Paige Bueckers and Geno Auriemma Are Bringing Out the Best in Each Other

SPOKANE, Wash. — When Paige Bueckers and Geno Auriemma sat down at the dais after punching their ticket to Tampa for the Final Four, Auriemma pointed to the box score on a sheet of paper. Not to the fact that she played all 40 minutes or scored a game-high 31 points. Not to her 50 percent shooting from beyond the 3-point line or her nine fouls drawn or her two blocks or her six assists.

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He pointed to her four turnovers and shook his head. “What was that?” he asked her.

She quickly pointed to the column next over from the turnovers — a game-high four steals.

“Look,” she said. “I got

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