“I remember him looking at me and saying, 'Enjoy the first one. You'll be back,'” Gottlieb recalled this week, reflecting on Auriemma’s words of encouragement during her coaching journey.
Fourth-ranked USC and No. 9 UCLA both excelled in their inaugural Big Ten seasons, with USC winning the regular-season title over UCLA and the Bruins claiming the postseason championship against Rutgers.
It’s really cool to see the rest of the world catch on and pay attention...we're one of the programs that has one of these star players getting a ton of this attention.
LSU's Brian Kelly expressed his frustration after a third consecutive season-opening neutral-site loss, emphasizing his anger at the team's inability to finish games.