I can never seem to look as tough as DT but still got our traditional UConn guard pic this Olympics 😊🇺🇸 @S10Bird @DianaTaurasi @usabasketball @UConnWBB
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This picture says it all. Only they know how hard this was and they stayed together through adversity and found a way to go home as Olympic Medalists. So proud of all of them ❤️ @usab3x3 @C_Burdick11 @dearicamarie @haileyvanlith @howard_rhyne @TReiss32 🇺🇸🥉
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“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi....We ran as a family today in honor of Ahmaud because we want our children to grow up and be a part of change in this world. #IRunwithAhmaud #BlackLivesMatter
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One of my players sent me this when I asked what more I should be doing as an outraged white person....”I think it’s important as a person with thousands of followers, is a person of influence, and a role model of people of all races that you speak up on what is right.”
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Making us old guys proud #BleedBlue 💙
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There’s a reason there’s only video of me vs my 11yr old and not my 14yr old 😂😂😂 #oldladygame
The competition was tough! But @JenRizzotti is still a bucket, social distance and all. #RaiseHigh
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I'm also glad I got to be in San Antonio this week coaching the #USABWNT instead of sifting thru the transfer portal 😂😂 (📸: @usabasketball)
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I rarely post about my personal life on Twitter but I definitely want to brag about one of our biggest non-basketball accomplishments. Holden has a perfect transcript, is an All-State athlete and pretty handsome if I don't say so myself. #proudparents ❤️ @twotwenty221
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Pretty cool to be here in person to listen to Sue’s press conference announcing her retirement. Always played the right way, led the right way, represented the game the right way. Honored to have shared in a small part of her journey. ♥️ @S10Bird
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The look on your face when your coach is blaming you for something that wasn’t your fault and you just take it cause that’s your job....thanks @meilynbautista for always having my back #stilloncloud9 #a10champs #RaiseHigh @GW_WBB
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Our 15 year old BOYS represented for you today with their grown woman coach 😏 3-0 baby
I've always got your back Hall of Famer @RebeccaLobo
Been coaching my son’s basketball teams for the past six years. Something new happened today. It wasn’t awesome.
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My girl, my partner in crime, the reason I had so many assists @UConnWBB Couldn't be more proud. Love u B @RebeccaLobo #HallofFame17
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So appreciative of this woman and the opportunities she's given me w/ @usabasketball It started with a call 15 yrs ago & here we are sharing this moment in 2021. Carol is the common ingredient in all 7 of the WNT's consecutive gold medals. She's pretty special. #Tokyo2020 🇺🇸🥇
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Although I appreciate all the love today, this is the most important post that came from @ConnecticutSun today. I'm proud to join this organization and will continue to support our players, amplify their voices & fight for equality #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter
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First day of the journey. Excited to see what this team and staff will accomplish together in 2022 🧡☀️@ConnecticutSun #WNBA
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When the lights go out at the AmeriCup gold medal game and a dance competition breaks out between @usabasketball and @TeamPR 🇺🇸vs🇵🇷🤷🏻♀️
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Saw 1 of my former plyrs get sworn in as a DC Metro Police Officer today. When she took her official visit at Hartford, my team asked me if she even spoke 😂. Today she gave the speech for the graduating class of her Troop. Couldn’t be more proud. This is why we do what we do....
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Worth every drop, even in my eyes....but you know what they say about payback @haileyvanlith so watch your back 🤣🇺🇸🥇🍾
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Extremely grateful 🙏🏼 Thank you to @usab3x3 @usabasketball for trusting me with the responsibility to coach this team #Paris2024 🇺🇸🏀
The one and only‼️
Congrats to our president Jennifer Rizzotti for being named 2024 USA 3x3 Women’s Olympic Team Head Coach!
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Tokyo bound!! Can't wait to help make history @usabasketball 🇺🇸🥇#7
Team @usabasketball announced their roster heading to the Olympics. Our Team President @JenRizzotti will serve as an Assistant Coach in Tokyo! Here’s to making history! 🏆
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Run it back now! A 🇺🇸 #3x3WNT rematch with 🇨🇳 China on deck at 4:05 pm ET.
📺 @NBCOlympics + @peacock
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Happy to be home....go Sun! 🧡💙@ConnecticutSun @WNBA
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3x3 National Champs!! Thanks @TReiss32 @lauren_cox15 @_joanne_at @_naannna for a great week!! @usabasketball 🏆
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Can't believe this day is finally here. Game #1...defeated Nigeria today to continue our gold medal journey, 2 years in the making. Let's go USA 🇺🇸!! #Tokyo2020
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Happy 4th of July!! Can’t believe next year at this time I’ll be preparing for the 2020 Olympics 🇺🇸🇺🇸
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We’re playing 2 seniors, a walk on, 7 Sophs & Freshmen.....Strength of schedule = 36 (sorry guys) It hasn’t been easy but we’ve stayed together and had each other’s back. Future is bright. Way to ring in the New Year with a win #RaiseHigh @GW_WBB #Onlyteamwithawinin2019 ❤️
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If you want to be successful, it definitely helps to surround yourself with greatness #halloffamersx2 @Hoophall #hopetojoinyouoneday
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We did it!! 🥇🇺🇸🥇🇺🇸🥇🇺🇸
FINAL: 🇺🇸 #USABWNT 73, 🇦🇺 Australia 56
The USA Women #DefendTheCup & claim a third consecutive #FIBAWWC gold medal!
