Diana Taurasi found herself having flashbacks to her playing days at UConn.
She was back in the Final Four atmosphere again, broadcasting games alongside college teammate and best friend Sue Bird for a special ESPN show in Minneapolis in April. As they watched the Huskies fall to South Carolina in the title game, Taurasi couldn’t help but reflect on her college years with a renewed perspective.
“At that time in your career and your young life, it’s such a big deal to be on that stage,” Taurasi told the Hartford Courant last week. “You forget when you’re in your little bubble, but when you’re looking at it from the outside that’s a lot of pressure on those kids to perform and play really well. Especially when you have that UConn jersey on. … I thought the kids played their hearts out, it just didn’t turn their way.”
