Following a reporter’s question about Team USA’s romp through the field on the heels of an 81-51 victory over Canada the other day, Auriemma responded in part:

“We live in that Trumpian era where it’s okay to be sexist and degrade people that are good, just because they’re the opposite sex. We are what we are. We’re never going to apologize for being that good.”

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Support for Auriemma continued on social media, where Julie Foudy, formerly of the U.S. women’s national soccer team, became the latest to weigh in.

U.S. women’s player Diana Taurasi also offered her feelings.

Taurasi is seeking her fourth gold medal in what may be her final Olympics. So, too, is starting point guard Sue Bird. Both played for Auriemma at Connecticut.

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Here’s a bit more from Auriemma:

“We got a guy in the pool with a USA swim cap on who nobody can beat, and if he wasn’t in swimming, there would be a lot of other guys with gold medals, so it is what it is. The world needs times when such great, great teams or great individuals are doing great things, that other people can talk about and other people say, ‘Wow, wouldn’t it be great to be at that level?’