UConn Women's Basketball Articles - Page 7

The UConn women’s basketball team is getting a huge boost this upcoming season in the form of Paige Bueckers. The star point guard missed the entirety of the 2022-23 season due to an ACL injury she suffered in the offseason. She is set to return to the court for the 2023-24 season and is fresh […]

In the new age of NIL (name, image, likeness) deals, some of the top college athletes are able to make a profit in a way they were never allowed to do before. Some college athletes have signed deals that are worth millions of dollars. When it comes to the women’s basketball side of things, there […]

The UConn women’s basketball team is in the middle of its European summer tour that includes four games in three countries. The Huskies are visiting Croatia, Slovenia and Italy on their tour. The UConn women’s basketball team announced that star Paige Bueckers will not participate in any of the four games on the tour. Paige […]

UConn women’s basketball player Jana El Alfy has suffered an Achilles tendon injury, according to Maggie Vanoni of Hearst. Jana El Alfy was with the Egypt U19 team, and playing very well before her injury. The UConn women’s basketball program has not released any details on her injury, but she is reportedly flying directly from […]

Down goes UConn! The Ohio State women’s basketball team completed a stunning March Madness upset, knocking off the mighty Huskies by a score of 73-61 in their Sweet Sixteen matchup. Not only was it a huge NCAA Tournament upset for the Buckeyes, who were heavy underdogs, to knock off the Division I power that has […]

After taking home the Big East championship, one thing is for certain: No. 7 UConn is peaking at the right time. The Huskies took down Villanova 67-56 yesterday to take home the Big East tournament crown. They now will enter the NCAA tournament with momentum they have been trying to build on all season. It […]

The UConn Huskies of old have returned and it couldn’t have come at a better time. After blistering through most of the Big East tournament this past week, UConn could be peaking at the right time after injuries have put a strain on the team’s depth all season. Sophomore Azzi Fudd made her return after […]

After missing 14 straight games, Azzi Fudd is available for No. 9 UConn. The Huskies are playing Georgetown today in the quarterfinals of the Big East conference tournament. Fudd’s return couldn’t have come at a better time as UConn has been dealing with a litany of injuries since before the start of the season. UConn […]

On his way to eviscerating the Houston Rockets with a 42-point performance, Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson found inspiration for keeping his head up this season from one of the most successful teams in basketball history: UConn WBB. After the win where he knocked down 12 three-pointers, Thompson shouted out the Huskies after the […]

Throughout an injury-plagued 2022-23 season, No. 4 UConn has held its own staying at the top of the national rankings. However, the Huskies have dropped three of their last six games as managing the minutes of the active players on the roster has challenged the program as of late. Yesterday, St. Johns (20-7) beat UConn […]

In what was described as a “championship game atmosphere,” South Carolina was able to outlast UConn in the final minutes of an 81-77 bout in favor of the Gamecocks. However, it did not come without controversy. UConn’s head coach Geno Auriemma was critical of how the game was called. While his team only had two […]

After fighting to make her way back to the starting lineup for weeks, Azzi Fudd will be out indefinitely after re-injuring her right knee versus Georgetown on Jan. 15. The sophomore was expected to be a national player of the year candidate this season but has only been able to play in seven full games. […]

After overcoming injuries since before the start of the season, UConn’s health problems hit a breaking point for the program. The Huskies only had six active players on the roster following injuries to senior Aliyah Edwards and freshman Ayanna Patterson and were forced to postpone their Sunday bout with DePaul on the road. Patterson and […]

As No. 8 UConn continues to be bludgeoned by injuries, head coach Geno Auriemma spoke with the media about Azzi Fudd’s status. The sophomore, who is averaging 20.6 points per game this season, has been sidelined after hurting her knee in the Huskies’ loss to Notre Dame on Dec. 4. “Depending on what happens there, […]

UConn women’s basketball program announced head coach Geno Auriemma will not be on the sideline for a second straight game as he battles an illness. The Huskies play Seton Hall this afternoon at home. Ahead of their 85-77 win over Florida State on Dec. 17, Auriemma experienced flu-like symptoms. The school said their long-time head […]

For the first time in program history, No. 20 Maryland took down No. 6 UConn 85-78 in a Sunday afternoon thriller. The Huskies, who have been slammed by injuries this season, only had seven active players on the roster, something Geno Auriemma lamented after the game. “You look at our bench and you go, every […]

Any time UConn has lost a player, it has felt like Geno Auriemma has reached down into a Mary Poppins-like bag of top-end talent and plugged in the holes with it. After injuries have mounted for the Huskies, he may be running out of them. UConn suffered another loss to its roster after Nika Muhl […]

The Connecticut women’s basketball team is dealing with a dastardly case of the injury bug, as its players are dropping like flies. The college basketball season began just a month ago, and the Huskies have already lost two more of its top players to injury.  UConn headed into the season without Paige Bueckers (torn ACL) […]

UConn women’s basketball can’t seem to catch a break after sophomore Azzi Fudd added to the injury woes the team has team dealt with all season. While ESPN’s Alexa Philippou was told by the school’s public relations staff Fudd is “OK,” the sophomore missed most of the game with what appeared to me a knee […]

After the set-up of the Indiana women’s basketball team Feast Week tournament was detailed, UConn head coach Geno Auriemma and sophomore guard had strong words about it following their comeback win vs. Iowa. “It’s probably the last time they’ll get a good team to go to that tournament. It’s almost that condescending kind of thinking, […]

