SPOKANE, Wash. — UConn coach Geno Auriemma reiterated his disdain for the two-host regional system for the women’s NCAA tournament, saying Friday that “whoever came up with this super regional stuff — and I know who they are — ruined the game.”
“Half the country has no chance to get to a game in person. But you’re making billions off of TV. Well, actually you’re not; that would be the men’s tournament,” Auriemma said a day before his No. 2 seed Huskies face No. 3 seed Oklahoma in Spokane. “So yeah, there’s a lot of issues that they need to fix. And again, we could get our ass beat tomorrow and that won’t change my feelings.”
The NCAA moved to two regional sites for the women’s tournament in 2023, after previously hosting games at four locations. The women’s March Madness event will have two regional sites through 2028: Fort Worth, Texas, and Sacramento, California, next year; Philadelphia and Las Vegas in 2027; and Portland, Oregon, and Washington, D.C., in 2028.
