UConn Women's Basketball Articles - Page 8

WNBASouth Carolina star Aliyah Boston's epic shoutout to idol Candace Parker after NCAA title game win

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 […]

NCAA BasketballUConn star Paige Bueckers lands heartwarming NIL deal

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 […]

NCAA BasketballVillanova does the impossible, ends UConn's 169-game conference winning streak

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 & […]

NCAA BasketballUConn head coach Geno Auriemma's cold response to former Notre Dame head coach's ESPN bias accusation

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, […]

NCAA BasketballMeet Ayanna Patterson, the next Candace Parker

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 […]

WNBAUConn head coach Geno Auriemma releases statement on Paige Bueckers' knee injury timetable

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 […]

NCAA BasketballUConn coach Geno Auriemma uses LeBron James as an example after controversial victory over Baylor

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 […]

Los Angeles LakersUConn Women's team honors Gianna Bryant

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 […]

NBAUConn's Geno Auriemma Wants Shot At The NBA

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 […]

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