Geno Auriemma sat with arms folded in front of a South Carolina step-and-repeat banner. He looked mad, but not necessarily for the obvious reason, which was that UConn had just lost its third game of the season, and second in a week, by double digits. The No. 1 Gamecocks clobbered the No. 6 Huskies, 70-52.
Auriemma, though, was more irritated by outside expectations than what actually happened on the court.
“We’re allowed to lose a goddamn game once in a while where the other team plays better than us,” Auriemma told reporters then. “South Carolina played way better than Connecticut.