Geno Auriemma UCONN Basketball Program Building Notes

GENO AURIEMMA
Inside a Championship program | Geno Auriemma UCONN Basketball Program Building

1. Took over an intramural program at UCONN
• Run a Catholic School program
• School uniforms: He loved it because he only had two outfits growing up
2. Dress a certain way
3. Study Hall and if you are late you don’t practice
4. Recruited character kids and got rid of the kids who would not buy in
5. How do you get rid of kids who won’t buy in: MAKE THEM MISERABLE
6. Respect each other and set a standard
7. The job you have right now is the best one you have: BE GREAT AT WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW!

OFFENSE | Geno Auriemma UCONN Basketball Program Building
1. The game is played with the mind, eyes, hands and feet
2. 5 tools: defense, catch, dribble, pass and shoot
3. Play MY PACE because it makes you as good as you can be. YOUR PACE only keeps you the same.
4. The longer you wait on a screen the better it gets.
5. 30-45 minutes of shooting OUT OF YOUR OFFENSE
6. DETAILS: Jack Ramsey wanted the foot on the elbow in the 1-2-2 zone
7. Put you two best players on the WEAK SIDE

OFFENSE PART 2 | Geno Auriemma UCONN Basketball Program Building
8. Play a STRETCH 4 and move them around
9. WATCH PRACTICE
10. Lou Carnesseca D: Not tight but not way off. Half and half. Put doubt in their mind
11. NO 3’S and no fouls
12. You play against the game of basketball or your standard of basketball not the scoreboard.
13. Make changes while you are winning
14. The most important thing a person can know is what they don’t know.  Learn all you can.

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