Richard Deitsch · @richarddeitsch
7th Apr 2014 from TwitLonger
Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw went off this morning on UConn coach Geno Auriemma. She said the civility in the relationship is gone.
"We don't have a relationship," McGraw said. "I think that (the civility) got lost. When we were in the same conference (the Big East) I think there was a modicum of it but I think after beating them and not feeling any respect from that, we lost something."
She was asked if the civility could come back: "That would be difficult," McGraw said.
McGraw continued: "I think there was always some mutual respect when we first started and I like to think that is still there on our part."
A reporter asked if hate was a word that could be described at the feelings between the programs at the moment. "I think that is a fair assumption," McGraw said. "I think it is a fierce rivalry."