Only a couple weeks into the season, women’s college basketball has already seen some of the top teams around the country be taken down by their underdog counterparts. UConn head coach Geno Auriemma believes college fans should get used to it. “You’re going to see that happen more and more,” Auriemma told ESPN. “Hell, that’s […]

It’s finally that time of year again. You know it: when everyone meets on the fourth Thursday of November, makes a feast before gathering together around the T.V. to watch women’s hoops. Did I get that right? Well, if not, that is exactly what you will be able to do tomorrow as Feast Week continues […]

Heading into this season, UConn looked like it could implode as a perennial contender. Former national player of the year Paige Bueckers tore her ACL during a pickup game, ending what could have been another leap in her young career. To make matters worse: highly touted freshman Ice Brady dislocated her patella and put her […]

Any time a player’s name is uttered in the same sentence as Diana Taurasi and Maya Moore, they must have done something historic. That is exactly what Azzi Fudd has done so far in her second year at UConn. The sophomore has scored 32 points in each of her first two games, making her the […]

UConn women’s basketball team dealt with a scary moment Sunday afternoon when associate head coach Chris Dailey collapsed right after the national anthem ahead of the Huskies’ 91-69 win over No. 10 N.C. State. She received medical attention and was helped off the floor in a stretcher. Dailey waved the crowd as she left the […]

UConn women’s basketball team can’t catch a break after it lost another member of its team to injuries. The program announced 6-foot-5 forward Dorka Juhàsz broke her thumb and will be out for at least three games. That brings UConn’s roster down to eight active players after only three games. The Huskies went into the […]

Geno Auriemma has seen a lot of great players come through his program. If Azzi Fudd somehow wasn’t on that list before, she sure is now after pouring in a career-high 32 points in UConn’s 83-76 win over Texas yesterday night. After Fudd torched the Longhorns, Auriemma shared a story about how the sophomore handled […]

When Paige Bueckers heard the news she wouldn’t be suiting up for UConn on the court this year, she couldn’t believe. In an interview on Nov. 7 that resurfaced yesterday, the 2021 national freshman of the year described her emotions of that reality setting over the next week. Every athlete who has experienced a season-ending […]

UConn can’t seem to avoid the injury bug. It was announced today freshman Isuneh (a.k.a Ice) Brady will miss the entire NCAAW season after dislocating her patella in her right knee. According to ESPN, the injury occurred on Oct. 21 and underwent a successful on Tuesday. Brady was a five-star recruit coming out of high […]

University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball team has been one of the most dominant programs in college sports history but its competition is creeping up on it. With star guard Paige Bueckers out for the entire 2022-23 season, the Associated Press ranked five other teams ahead of UConn in its annual preseason top-25 women’s basketball poll. […]

South Carolina is back atop the zenith of NCAA women’s basketball after beating the University of Connecticut for the national title, 64-49 on Sunday night. The top-seeded Gamecocks started the game on fire, outscoring the second-seeded Huskies, 22-8 in the opening frame. They then held Paige Bueckers and company to just 12 points in the […]

Following an injury-plagued regular season, Paige Bueckers is putting on a very strong run through the NCCA Tournament. The UConn Huskies point guard, fresh off of a thrilling Elite Eight win, is starting to win the hearts of fans off the court as well. Bueckers has agreed to a NIL deal with Chegg, an education […]

The day has come. The seemingly eternal winning streak of the University of Connecticut in women’s basketball has been put to rest by Villanova on Wednesday night. The Wildcats pulled off the monumental upset, 72-69 to snap the Huskies’ 169-game conference winnings streak. The last time UConn lost in a Big East contest, Macklemore & […]

The UConn women’s basketball team has enjoyed an enormous amount of success under head coach Geno Auriemma. Under Auriemma’s leadership, the Huskies have won 11 national championships and have finished the season with a perfect record four times. That astonishing level of success comes with a fair amount of coverage from sports outlets, specifically ESPN, […]

Ayanna Patterson started the camera. Just in case. The slam dunk is a rare sighting in women’s basketball. In the WNBA, only seven players have dunked in league history. In college hoops, only eight women have done it – ever. Yet Patterson, a high school junior at the time, still wanted a few harmless attempts […]

The UConn women’s basketball team, ranked third in the nation, is off to a good start at 5-1. The Huskies are coming off of a convincing victory over number-22 ranked Notre Dame, but the win was a bittersweet one. UConn star Paige Bueckers suffered a knee injury late in the game. Head coach Geno Auriemma […]

The top-seeded UConn Huskies were the beneficiaries of a controversial non-call in a tight game against the second-seeded Baylor Lady Bears in the Elite Eight of the ongoing NCAA Tournament. After gaining the narrow win to go to the Final Four, UConn head coach Geno Auriemma addressed the situation and used LeBron James as an […]

One of many inexplicable tragedies to come from Sunday was the death of NBA All-Star Kobe Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter Gianna (“Gigi”), who had hoop dreams of her own. The younger Bryant was seen at basketball games—the NBA, WNBA, and the NCAA ranks—with her future Hall of Fame father on many occasions. She was a student […]

There have been a lot of headlines about Villanova’s Jay Wright possibly making the leap to the NBA after winning a national championship earlier this week. The Suns even made him their top priority. But what about a coach who won a national title not just this year, but a total of 11 times in his […]