MANSFIELD, Connecticut — UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma is defending his role in the selection of five former Huskies to the U.S. women’s Olympic basketball team.
Auriemma, a member of the five-person selection committee, has been taking heat over the selection of so many players with ties to his program, over players such as former Stanford star Nneka Ogwumike.
Auriemma told reporters Wednesday that he would be happy to take the heat for those selections if he were the only one putting the team together.
He pointed out that critics also complained of a UConn bias when was the Olympic coach but had no role in selecting the players.
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