading to WNBA
Connecticut Huskies coach Geno Auriemma has chosen to take Paige Bueckers back down to earth slightly before she heads to the WNBA.Bueckers is the projected first overall pick in the WNBA Draft, and when she recently walked in on a gathering of Auriemma's former players, he jokingly pointed out where she ranks compared to some of the others."Oh what, you got one [championship] so you think you can be down here now?" Auriemma jabbed.The story was told to ESPN's Sarah Spain by former Connecticut Huskie Rebecca Lobo on her podcast 'Good Game with Sarah Spain'."It's probably [2:00 a.m.] and [Bueckers] comes down - she's got the net on, and her championship hat on, and she comes over and it's all the older players sitting around," Lobo said. "And remember, this is just a couple hours after we saw [Auriemma] crying […]
