UConn Women’s Coach Auriemma, Men’s Game “Is a Joke”

Earlier this week on a conference call with national media, UConn women's coach Geno Auriemma declared that his gender counterpart's sport is laughable, at best.

Auriemma is preparing his squad to play for the national championship in women's hoops against the Maryland Terrapins on April 7, but not before he made some polarizing comments about the men's game.

"The bottom line is, nobody can score... College men's basketball is so far behind the times, it's unbelievable."

Says the man who coaches one of the most dominant programs in all of collegiate athletics.

Here's a thought Geno: maybe the reason no one can score is because all the great athletes aren't funneled into a select couple of teams like in women's basketball. Outside of UConn, Maryland, Notre Dame, and South Carolina (who came out of nowhere this year), what other programs are even relevant in women's hoops now?

Tennessee has unfortunately fallen off since Pat Summitt retired; Baylor is still decent, but they really were no match for Notre Dame in this year's Elite 8; and one of the most impressive teams in women's basketball this year in Kentucky got beat in the second round by Dayton.

Kudos to you for taking advantage of capitalism at the collegiate athletics level, but don't complain about another league when there's much more talent that can be spread around.

"And they'll tell you that it's because of great defense, great scouting, a lot of teamwork. Nonsense, nonsense."

In the men's game, the top athletes are spread throughout, even with Kentucky's influx in talent over the past few years. They may have the best athletes and talent, but what is that team known for? Defense. When talent and athleticism is spread out almost equally, you must rely on defense.

And how is it that a team full of NBA egos isn't producing "teamwork?" I'd say that this year is John Calipari's best coaching job ever.

It's not just Cal doing a great job either. Duke, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, North Carolina State, North Carolina, Arizona, Kansas, Oklahoma, Louisville all have NBA talent on their teams, and yet the game is a joke?

Or is he talking about the bottom dwellers, like the Montana State's, the Liberty's, the Cal State Fullerton's? Because there are no terrible teams at the women's level, is there?

Surely as a coach, Auriemma gets that, right? Doesn't seem to be the case.

Do you ever see the leader of Greece bad-mouthing the United States economy? No? How come?

I will say this much though: one reason that offenses are struggling in the men's game is that officiating is consistently shoddy at best. It's tough to score when the refs miss so many calls.

However, when the game is played at a much faster pace with equal athletes all over the court, it's difficult to determine a who fouled who in a split second.

Maybe men's basketball is terrible, but what's the saying about you may be pointing a finger at me, but there are always three pointing back at you?

So when your sport can field more than three really good teams in a season, then you can talk about how an entirely different sport is a joke.