TAMPA, Fla. — The complaints could not be ignored. From Birmingham, Alabama, to Spokane, Washington, last weekend, some of the most prominent coaches in women’s college basketball took aim at the NCAA’s fairly-new double-regional format.
First to loudly voice his disapproval with the format — where eight teams play a total of six games in the span of four days in one arena — was
UConn coach Geno Auriemma, the 71-year-old Hall of Famer who owns 11 national championships. Auriemma’s protests were focused around the availability of court time for practices and shootarounds, which he argues impacts rest and recovery time for players
