Coach Allan Dempster

@Collegebbopens @collegeopening 6’5 SG | Class of 2026 Busche Academy | 4.0 GPA From Germany 🇩🇪 competing in the US Versatile guard – shooter, creator, defender 🎥 Highlights below 📩 Open to opportunities

@BrotherhoodDuke They didn’t though

Duke really would have won the whole thing…

@Real_Ames It’s actually hilarious 😂😂😂

@NobleNegroe She got out coached. No excuses were made. She is still a great coach and a 3 time champion. On to the next

Dawn Staley getting out coached and blown out in this national championship game versus UCLA. What excuse are yall gonna make today? Can’t blame Geno anymore.

This is actually basic basketball knowledge

@rootingforher Excuse. Look at the 3pt attempt count. The team that shoots the most 3s organically won’t get a lot of foul calls. I have no dog in the fight either but any basketball person knows the team that’s attacking the basket and playing more aggressive will get the most foul calls

Refs for South Carolina vs UConn: Brenda Pantoja Farouk Cissoko-Stephen’s Katie Lukanich Look at the officiating and you’re telling me there’s no bias.. It ended up being 22 to only 6 for UConn. Insane manipulation of points in favor for South Carolina.

@Rosa_taxidriver Look at the 3pt attempt count. The team that shoots the most 3s isn’t going to have an even foul count with a team that is taking more lay ups and playing aggressively. That’s basketball 101 yall are fans and have little understanding of the game.

17 UConn fouls.. and only 6 free throw attempts compared to sc 22 ft attempts..

@paigeslesb Crash out on the refs not Dawn

geno valid crash out.

@Rosa_taxidriver They’re not calling off ball fouls in final 4 games. Complaining to the refs is straight loser activity

This the shit geno was talking about.. call the foul ref lol

@JackMac @TheLFC11 Lmaooo now we both know if Dawn would’ve pulled a stunt like that the world would’ve cooked her. But I see what you’re doing here.

@TheLFC11 Yeah it’s nbd tbh. Guy was mad he lost. Happens.

Geno would prob have to pull a stunt like that 100 more times for me to care. That man is the GOAT.

@game7__ You just said a bunch of nothing. The game went how it went and I stand as a UConn fan. They were out played out toughed anyone that has played D1 basketball knows that in games like this they’ll let them play. Geno acted like a pure baby. A sore loser. A brat.

Sports fans rarely agree on anything in 2026. But everyone seems in agreement right now. South Carolina fans. UConn fans. Everyone. Geno Auriemma was right. And Dawn Staley has always had a terrible attitude - tonight was no exception. She should apologize and try to do better going forward, because this is getting embarrassing. South Carolina shot 22 free throws tonight. UConn shot 6. Twenty-two to six. In a Final Four game. Between the two best teams in the country. All six fouls in the third quarter were called on UConn. Sarah Strong, the AP Player of the Year, had her jersey ripped on a play with no call. Before the fourth quarter, Geno went on ESPN and said what everyone watching at home was thinking: "They've been beating the s**t out of our guys down there the entire game." He pointed at Staley's sideline and called her out for ranting at the officials all night while her team got away with everything. Then the game ended. South Carolina 62, UConn 48. And Geno walked over to shake Staley's hand, said something that wasn't friendly, and had to be physically pulled away. Was it the right moment? Probably not. But after watching his team get grabbed, held, and shoved for 40 minutes while the whistle only blew one way, the man had earned his frustration. And Staley's response was even more telling. "I have no idea," she said on ESPN after the game. "But I'mma let you know this, I'm of integrity. I'm of integrity. So if I did something wrong to Geno, I had no idea what I did." She then guessed that Geno was upset because he thought she didn't shake his hand before the game. ESPN pulled up the video. She did shake his hand before the game. So her explanation didn't even make sense. The full breakdown of what happened, the foul discrepancy, and why Geno had every right to be upset is here: itsgame7.com/news/dawn-stal… Here's what nobody wants to say out loud: Staley has a pattern. Last April, in the 2025 national championship, UConn blew South Carolina out 82-59. Staley was on the sideline screaming profanities and slapping herself on the forehead. Social media tore her apart. Afterward, she was gracious about it and said UConn "beat our ass." Credit for that. But the sideline theatrics, the working of officials, the ranting and raving, and then the "I have no idea what you're talking about" act after the game? That's a routine at this point. Geno Auriemma has 12 national championships. More wins than any coach in college basketball history. He's been doing this for over 40 years. He didn't blow up on national television because he's a sore loser. He blew up because he watched a 22-6 free throw disparity unfold in real time in the biggest game of the season. South Carolina played great defense tonight. Nobody is taking that away from them. Ta'Niya Latson had 16 and 11. Agot Makeer added 14 off the bench. Joyce Edwards and Raven Johnson made life miserable for Strong and Fudd, who combined to shoot 7-of-31. The Gamecocks earned the win. But the officiating wasn't earned. And Geno was the only person in that building willing to say it out loud. Staley can say "I'm of integrity" as many times as she wants. The free throw line told a different story.

@TheUConnBlog @b4tsandB4lls He did not have good reason at all. That was some pure cry baby shit and I’m a UConn basketball fan. Let’s not let our fandom get in the way of what’s right is right. 25+ championships and acting like a sore loser is cry baby behavior.

@b4tsandB4lls Ok upon further review, hmmmm, but let's say he had a good reason

Just to be so clear, we stand with Geno, unequivocally

@Zigmanfreud “Given who Dawn Staley is” elaborate on that.

I know this will be wrongly perceived by some as racist and/or sexist, but, given who Dawn Staley is, I need no further information to determine that I’m on “Team Geno” here…

Never will understand how these young cats want to play college ball, but don’t watch college hoops 🤦🏼

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Blessed to receive a scholarship from Southern University!! Go Jaguars🩵💛#AG2G #CamdenNJ #RTP

@Uber with gas prices sky rocketing do you guys plan to increase uber fares to help drivers? Specifically speaking in the Houston region. Gas prices are high yet the rates that we are being paid are very low.

@SethDavisHoops Duke should’ve just held the ball in the backcourt lol no rocket science analysis needed it’s that simple.

Yes, Cayden Boozer should not have attempted the pass. But the problem was more in the execution than the decision. Duke had two players downcourt and well past the defense. All he has to do is get it past the defenders and it's game over. And it still took a 35 footer for UConn to win. The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat.

Big East BASKETBALL!! We own the ACC.

They don’t consider the Big East a power conference though lol 😂 funny how they have 9 nattys since 1999 lol but yall love glazing the ACC lol