""For us to continue to come to Connecticut year after year after year is, to me, it's a personal attack," Legette-Jack said after her Orange lost 98-45 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Monday."
""To have to come and be in this particular bracket every freaking year is unacceptable," she said. "It's wrong.""
""We, I thought, deserved a little more respect," Legette-Jack said. "I think that we've earned the right to go anywhere outside of a four-hour radius.""
Syracuse coach Felisha Legette-Jack expressed frustration over her team's repeated matchups against UConn in the NCAA Tournament. After a significant loss, she called the selection committee's decision to group teams by region a personal attack. Legette-Jack highlighted that Syracuse has faced UConn multiple times in the tournament, resulting in heavy defeats. She argued that her team deserves respect and the opportunity to compete outside a limited geographic area, referencing their past successes and the need for fairer matchups.
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