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And then there's my girl @sedonaprince_ Make sure you watch for her at the end!! 😂😂
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Pretty good spot to spend my Thursday night!! @WNBA #WNBAFinals
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One of the best humans I've ever met. AND a 4 time Olympic Gold Medalist!!!!! Congrats @SylviaFowles ♥️🇺🇸🥇🥇🥇🥇♥️
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This woman did all the behind the scenes work to get us to this moment. Thank you @TReiss32 for your commitment and for knowing when to lock in and when to keep it fun and break out into your dance moves. Couldn't have done it without you ❤️🇺🇸🥇@usab3x3 #goldhabits
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Another great trip with this crew....... bringing home the AmeriCup trophy and another 🥇@usabasketball @dawnstaley @LynxCoachReeve #danhughes 🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Playing at UConn taught us to do things the right way, stay together and overcome adversity 💙💙Blessed that @JamelleElliott came into my life #huskyfam #partnerincrime #bestteammateever #bridesmaid #olympicscoutbuddy
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What a ride! Congrats to @usabasketball for its continued excellence throughout decades #goldmedalroster 🇺🇸🥇
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Congrats on 1000 @GenoAjustsayin Thanks for all you’ve taught me along the way. Hoping I can get halfway there!! #Geno1000
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Thanks for coming @UConnWBB
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I don’t typically tweet about individual players, but this kid is one of the most humble, talented and selfless kids I’ve ever coached. Today we witnessed what she’s capable of.....but watch out, because she gets better every day 💛💙
.@MayowaTaiwo31 = BEAST. 💪💪💪. Career-high 1️⃣8️⃣ and two clutch free throws to seal it! #RaiseHigh
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Still not over it 🤯 #goldhabits @usab3x3
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I did NOT give permission to make this public 😂😂😂 🤪🤪🤪
So glad it’s April...March had us like 😰🤪 right @JenRizzotti? Stay safe, stay healthy, and stay positive! #RaiseHigh
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Never gets old!! Let’s continue to build #goldhabits @usab3x3 @TReiss32 @C_Burdick11 @Nae_2smoove @cambrink15 @haileyvanlith 🇺🇸🥇
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"That's who I am and I'm in those moments..." why does anyone ever ask if she feels the need to apologize #doublestandard #momcoach
Adia Barnes on a morning press conference and is asked about the TV clip showing her animated postgame speech to her team:
"I’m not apologizing for it because I don't feel that I need to apologize… I wouldn’t take it back."
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There's momentum to medal.
The 🇺🇸 #3x3WNT flipped the script on the #3x3Basketball competition & has the chance to complete an epic comeback on the final day in Paris.
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Nothing like having a 6'5 plyr alley-oop to another 6'5 plyr for a dunk 😁💪🏼🇺🇸🏅 #Rio2016
@bre_stewart30 @De11eDonne
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Had a #Justdoit moment today. Glad I did it. Missed my DC Monument runs. Glad to be home #OnlyatGW #RaiseHigh
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Thank god for my kids, they make me so happy. Couldn’t do this job without my family @twotwenty221 #KeepRaisingHigher
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Such an honor to have the opportunity to represent our country again @usabasketball #goldhabits
News: Dan Hughes, @LynxCoachReeve & @JenRizzotti return as USA Women’s National Team assistants for @dawnstaley through @Tokyo2020
»» bit.ly/2019-20WNTAssistants
#USABWNT
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One of my favorite pictures taken a few months before we moved down here. Being in DC was a big reason we took the @GW_WBB job. I wish we were doing more as a country to honor the legacy of MLK Jr. in our everyday lives. But all lives can't matter until #BlackLivesMatter #MLKDay
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Going for Gold 🥇 today!! Tune in to ESPN at 3pm to see us take on the Aussies 🇺🇸 vs 🇦🇺 @usabasketball #FIBAWWC2018 #goldhabits
Today, #USABWNT defends the cup. #FIBAWWC
🆚 🇦🇺 Australia
📍 Tenerife, Spain
⏰ 3 PM EDT
📺 @espn
#DefendTheCup
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I wasn’t having any “two small” hand gestures when I played 😂😂
January 28, 1995: Jennifer Rizzotti (@JenRizzotti) steals the pass and finishes with the left hand on the fastbreak in a 97-87 win over Kansas
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Could be the best human being I've ever met. Blessed to have crossed paths with him. He was a giant. RIP Coach 💔 #BleedBlue
Dee Rowe, UConn's iconic Athletics and Institutional Ambassador for the past 53 years and former men's basketball coach, passed away early Sunday in Storrs at the age of 91. Rest In Peace, Coach Rowe.
