BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Just after the United States routed Canada by 40 points, Geno Auriemma and his UConn greats posed for a group photo on the court.The five UConn players, who helped the Huskies win 10 of their 11 national championships, received one last rousing ovation from the crowd. A fitting send off for the team from their adoring Connecticut fans.Auriemma gave those same fans an opportunity to cheer on their former UConn greats early on, starting the five of them. It was virtual the same starting lineup he used in a win over France on Wednesday. The only change was putting Breanna Stewart into the group instead of Elena Delle Donne.The Hall of Fame coach said it was the right thing to do.I hadnt had the same starting five in any games we played, he said after the 83-43 victory Friday night. I thought to myself, I asked Cheryl (Reeve), if you were head coach instead of me, youd do it, because its the right thing to do. She said OK. Im not going to worry about it and did it. It was fun for the kids and the fans.The players really didnt notice it until the opening tip.When you lk at it, you have a gd piece of history out there with Sue (Bird) and Diana (Taurasi) representing the early success and then Stewie on the other end, said Maya Mre, who helped the Huskies win two titles. It was really cl and really cl for the fans.That UConn five set the tone early defensively.After struggling in their first two exhibition games in the first half, the Americans jumped all over their neighbors to the north.The U.S. only had a three-point lead on the select team in their pre-Olympic tour opener Monday and led France by one Wednesday at the half. The Americans wouldnt let that happen against Canada.Taurasi, Bird, Mre, Stewart and Tina Charles struggled a little offensively when they were in, but defensively they shut down Canada.The Canadians missed 13 of their first 14 shots and couldnt recover from the slow start, trailing by 13 after one quarter and 24 at the half.I thought defensively we were about as gd as we can be given the short amount of work that weve done, Auriemma said. That kind of led to a bunch of other things.Taurasi scored 14 points, and Delle Donne added 12 to lead the U.S.Auriemma had always seemed to shy away from playing all his UConn players at the same time during the 2012 London Olympics and the last two world championships. He rarely ever had five UConn players on the court in either of those major championships. But just as he did starting Delle Donne in Delaware on Wednesday, he gave the fans one more opportunity to cheer the local favorites. The loud crowd gave the former Huskies a great ovation in pregame introductions and then cheered every one of their plays.When we get to Rio, the best five players for that situation will be on the flr regardless of where they come from, Auriemma said.The offensive highlight of the first half came from Delle Donne, who threw a nifty no-lk pass to Taurasi for a layup.Canada finished fifth in the world championship in 2014 and will lk to improve on that in Rio. The Canadians have never won a medal at the Olympics in womens basketball and with a nice mix of veterans and talented youth hope to change that.One of those talented young players is Kia Nurse, who is a rising junior at UConn. Nurse help lead Canada to the gold medal at the Pan-Am Games last summer. She got a really nice hand from the crowd in pregame introductions, but had a rough game. She was scoreless in 25 minutes, missing all three of her shots.This was Nurses second game back for Canada. She had sports hernia surgery after helping UConn win a fourth consecutive national championship this April.I cant say how impressed and pleased we are that shes come back as well as she has, Canada coach Lisa Thomaidis said. Shes such a competitor, so tough, nothing surprises us anymore with her.While the Canadians will be searching for their first medal, the U.S. will be trying for an unprecedented sixth consecutive gold at the Olympics. The Americans have one more exhibition game Sunday against Australia, which beat France 76-67 on Friday night. The top two teams in the world will play at Madison Square Garden. Canada will face France.---Follow Doug on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/dougfeinberg Pittsburgh Penguins Gear . The 27-year-old Scrivens will be joining his third NHL club since signing with the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent in 2010. 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Argentina Olympic team coach Julio Olarticoechea said that neither he nor his coaching staff have received their salary from the Argentina Ftball Federation (AFA).Argentina crashed out of the Olympic ftball tournament at the group stage on Wednesday after a 1-1 draw with Honduras?amid institutional problems in AFA that forced FIFA to intervene back in June.The Albiceleste, who had been in danger of missing the Rio tournament just weeks before the opening ceremony due to AFAs current chaos, failed to reach the second stage of the competition for the first time since 1964.Olarticoechea, who stepped up to take the job just weeks before the Olympics after national team coach Gerardo Martinos abrupt resignation, reportedly over similar salary issues, told Argentinas media that AFA has hit rock bottom.?He said that he was borrowing money from his daughter to make ends meet this summer. His contract runs through March.Yesterday my wife called me to tell me that we are borrowing money from my daughter [Johana], who is a baker and earns a gd salary, he told La Nacion. She told me to speak to the AFA leaders and tell them that we need to be paid. I am taking money from my daughter. That is enough to make you cry, but that is the reality.It is as though they [AFA] are saying they dont value you, as if you just arrived at AFA by coincidence, he said.?The federation, led by Julio Grondona since 1979, has been in turmoil since the late FIFA senior vice president died in 2014.In June, FIFA stepped in and named a committee to run the federations daily affairs with a mandate that elections must be held by July 2017.I hear the criticism from the people who say that we are ding this for the money, but they are wrong, Olarticoechea told Radio Continental.dddddddddddd When you get to this level, it is no longer about money. It is about representing Argentina. And when you lose, you are totally destroyed. I know how each player feels.He blasted AFA for not paying his coaching staff.I dont make much and I dont complain about the pr salary, he said. Caldero [Pablo Calderon], my assistant, he does a million things and he earns just 18,000 pesos ($1200) monthly and he hasnt been paid in three months. He did everything, he organised everything for the players, he was a huge help.Argentinas senior team, coached by Edgardo Bauza, are currently preparing for September World Cup 2018 qualifiers against Uruguay and Venezuela without their star, Lionel Messi, who abruptly quit following the teams loss to Chile in the Copa America Centenario final.Bauza was in Barcelona on Thursday to try to persuade Messi to return. Friday is the FIFA deadline for squad names for the September matches.Messi also made reference to federation problems a few days before the Copa final, saying that AFA was a disaster after the team had suffered delayed flights and had experienced problems finding opponents for training games -- traditionally Argentina take a group of juniors to tournaments to serve as sparring partners for the senior side.?Maradona claimed that the current chaos within the Argentina federation was institutional and that Barcelona star Lionel Messi was right to call out the federation during the Copa America Centenario. ' ' '