A testy, hard-fought Final Four meeting between UConn and South Carolina spilled onto the sidelines of the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix.
Minutes after Huskies coach Geno Auriemma blasted officials and Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley for what he described as a discrepancy in fouls, the two coaches got into a heated confrontation in the waning moments of South Carolina's 62-48 win.
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ESPN cameras caught the two briefly shaking hands before Auriemma made some comments at Staley. That ignited a brief shouting match between the two, with assistant coaches and officials needing to get between the two women's basketball stalwarts.
Immediately following South Carolina's win in the Final Four, cameras captured Auriemma heading toward the UConn locker room without getting in the handshake line again with South Carolina's coaches and players.
