Geno Auriemma was in the middle of a thought when a cellphone went off nearby. It was a call he just had to take.
“No, we haven’t lost since you’ve been inaugurated,” Auriemma told President Barack Obama. “How about we keep it that way for another couple of years?”
The UConn women’s basketball team has put together a winning streak for the ages. With their 93-62 victory Tuesday night over Florida State before 16,294 at the sold-out XL Center, the Huskies have won 89 games in a row, surpassing the record set by UCLA men’s team from 1971 to ’74.
“It’s a great thing for sports,” Obama told Auriemma. “It’s something to be celebrated.”
As a CT resident and a woman, my first thought is “Go Huskies!”.
Then I ask, did he even get around to calling this year’s World Series winners? Last I had heard, they were still waiting. If he did call, it was very very very late.
UCONN is a college team — not exactly the “big leagues” (even though Geno is a heckuva coach who puts together a fantastic team). Baseball is the “national past time”. Does BHO even have a clue????
The poor fellow who occupies the White House, an avid basketball player himself, even excites criticism (no. 1) by a call to this remarkable, superbly coached college team. Politics ain’t bean bag, as some sage once said.
Maybe Obama called because the young women played basketball in a way that men in the NCAA and NBA haven’t played in years.