HARTFORD, Conn. — Geno Auriemma thought he’d know more about his Connecticut Huskies team by the holiday break.
“I lied,” Auriemma bantered in the bowels of XL Center late on Saturday night. “I don’t know any more now than I did when I told you that I would know before Christmas. But obviously certain things are evident, right?”
The Huskies (10-2) closed out the meat of their non-conference schedule playing four ranked or previously ranked teams in the span of 15 days. They went 3-2 over the stretch with wins against Louisville, Georgetown and Iowa State. But in the largest games, they took the ‘L.