Auriemma Will Remain Huskies Coach While Coaching the US Woman’s Team

The Connecticut Huskies Women’s Basketball coach will be taking over the United States Women’s team, but has stated that he will continue to coach the women’s team at Connecticut according to the Associate Press. He will be coaching the US team for the next three years, including the 2012 Olympics in London. This will make him the first active college coach to be head of a women’s Olympic team since 1996. That coach, Tara VanDerveer led her team to an Olympic gold medal in Atlanta. Recently, Auriemma and his Huskies claimed its sixth national championship and their third perfect season.

In other news, DeMarcus Cousins has signed a national letter of intent to play at Kentucky. He had previously committed to play for Calipari at Memphis, but is now joining the wildcats. A player that averaged 26 points and 12 rebounds this year, Cousins is safely named the top power forward in the country. He has also led his high school team to the state semi-finals while doing that. Along with Cousins, Kentucky announced that Jon Hood and Daniel Orton will also be joining the crew. Along with would-be NBA draft picks, should be a good season of battle.

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