Paige Bueckers chose her words very carefully when asked about UConn coach Geno Auriemma getting into a messy sideline spat with South Carolina’s Dawn Staley in their Final Four matchup last week.
In the postgame handshake seen ‘round the women’s NCAA tournament, Auriemma was seen visibly heated on the sidelines and imparted some angry words to the Gamecocks coach after the Huskies’ 62-48 loss. It’s unclear exactly what Auriemma and Staley were feuding about, but the public nature of the tiff arguably overshadowed the game itself and soon became a national storyline.
