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Storm point guard Sue Bird has spent time this offseason in Storrs, watching her former UConn team continue its march toward another championship. On Wednesday, Bird was there for a celebration of the 1999-00 team that won a national championship a decade ago. (Storm forward Swin Cash was also on that team, but was unable to attend because of her season in China.)

Before the defending champion Huskies crushed No. 2 Stanford to reestablish their superiority, Bird talked to members of the so-called “horde” that cover UConn women’s basketball about her time in college, whether UConn-Stanford can ever compare to UConn-Tennessee (which was the matchup in the 2000 NCAA Tournament final), the ever-popular subject of Geno Auriemma and her own interest in attending Stanford. Reporter Joe Perez of the Hartford Chronicle put the entire Q&A on his personal blog.

Q: Did Stanford ever contact you about playing there?
A: Yes, that was my top — Stanford, Connecticut and Vanderbilt. I think at the time distance played a role. UConn was just right for me, though, more than anything. I mean, it’s a beautiful campus and all that other good stuff. … It’s hard to say no, and then I got in, so it was even harder to say no. That was on the refrigerator for a while in my house. I come from a family of Ivy Leaguers, I had to hold my own.

(H/T: RebKell)

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