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Geno Auriemma has won 12 national championships at UConn.
UConn is currently 38-0, trying to win their 13th.
When Geno is recruiting, certain things instantly disqualify a recruit - no matter how talented.
Here's what they are and what he looks for:
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19 years ago, a high school basketball coach put his team manager into a game for the final four minutes. The kid had never played a single minute of competitive basketball in his life. He scored 20 points.
Jason McElwain was diagnosed with severe autism at age two. He didn’t speak until he was five. He couldn’t chew solid food until he was six. He wore a nappy for most of his early childhood. As a baby, he was rigid, wouldn’t make eye contact, and hid in corners away from other children.
He tried out for his school basketball team every year and got cut every time. Too small. Too slight. Barely 5’6 and about 54 kilograms. But he loved the game so much that his mum called the school and asked if there was any way he could be involved. The coach created a team manager role for him. For three years, McElwain showed up to every practice and every game. He wore a shirt and tie on match days. He ran drills, handed out water, kept stats, and cheered every basket like he’d scored it himself.
On 15 February 2006, the last home game of his final school year, the coach let him suit up in a proper jersey and sit on the bench. With four minutes left and a comfortable lead, the coach sent him in.
His first shot missed. His second missed. Then something shifted.
He hit a three-pointer. Then another. Then another. His teammates stopped shooting entirely and just kept passing him the ball. He hit six three-pointers and a two-pointer. 20 points in four minutes. The highest scorer in the game. When the final buzzer went, the entire crowd rushed the court and lifted him onto their shoulders.
His mum tapped the coach on the shoulder, in tears. “This is the nicest gift you could have ever given my son.”
McElwain won the ESPY Award for Best Moment in Sports that year, beating out some of the biggest names in professional sport. He’s 36 now. He works at a local supermarket, coaches basketball, has run 17 marathons including five Boston Marathons, and travels the country speaking about never giving up.
When asked about that night, his coach still gets emotional. “For him to come in and seize the moment like he did was certainly more than I ever expected. I was an emotional wreck.”
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Knoch advances in the PIAA playoffs with a 46-30 win over D-10 Girard. Teegan Finucan with 18, Vinnie DeFelice 12, and Derek Lang added 10 - all three seniors playing their last game at home floor. Knoch held Girard’s Kenny Godoy (30ppg) to 16. 1st PIAA win for Knoch since 1997
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Knoch is a WPIAL basketball champion!!!!
That has never been said — until tonight. Knights beat Quaker Valley for 4A title, 48-35. Knoch outscored QV 29-15 in second half.
Knoch scored 36 points in the paint to 12 for QV. Roman DeFelice led Knoch with 13.
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A mom saw a soldier who didn't have family so she hugged him and thanked him for his service.
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Now up at #BreakfastWithBenz--Neil Walker on Bill Mazeroski triblive.com/sports/former-… “I badly needed somebody to help me at second base because I never played the position,” Walker said. “His wealth of knowledge and his willingness were integral to me becoming a major-league second baseman.” @TribSports @TribLIVE
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