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JuJu Watkins and No. 7 USC hold off Paige Bueckers and fourth-ranked UConn 72-70

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! 7 USC recovered from blowing a 18-point lead in the second half to beat Paige Bueckers and fourth-ranked UConn 72-70 on Saturday night. The game was a rematch of last season’s Elite Eight contest that the Huskies won and featured two of the best players …

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UConn’s Azzi Fudd and USC’s Kennedy Smith both return from injury in marquee matchup

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The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! HARTFORD, Conn. — UConn’s Azzi Fudd and USC’s Kennedy Smith both returned Saturday night after missing time with injuries. Now we’re a more complete team with her coming back.” She missed seven games, including USC’s loss to Notre Dame on Nov. 23. “I think Azzi’s …

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5 days, 22 hours ago

Strong, Bueckers and Shade’s hot shooting lift No. 4 UConn to 101-68 win over Iowa State

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! 4 UConn to a 101-68 victory over Iowa State on Tuesday night in the Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Showcase. Key moment Shade scored UConn’s first 14 points as the Huskies raced out to a 14-6 lead in the first 4:30 of the game. Up …

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Hidalgo scores 29 as No. 8 Notre Dame holds off No. 2 UConn 79-68

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Notre Dame forced UConn into 3-of-16 shooting from 3-point range, while the Fighting Irish were 10 for 18 behind the arc. Takeaways Notre Dame: Liza Karlen, a 6-foot-2 forward, suited up for the Fighting Irish for the first time since suffering a left ankle sprain …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Strong, Fudd lead No. 2 UConn to 85-52 rout of No. 22 Louisville in Women’s Champions Classic

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! 22 Louisville 85-52 on Saturday night as part of the Women’s Champions Classic. Louisville trailed by 18 after one and got within 12 early in the second quarter before Strong, the latest Huskies freshman star, got UConn back on track. Louisville: The Cardinals four losses …

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McNeely and Stewart help No. 2 UConn snap 3-game losing streak with 99-45 win

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! HARTFORD, Conn. — Liam McNeeley and Jaylin Stewart each scored 16 points as the second-ranked UConn men’s basketball team snapped a three-game losing streak with a 99-45 win over Maryland Eastern Shore on Saturday night. Things got heated early in the second half when Stewart …

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1 month ago

Saturday Sports: NWSL championship, Geno Auriemma breaks records, NFL in the snow

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Saturday Sports: NWSL championship, Geno Auriemma breaks records, NFL in the snow NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Michele Steele of ESPN about the NWSL championship, Geno Auriemma's record-breaking night and a now-rare event in the NFL: playing in the snow. STEELE: Well, the NWSL - the National Women's Soccer League - it's still a relatively young league. STEELE: Well, UConn …

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1 month ago

Geno Auriemma takes over the GOAT mantle, plus Army’s CFP dreams

New York Times

In the modern era of women’s basketball, there is UConn — and by extension, Geno Auriemma — and there is everyone else. Last night, we saw the coronation: Auriemma is now the winningest coach in college basketball history. Two important points of that story you may not know: Auriemma grew up poor in rural Italy with no running water or …

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UConn coach Geno Auriemma breaks NCAA wins record, getting 1,217th career victory

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The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Auriemma broke a tie with former Stanford women’s coach Tara VanDerveer, earning his 1,217th career victory with an 85-41 win over Fairleigh Dickinson on Wednesday night. “It’s about coming here every day and trying to be better than we were yesterday.” He has spent four …

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1 month ago

Geno Auriemma sets NCAA record win as No. 2 UConn beats Fairleigh Dickinson

LA Times

UConn coach Geno Auriemma poses for a photograph with his past and present players and coaches after setting the NCAA all-time wins record Wednesday night in Storrs, Conn. Geno Auriemma soaked in the moment. “We never sat down and said hey let’s make a 40-year plan and see if we can make this happen,” Auriemma said. “I know it means …

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1 month, 1 week ago

UConn’s Geno Auriemma ties NCAA Division I record with 1,216th win as No. 2 Huskies top No. 14 UNC

