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UConn women’s basketball stars Azzi Fudd, Sarah Strong make Naismith Trophy Late-Season team
The accolades keep rolling in for Azzi Fudd and Sarah Strong as they continue anchoring the undefeated UConn women’s basketball team down the stretch of the regular season. Both of the Huskies’ superstars were named to the Naismith Trophy’s 30-player late-season team,
UConn forward Ice Brady cuts down the net after No. 2 UConn's 82-59 win over No. 1 South Carolina in the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament National Championship at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Sunday, April 6, 2025.
The two teams have met already once this season on Jan. 15 in Storrs with UConn walking away with a 99-50 victory, its second-largest win over the Wildcats. The Huskies held Villanova’s best player, sophomore Jasmine Bascoe, to just eight points on 3-of-13 shooting.
Geno Auriemma tied Tara VanDerveer's for most appearances in the AP women’s basketball poll, while multiple teams fell out of it entirely.
MILWAUKEE — Geno Auriemma stood silent in front of the UConn women’s basketball team’s bench with his arms crossed, watching stone faced as Marquette senior Lee Volker sank a fastbreak jump shot that cut his squad’s lead to just three points midway through the second quarter Saturday at Al McGuire Center.
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NCAA women's committee’s 1st top 16 reveal: UConn, UCLA, South Carolina, Vanderbilt are No. 1s
UConn, UCLA, South Carolina and Vanderbilt would be the No. 1 seeds in the women's NCAA Tournament if it began now. The NCAA basketball selection committee did its first reveal of the teams in line for the top 16 seeds Saturday.
Jana El Alfy came off the bench and provided an immediate spark in the frontcourt by boxing out and reaching over the heads of the Marquette defenders. Her aggression down low sparked a 9-0 run for UConn, which took a 12-point lead heading into intermission.