UConn coach Geno Auriemma has met thousands of people and coached hundreds of them, many of whom get Christmas cards from his family and eat dinner in his home.
When he discovered his first-round game in the Philadelphia Regional would be against Hartford Sunday at Gampel Pavilion, he shrugged his shoulders and gave one of his it is what it is looks.
"We have to play somebody," he said.
Of course, that somebody is coached by Jen Rizzotti, one of the most decorated players in the history of his program, the point guard who helped point the Huskies to their first national championship in 1994-95.
"I'm not surprised Jen has had success she's had as coach [six NCAA appearances in 12 seasons]," Auriemma said. "From the time I watched her play in high school, nothing she has done has surprised me."
This certainly is not the first time Auriemma has coached against Rizzotti, nor is it the first time he's plotted against an alum or former assistant. So much of the nervous anxiousness about it, if ever there was any, has just about worn off.
"It's actually not as hard as you might think," Maya Moore said.
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