It’s always the trivial aspects that blow a story open. That’s the chatter acceptable for the surface-level dinner-table talk or quick “did u c this??” share of a TikTok.
Basically, “we talk about the dumbest things,” UConn head coach Geno Auriemma told reporters on Tuesday in Minneapolis ahead of the Final Four. And as with most things Auriemma says, there’s some truth to it if you dig between the rest. Like a realtor gushing about the cute, staged kitchen while the foundation sits cracked behind a boarded-up basement door, there’s more to see beyond the surface.