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🙏🏼 This is all about the players. Thanks to every single one of you that played this summer and to my Colorado Springs crew that got it all started 😉 🇺🇸🥇 @usab3x3
Head honchos of the half court!
🇺🇸 @JenRizzotti & @coachJoeLew are the 2023 USA Basketball 3x3 Co-Coaches of the Year!
🏆 #USABAwards
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Not too many of us Uconn guys are loving the "Orange" but we'll take it for this occasion 😜
.@RebeccaLobo goes into @Hoophall tonite! We salute her with @sportsiren & @RyanRuocco on Dishin & Swishin podcast fanragsports.com/podcast/dis…
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Gotta love April Madness 💙🤍!!
April 2, 1995: @RebeccaLobo and UConn defeat Tennessee 70-65 to win @UConnWBB’s first national championship and complete the program’s first undefeated season
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Good morning from Cancun 🌞 Nice reminder that no matter what, the sun comes up the next day. 40 more minutes to get better today @GW_WBB #RaiseHigh
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How great is it that while I was in Vienna, Austria winning a 🥇with @usab3x3, I could watch my @ConnecticutSun secure another win on WNBA League Pass?! @WNBA
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I will miss my crew while I’m gone with @usabasketball the next few weeks but at least I know they’ll be working hard #getBUFF #RaiseHigh @GW_WBB 🇺🇸💪🏼🏀💛💙
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Best friend Hartford Athletics could ask for. Tom Reich was adored and will be missed. RIP 🙏🏼 💔 #Hawkfam
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After a great week of camp, love watching the WFF games tonight with my @usabasketball family 🇺🇸
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I'm a little biased but happy to welcome another former Husky back to CT 😉#BornForThis 🧡💙
A familiar face is back in Connecticut! We are thrilled to welcome Morgan to our front office.
Release Here: bit.ly/MorganTuckHiring
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Arrived in Tenerife yesterday..squad is all here 😬 Excited to get this World Cup started! @usabasketball #USABWNT #2018worldcup
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Hard to describe this feeling 😁Thanks @usabasketball for letting me be a part of the excellence. #Rio2016 #USAWNT 🏅
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Beautiful morning in Santa Barbara. Day 2 of #USABWNT camp. Always inspiring to be a part of @usabasketball 🇺🇸🏀
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Heart is full of joy ❤️ Not 1, but 2 former players impacting lives. Couldn’t be more proud. Good reminder of what my purpose is in the bigger picture @CamelCoachSmith CourtneyGomez10 @conncollegewbb
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Two of the best to ever wear the Buff and Blue...honored they traveled all the way from Spain so we could induct them into our @GWsports HOF last night. Thank you @AnnaMontanana and @eaguilar10
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Best mentor I could have. Thanks Geno for including me in this journey #Rio2016 🏅🇺🇸 @usabasketball
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Great having the League of Women Voters at the @ConnecticutSun game last night. With every Sun Commissioner Cup win, the @wnba will donate $2000 to their organization. We win when we all vote @lwvct
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Caption this… OK I will “I might be 36 but this is what happens when you mess with my girl AT” #sunwinagain
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Congrats to our @GW_WBB graduating seniors! They were my babies when I arrived 3 years ago and now they’re ready to conquer the world #RaiseHigh #Classof2019
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@JenRizzotti of @GW_WBB and the @WBCA1981 challenges @CoachCloseUCLA, @CoachBanghart and YOU to wash your hands for 2️⃣0️⃣ secs while singing your school’s fight song!!
Post your video and challenge other coaches using #WBCAWashYourHands 💦✋🤚#RaiseHigh #BuffandBlue
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I was a part of this #neighborhood for 17 yrs & 6 NCAA tourneys w/ @HartfordWBB There's no "spinning" the impact that time had on my family & my athletes. Hartford is lucky to have @CoachGalUHart leading the charge. He should be valued for impact he's has had in every way ❤️
One Big Thing
1 for the #neighborhood
The University of Hartford
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I am too often disgusted by what I see on Twitter. But I refuse to look away b/c it fuels me to look for the good & my conversation with my team today was all good. I am proud to lead young women who have the courage to make a difference 💙💛@GW_WBB knows that Black Lives Matter
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I may have missed the “peak” of the cherry blossoms this year but still not a bad view for my afternoon run.....off to Tampa!! #OnlyAtGW #RaiseHigh
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Not hard to understand why we love her so much as a human being. Jhaisyn might be her inspiration, but she is definitely ours 💛💙 💛💙#RaiseHigh @meilynbautista @GW_WBB
ICYMI: @davejsports with the story of @GW_WBB star @meilynbautista and the special bond she shares with her brother Jhaisyn #RaiseHigh @nbcwashington @GW_Sports
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