Geno Auriemma was not going to let his players carry this one. Minutes after the No. 5 Michigan Wolverines beat his No. 2 UConn Huskies 77-66 on Thursday night in Ann Arbor, the Huskies head coach said the decision that cost UConn its best player for most of the first half was his own.
The loss ended UConn’s 39-game regular-season winning streak, which had run since Feb. 6, 2025, and gave Michigan the highest-ranked win in its program history.
Geno Auriemma Takes the Blame for Sarah Strong’s Foul Trouble
Sarah Strong picked up her second foul with 2:55 left in the first quarter and her third roughly 30 seconds later, and she spent most of the rest of the half on the bench. Auriemma said the bench tried to tell him where she stood and he did not hear it…