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! GREENSBORO, N.C. — UConn’s Geno Auriemma sounded more interested in getting his team ready to contend for a national championship than adding another coaching milestone to a Hall of Fame career. “I’m more of how do I put in position so they can feel like …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Freshmen El Alfy, Strong score 17 points each as No. 2 UConn routs BU 86-32

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The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! HARTFORD, Conn. — Jana El Alfy had 17 points and 11 rebounds and fellow freshman Sarah Strong had 17 points and six steals as No. Takeaways Boston University: Sophomore guard Sisi Bentley, playing in her hometown of Hartford, scored the Terriers’ first four points. Key …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

UConn Soars Past Georgia State, Clinches Top 25 Poll Position

Associated Press

UConn defeated Georgia State 34-27 in a thrilling matchup. The Huskies dominated the first half, scoring 10 points in the first quarter. Brown rushed for 138 yards and a touchdown, while Evers threw a touchdown pass and ran for a score. Georgia State fought back in the second half but could not overcome the Huskies' defense. The final score reflects …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Lakers conduct a public coaching search, considering Hurley and Redick, in hopes of pleasing LeBron

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LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers’ coaching search has been very public, seemingly chaotic and dominated by famous names. The Lakers’ reported plan to offer a massive contract to UConn coach Dan Hurley is the latest twist in the monthlong race to replace Darvin Ham, who was fired May 3 after two seasons. According to a person with knowledge …

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7 months ago

Feaster is honored by SC Athletic Hall and now is focused on seeing daughter Strong play at UConn

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Each March, Allison Feaster hears from those remembering perhaps her biggest, buzz-worthy athletic moment — when she led 16th-seeded Harvard to an upset of No. Feaster, who was inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame on Monday night, can’t wait to see the milestones her daughter, UConn freshman Sarah Strong, could reach as the No. …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Fans welcome UConn’s repeat champs back to the ‘Basketball Capital of the World’

Associated Press

STORRS, Conn. — UConn’s men’s basketball team returned Tuesday night to the campus the school has branded the “Basketball Capital of the World.” Fans lined the streets in Eastern Connecticut, cheering as the team’s buses passed by on the hourlong journey from Bradley International Airport to Gampel Pavilion. Several thousand fans waited inside the arena to hear from coach Dan …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

UConn vs. Purdue final score: How the Huskies repeated championships and became college basketball’s greatest team.

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The UConn Huskies are dynastic through whatever lens you prefer. Last year’s team was nearly as dominant, cruising past every team it faced in March Madness and beating an overmatched Cinderella, San Diego State, by 17 in the title game. But any power-conference team can get good enough to make a Final Four run sometime, and it’s never been more …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

UConn concludes a dominant run to its 2nd straight NCAA title, beating Zach Edey and Purdue 75-60

Associated Press

GLENDALE, Ariz. — A basketball beatdown. Coach Dan Hurley’s Huskies delivered the latest of their suffocating hoops performances Monday night, smothering Purdue for a 75-60 victory to become the first team since 2007 to capture back-to-back national championships. “I just think it’s the best two-year run in a very, very long time, just because of everything we lost from last …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Purdue’s Jones has been a perfect transfer fit in a March Madness run to the NCAA title game

Associated Press

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Lance Jones spent four years developing his game at a mid-major program before deciding to enter the transfer portal. “It’s everything that I hoped for with my last year of college basketball,” Jones said. “And I wouldn’t want it any other way.” The 6-foot-1 guard has played a huge role in helping the Boilermakers set a program …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Connecticut defeats Purdue to repeat as NCAA men’s basketball champions

LA Times

Connecticut delivered another dominant performance Monday night, smothering Purdue for a 75-60 victory to become the first team since 2007 to capture back-to-back national championships. The Huskies limited the country’s second-best three-point shooting team to a mere seven shots behind the arc — Purdue only made one — while happily allowing 7-foot-4 AP Player of the Year Zach Edey to …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

