Uconn Women S Basketball

Women's Ncaa Tournament

... has remained the same since 2013: Can anyone beat UConn. At first glance, the answer is no. UConn has won four consecutive national titles and enters this year’s tournament on a 107-game winning streak. Not only is it deserving of the tournament’s No. 1 overall seed, it is the unanimous No. 1 among the 33 Associated Press voters following a perfect 32-0 season featuring just three games (Florida State, Maryland, and Tulane) decided by single digits. UConn already owns victories over Baylor, Notre Dame and South Carolina — the other No. 1 seeds in the tournament. Women’s NCAA bracket breakdown: Players to watch, predictions and more. But UConn isn’t the absolute lock that it has been in previous years. As terrific a collective as the Huskies have been in 2016-17, this team isn’t as top heavy as the group last year that featured three WNBA first-round selections (Breanna Stewart, Moriah Jefferson and Morgan Tuck). ...

Ncaa Women’s Basketball Roundup

... and Napheesa Collier each had 24 points as the Connecticut women’s basketball team extended its winning streak to 108 in a row with a 116-55 rout of 16 th-seeded Albany on Saturday in a first-round NCAA tournament game at the Bridgeport Regional in Storrs, Connecticut. Nurse tied a career-high with six 3-pointers and Collier added 10 rebounds for her 15 th career double-double for the Huskies (33-0), who are vying for an unprecedented fifth consecutive NCAA championship and 12 th overall. Gabby Williams collected 20 points and 10 rebounds for her 10 th double-double of the season, and Katie Lou Samuelson had a team-high nine assists to go along with 15 points. Connecticut, the NCAA Tournament’s top seed, will next play eighth-seeded Syracuse in a rematch of the 2016 title game on Monday. Albany fell to 21-12. No. 8 Syracuse 85, No. 9 Iowa State 65. Brittney Sykes scored 28 points as the Orange routed the Cyclones in the first round of the Bridgeport Regional at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut. Nancy Lieberman Award finalist Alexis Peterson finished with 25 points and eight assists and Gabby Cooper added 24 points for Syracuse (22-10). Iowa State ...

Uconn Women’s Basketball Team Has Even Former Pro Coaches Impressed

... played by the four-time defending national champion UConn women’s basketball team, but also practices and shootarounds. Hughes, who retired as the San Antonio Stars’ head coach and general manager after the 2016 season, was part of the broadcasting crew for both the American Athletic Conference tournament and the first two games in the NCAA tournament. His gig gave Hughes, who won 237 regular-season games in the WNBA, a chance to check out UConn coach Geno Auriemma and his staff preparing the Huskies for a run at an unprecedented fifth consecutive national title. Hughes coached his WNBA teams to the playoffs 10 times in his 17 seasons, including San Antonio’s run to the championship series in 2008, so he has a different take on things than many of those who have been color commentators on UConn games over the years. “I think they do an incredible job of putting together the pieces from a teaching standpoint,” Hughes said. “They do a great job of player development, they do a great job of conceptual team things and then they also teach the players to be adult-like in their maturity in the game. They kind of ...

For Uconn Women's Basketball Assistant Coach Chloe Pavlech, It's A Different Game

... all of the time. “When I came here my eyes were opened up to a lot more things that I didn’t even know existed. I keep learning and watching a lot of film. It’s been really cool to see the different offenses and, for me, I get to take the best of both worlds, from here and from Maryland, and combine it.”. Of course, being around Auriemma is always an adventure, and the Hall of Fame coach has lived up to expectations. “The way Coach comes across, if you didn’t know him, you wouldn’t think that he’s the nicest guy in the world,” Pavlech said. “But he’s one of the nicest human beings I have ever met. He’s hilarious. He has very witty comments and he and CD are a lot of fun. I’ve joked with my mom that when I do get into coaching that hopefully we’ll see Coach Geno at one of my games. And hopefully CD will help me out for a couple of seasons and then she’ll officially retire. “When he talks to the players, I think of the things he says more from a coach’s perspective. When you’re a player it’s more getting amped up and you hear the strategy and message. As a GA, while I listen closely to the message and ...

