Chris Dailey walked into the training room and saw players flat on their back, working with sports performance director Andrea Hudy.
“I said, ‘I like that exercise,’” Dailey said. “But they were doing something with their neck which also is supposed to help with concussions. Whether it does or doesn’t, I don’t know, but we’re certainly aware and doing everything we can to keep our players healthy,”
The UConn women’s basketball program has tried everything, from assistant coach Morgan Valley burning sage, which Dailey first feared was a kitchen fire at the Werth Family Center, to having an indigenous hoop dancer perform a ritual that was supposed to heal. Dailey passed out before the game against NC State the following day. They have tried using holy water and accepted offers for prayers, Dailey said. And they have used all the scientific information available about fatigue and work load and the proper way to ramp back up.
