REUTERS/Adam Hunger
“We have a spoiled group of fans who assume we are going to win, who assumed we would be in Philadelphia [for the regionals] and be at the Final Four. We had the season, the Big East in Hartford and now the NCAA tournament. You are asking them to do a lot. So I think we don’t bid on [hosting the NCAA first round] for five years.”
— Connecticut women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma on a half-full home arena during his team’s second-round victory in the NCAA tournament (via ESPN.com)