The Huskies coach let his voice be heard about eligibility for the WNBA draft.
Men's college basketball players can declare for the NBA draft as long as they are 19 years old during the event's calendar year and one year removed from graduating high school. However, women's college stars must wait until the year they are graduating from college or in the calendar year that they turn 22.
"... To me, what helped the women's game grow is the people in Iowa got to grow up with Caitlin Clark. The people of Connecticut got to grow up with all of my great players. There's something to be said for that." "I don't know that our game can continue to move forward if all of a sudden our guys are gone," Auriemma said."So I like the rule, and the players decided the rule. So if they change the rule, God bless 'em, but I think it'll ruin the game."
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