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Geno Auriemma: Two-host regional system 'ruined the game'

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SPOKANE, Wash. -- UConn coach Geno Auriemma reiterated his disdain for the two-host regional system for the women's NCAA tournament, saying Friday that "whoever came up with this super regional stuff -- and I know who they are -- ruined the game."

"Half the country has no chance to get to a game in person. But you're making billions off of TV. Well, actually you're not; that would be the men's tournament," Auriemma said a day before his No. 2 seed Huskies face No. 3 seed Oklahoma in Spokane. "So yeah, there's a lot of issues that they need to fix.