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UConn's Geno Auriemma Sounds Off on Officiating

Long one of the most fearsome intersectional rivalries in sports, women's basketball games between UConn and Tennessee have brought out the best in players of both teams for decades.

The rivalry has also made legends of coaches from both schools over time, deifying late Volunteers coach Pat Summitt and Huskies coach Geno Auriemma. When the two teams met Thursday in Knoxville, Tenn., Auriemma took some of the rivalry's passion out on the officiating crew in a halftime interview with ESPN's Holly Rowe.

"You told me before the game you couldn't put (Tennessee) on the free throw line or allow second-chance points.