The UConn women’s basketball team’s win Monday night against the Creighton Blue Jays pushed Coach Geno Auriemma into new territory. With his 1,203 career wins, he is now second in wins in Division I basketball history. Now, he attempts to chase down Stanford’s coach Tara VanDerveer. How He Got There …
Read More »UConn and Baylor clash for trip to Final Four
UConn coach Geno Auriemma believes the Final Four is happening a week early Monday. He told the media that its opponent Monday in the Elite Eight, Baylor, was under seeded. “Explain to me how they’re a No. 2 seed,” coach Auriemma said. “These things happen, I know, but I think …
Read More »UConn’s Bueckers Edges Iowa’s Clark in Freshmen Showdown
It was a battle of freshmen Saturday afternoon as the UConn’s Paige Bueckers faced off against the University of Iowa’s Caitlin Clark in the Sweet 16. Game Recap While Clark averaged 26.7 points per game coming into the game, UConn was able to limit her to only 21 points, while …
Read More »Kobe, Gigi Bryant eulogized on 2/24
On Monday morning, the Staples Center housed more roses than it did people. 33,643 roses, to be exact — one for each point the late Kobe Bryant scored in his 20-year NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers. A lot have words have prefaced Bryant’s name in the past. Though, …
Read More »UConn Dominates Tournament for Tenth Straight Trip to the Final Four
Geno Auriemma and the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team are in the Final Four again. Should it be a surprise, though? This is the Huskies tenth straight trip to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament’s Final Four and, as usual, they made it look simple. The Huskies are pursuing their twelfth NCAA …
Read More »UConn Defeats Syracuse 82-51, Continues to Make History
Few collegiate athletes are lucky enough to call themselves champions at least once in their collegiate career. Fewer are lucky enough to call themselves champions twice during their collegiate careers. Even less can call themselves champions four times in their college careers. Then there are UConn women’s basketball players Breanna Stewart, …
Read More »NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship Preview
Top overall seed Connecticut and No. 4 seed Syracuse will battle for the national title in Indianapolis tonight at 8:30 p.m. Holding a perfect record of 37-0 the UConn girls will compete for an NCAA-record 11th national championship (4th straight). Syracuse (30-7) clawed their way to the national championship game by beating the Washington …
Read More »Women’s Final Four: Can Anyone Stop UConn?
In a year full of parity in Division I men’s college basketball, the same could also be said about the women’s side. A No. 2, No. 4 seed, and a No. 7 seed dot the Final Four in Indianapolis. The fourth team? Who else but undefeated UConn. The Huskies (36-0) have …
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