UConn, Purdue set to collide in NCAA title game after dominating in a romp-filled March Madness

Associated Press

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The NCAA Tournament has reached its finish line, down to one game pairing the two best teams that routinely win in romps and boasting a marquee post matchup that features a two-time national player of the year. Yet there’s a short list of unexpected moments this year: namely, Jack Gohlke making 10 3-pointers to help Oakland stun …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Alabama falls to the UConn machine in the Final Four, but the Tide certainly made it fun for a while

Associated Press

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Alabama’s Grant Nelson drove the lane before winding up and throwing down a poster-worthy dunk over 7-foot-2 Donovan Clingan in the second half, defying conventional wisdom by challenging the big man at the rim. Alabama fell 86-72 to the top-seeded Huskies, unable to contain a team that’s steamrolled through this NCAA Tournament and is trying to become …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Iowa-UConn women’s Final Four semifinal most-watched hoops game in ESPN history; 14.2M avg. viewers

Associated Press

BRISTOL, Conn. — Iowa’s 71-69 victory over UConn at the women’s Final Four on Friday night averaged 14.2 million viewers on ESPN, making it the most-viewed women’s basketball game on record and the largest audience for an ESPN basketball broadcast. Game 7 of the 2018 Eastern Conference finals between Cleveland and Boston was ESPN’s most-watched basketball game at 13.51 million. …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

South Carolina women surge past N.C. State 78-59

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CLEVELAND — All-America center Kamilla Cardoso scored 22 points and unbeaten South Carolina emphatically kept its perfect season going, advancing to the championship game of the women’s NCAA Tournament with a 78-59 victory over North Carolina State on Friday night. South Carolina will meet the winner of the second Final Four game between Iowa and UConn — a matchup featuring …

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JuJu Watkins and No. 7 USC hold off Paige Bueckers and fourth-ranked UConn 72-70

UConn’s Azzi Fudd and USC’s Kennedy Smith both return from injury in marquee matchup

Strong, Bueckers and Shade’s hot shooting lift No. 4 UConn to 101-68 win over Iowa State

Hidalgo scores 29 as No. 8 Notre Dame holds off No. 2 UConn 79-68

Strong, Fudd lead No. 2 UConn to 85-52 rout of No. 22 Louisville in Women’s Champions Classic

McNeely and Stewart help No. 2 UConn snap 3-game losing streak with 99-45 win

Saturday Sports: NWSL championship, Geno Auriemma breaks records, NFL in the snow

Geno Auriemma takes over the GOAT mantle, plus Army’s CFP dreams

UConn coach Geno Auriemma breaks NCAA wins record, getting 1,217th career victory

Geno Auriemma sets NCAA record win as No. 2 UConn beats Fairleigh Dickinson

UConn’s Geno Auriemma ties NCAA Division I record with 1,216th win as No. 2 Huskies top No. 14 UNC

Freshmen El Alfy, Strong score 17 points each as No. 2 UConn routs BU 86-32

UConn Soars Past Georgia State, Clinches Top 25 Poll Position

Lakers conduct a public coaching search, considering Hurley and Redick, in hopes of pleasing LeBron

Feaster is honored by SC Athletic Hall and now is focused on seeing daughter Strong play at UConn

Fans welcome UConn’s repeat champs back to the ‘Basketball Capital of the World’

UConn vs. Purdue final score: How the Huskies repeated championships and became college basketball’s greatest team.

UConn concludes a dominant run to its 2nd straight NCAA title, beating Zach Edey and Purdue 75-60

Purdue’s Jones has been a perfect transfer fit in a March Madness run to the NCAA title game

Connecticut defeats Purdue to repeat as NCAA men’s basketball champions

UConn, Purdue set to collide in NCAA title game after dominating in a romp-filled March Madness

Alabama falls to the UConn machine in the Final Four, but the Tide certainly made it fun for a while

Iowa-UConn women’s Final Four semifinal most-watched hoops game in ESPN history; 14.2M avg. viewers

South Carolina women surge past N.C. State 78-59