Uconn Turns Up Defensive Pressure In Aac Tournament Final

... victory was not how the Huskies play when they are at their dominating best, Williams mentioned that there were lessons to be learned with how the regular-season finale against South Florida played out as well. RELATED: UConn's epic win streak by the numbers. "Last time we played USF, we kind of let them get away with a lot of things that we talked about in the scout and shootaround that we really didn't do," Williams said. "I think all five guys were locked in. We got into the passing lanes that we kind of missed that the last time and it was just fun. I think the role I have taken is to set the tone defensively like [Moriah Jefferson] would have inspired me last year is what I am trying to do with these guys. It is fun, everybody starts getting blocked shots, everybody starts getting steals and we all are just feeding off of each other. UConn (32-0) enters the NCAA tournament undefeated for the eighth time ...

The Huskies' Record 109-game Win Streak And Counting By The Numbers

... (36), which was achieved by Kansas from 1924-28. 29: Ranked teams beaten during this streak. With all these games against elite foes with equal Final Four aspirations at the end of each respective season, there has had to be at least one setback right? Not for these Huskies. 21: More wins than the men's record. The UCLA men's team, led by coach John Wooden, won 88 straight games from 1970-74.  UConn now has two separate win streaks that surpass that total. 9: Wins over top five opponents. UConn has faced the best of the best during this run and hasn't faltered yet. The Huskies have already beaten then-No. 2 Baylor, then-No. 2 Notre Dame and then-No. 4 Maryland this season. 10: Ranked teams beaten this season. UConn's nonconference schedule was unforgiving to open the season, but that didn't stop the No. 1 Huskies. UConn has knocked off No. 12 Florida State, No. 2 ...

Ucla Women's Basketball Team Warms To The Idea Of Facing Mighty Connecticut

... shot at the matchup it’s had its eyes on all along against top-ranked and undefeated Connecticut. The Bruins earned it by routing Texas A&M on Monday, 75-43, in a second-round NCAA tournament game. (Lindsey Thiry). “I definitely think we’re playing our best basketball in March,” Close said. “Usually it’s not the more talented team that wins in the NCAA tournament … it’s the one that does things together and makes plays for each other and I thought we made plays for each other.”. Best for last. Korver scored 18 of her 21 points in the first half against Texas A&M on a personal-best seven-for-10 shooting from three-point range. “I think Cleveland might have the wrong damn Korver,” Aggies Coach Gary Blair said, referencing the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kyle Korver after the game. “That [Kari] Korver is pretty damn good. Give her a little bit of credit because her release, if I’m Le Bron, I’m trying to get this one too.”. Korver, a fifth-year senior and a cousin of Kyle ...

Seniors Chong, Lawlor Play Last Home Game At Gampel As Uconn Women's Basketball Continues Title Run In Bridgeport

... to admire that.”. On the attack. Katie Lou Samuelson hit the floor going for the ball after the opening tip and got up holding her neck. Later, she could have used some ice bags after taking a few hits to the face on drives to the basket. “I was a little worried I’d get some bruises,” Samuelson said. “The time I got hit in the nose I was waiting for it to start bleeding. And starting off the game it was my neck. It was just a tough game and we respect how physical they play. It was all on the court and nothing personal.”. Samuelson set career highs in free throws made (11) and attempted (13) in scoring 23 points Monday night. “We’re both aggressive teams,” Samuelson said. “Their defense, they put it all on the line and sometimes things might get chippy or rough. But you’re right there to pick that player up. You know it’s just in the game.”. The sophomore guard missed last year’s NCAA final after breaking her left foot against Oregon State two days earlier so she was excited to get a shot at the Orange. “It was a little extra ...