If you're a one-season-at-a-time person, however, then with college hoops wrapping up last week, you might only now be dipping your toe into the diamond sports waters.
Auriemma chuckled at being called 'underdogs,' highlighting the rarity of such characterization for his winning UConn team. He was surprised by the jest from ESPN.
"I feel like we've had some problems with that this season -- playing with toughness," Paopao said Saturday. "We've got to start the game with toughness. I feel like when the (other) team punches first and plays with toughness first, we tend to not be able to play with toughness until later in the second half or when it's too late."