A potential one-and-done rule in women’s college basketball could “ruin the game,” according to UConn coach Geno Auriemma.
“It depends whether you want the game to grow or you want to kill it,” Auriemma said Thursday during an interview on ESPN Radio’s “UnSportsmanLike.”
“If you want to kill it, then let the kids leave after freshman year,” Auriemma said. “On the men’s side, it’s become transactional. Everybody’s a free agent. Everybody’s a mercenary. It’s not the kids’ fault. … To me, what helped the women’s game grow is the people in Iowa got to grow up with Caitlin Clark. The people of Connecticut got to grow up with all of my great players. There’s something to be said for that.”
Current WNBA rules stipulate that players are eligible to be selected in the WNBA draft upon graduating from college — or being within three months of doing so — or in the calendar year that they turn 22.
For example, 2021 national player of the year Paige Bueckers, UConn’s…
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