Geno Auriemma has witnessed many changes to college basketball throughout his four decades as UConn's head coach. Like most jobs, his has evolved over the years.

On Sunday, Auriemma led the Huskies to his 12th national title. He already won two championships before Paige Bueckers was born in 2001.

Speaking to Dan Patrick on Monday, Auriemma said coaching is "a little different" than it was 15 years ago. He explained that reaching players is tougher with more people and technology demanding their attention.

"The players I'm coaching today are way more challenged," Auriemma said. "They're way more distracted. They got way more voices in their head. They've got way too much information coming at them ... It's hard to make your voice really be the voice."

Auriemma joked that a player used to take his word if he told them it was Wednesday on a Monday. But if a parent asked them what their coach told them now, they would reply, "I don't know. I wasn't listening."

"It's just a little bit harder right now," he said.

Auriemma said he doesn't deal with NIL and the transfer portal as rigorously as a men's coach. However, it's inevitable that he'll lose some players seeking an expanded role elsewhere.

"Those days of 'I'll wait my turn,' those are gone," he said. "So we know at the end of every year, some kid's already halfway out the door when they realize, 'I'm not getting the time I thought I was gonna get.' We understand we might lose a couple every year, but there's a couple kids that want to come every year."

His biggest complaint about the current system regards the lack of oversight in managing the portal.

"Our free agency is the whole year, and every kid's a free agent every day of the whole year," Auriemma added. "And then the portal's open during the NCAA tournament. Can you imagine the NBA playoffs, and free agency's going on during the playoffs? It's insanity."

While these issues are more prevalent on the men's side, Auriemma also said the money spent on NIL in men's basketball and college football is "out of hand."