Geno Auriemma on Pat Summitt: 'She's Not Playing Us Because She Hates My Guts'

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FanHouse: Tue AM 'NASCAR Fans Attack ESPN on ABC' Edition
Published 9/25/2007 by JCN at John Clifford Ness
... Geno Auriemma on Pat Summitt: 'She's Not Playing Us Because She Hates My Guts': I don't know anything about the personal rancor between these two, but I do know it's a shame that they won't play each other. The two most storied programs should find a way to meet on the court every year, whether the coaches like each other or not. ...

Talking points: Vols and Dancing with the Stars just needs a hug edition
Published 9/27/2007 by Joel <info@rockytoptalk.com> at Rocky Top Talk: Front Page Posts
... Pat Summit totally wants to kick Geno Auriemma's tail, but is too classy to say so. Turn off the cameras and recorders and shoo the reporters out of the room, though, and she'd rip his head off and kick it through the goal. ...

ESPN Caught in the Middle of Geno and Pat’s Fracas
Published 3/13/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... We don’t often write about women’s hoops, but perhaps we should take a closer peek at the bubbling hatred between the coaches of the sport’s two premiere college basketball programs: Tennessee’s Pat Summitt and UConn’s Geno Auriemma. Right now, it might be the best feud in sports (can that be? If we’re counting UNC-Duke and OSU-Michigan as rivalries, and Tyrone Hill and Charles Oakley squashed their beef years ago, then it just might be). How else to explain Summitt phoning the gestapo NCAA and blowing the ...

Women's Hoops Rivalry Goes South Philly
Published 3/13/2008 by Hugging Harold Reynolds at Hugging Harold Reynolds
It's the classic Geno vs. Pat rivalry. Personally, I prefer Tony Luke. From FanHouse: Geno Auriemma on Pat Summitt: 'She's Not Playing Us Because She Hates My Guts' Geno: "I think she should just come out and say she's not playing us because she hates my guts. And I think people would buy that. Then everyone [who seeks a reason] would be happy. She should just say that [Geno is] a dope, a smart-ass and then everyone could say that they agree with her." ...

Stanford Ruins Women’s Tourney For Us Yet Again
Published 4/7/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... to advance to the title game. And once again, the Cardinal have corrupted the potentially higher entertainment value of the ladies’ tourney. Those with even a casual interest of women’s college hoops knows that UT coach Pat Summitt and Huskies honcho Geno Auriemma aren’t exactly the best of friends. The relationship can be best summed up Geno’s reaction as to why Pat took UConn off her regular season schedule:“ She hates my guts .” Relations became even frostier last month when the NCAA investigated a ...