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University of Connecticut women’s head basketball coach Geno Auriemma became the all-time winningest coach in NCAA history Wednesday night. The Huskies defeated Fairleigh Dickinson University 85-41. Seventy-year-old Auriemma earned his 1,216th win Friday night as his No. 2 Huskies beat No. 14 North Carolina 69-58. That matched Tara VanDerveer, who retired in …

UConn women’s basketball team coach Geno Auriemma added another memento to his trophy case Friday, tying the NCAA win record with his 1,216th after his No. 2 Huskies took down No. 15 North Carolina, 69-58. Auriemma will have many chances to beat this record before the end of the year. …

The No. 3 seed UConn Huskies face the No. 1 seed USC Trojans in the Elite 8 in Portland, O.R., Monday at 9:00 p.m. https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1774856653604577436 UConn is in the Elite 8 for the 28th time. Meanwhile, USC has made the regional final for just the seventh time in program history. …

The UConn women’s basketball team’s win Monday night against the Creighton Blue Jays pushed Coach Geno Auriemma into new territory. With his 1,203 career wins, he is now second in wins in Division I basketball history. Now, he attempts to chase down Stanford’s coach Tara VanDerveer. How He Got There …

UConn coach Geno Auriemma believes the Final Four is happening a week early Monday. He told the media that its opponent Monday in the Elite Eight, Baylor, was under seeded. “Explain to me how they’re a No. 2 seed,” coach Auriemma said. “These things happen, I know, but I think …

It was a battle of freshmen Saturday afternoon as the UConn’s Paige Bueckers faced off against the University of Iowa’s Caitlin Clark in the Sweet 16. Game Recap While Clark averaged 26.7 points per game coming into the game, UConn was able to limit her to only 21 points, while …

On Monday morning, the Staples Center housed more roses than it did people. 33,643 roses, to be exact — one for each point the late Kobe Bryant scored in his 20-year NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers. A lot have words have prefaced Bryant’s name in the past. Though, …

Geno Auriemma and the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team are in the Final Four again. Should it be a surprise, though? This is the Huskies tenth straight trip to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament’s Final Four and, as usual, they made it look simple. The Huskies are pursuing their twelfth NCAA …

Few collegiate athletes are lucky enough to call themselves champions at least once in their collegiate career. Fewer are lucky enough to call themselves champions twice during their collegiate careers. Even less can call themselves champions four times in their college careers. Then there are UConn women’s basketball players Breanna Stewart, …

Top overall seed Connecticut and No. 4 seed Syracuse will battle for the national title in Indianapolis tonight at 8:30 p.m.  Holding a perfect record of 37-0 the UConn girls will compete for an NCAA-record 11th national championship (4th straight). Syracuse (30-7) clawed their way to the national championship game by beating the Washington …