STORRS, Conn. — Players filed in and out of the Werth Family Center on Tuesday for exit interviews with Geno Auriemma and his staff, the traditional post mortem to the basketball season. Frank conversations about the future were certainly on the agenda.
The ritual came early in 2023, earlier than it has in 15 years. More typically, the unpacking of a basketball season before the expiration of March would be happening on the other side of the building, but there, this year, it was the men’s basketball team preparing for its Final Four appearance. Auriemma, who predicted the men could be in this position way back in November, before the Phil Knight event, will be in Houston to cheer them on.
The women’s season is over, with the Huskies losing to Ohio State in the Sweet 16 in Seattle last Saturday, their earliest exit from March Madness since 2005, and with this abrupt end has come the question, “is this the end of the UConn dynasty?”
