TAMPA, Fla. ― The UConn Huskies are national champions ... again.
Head coach Geno Auriemma earned his 12th NCAA women's basketball championship on Sunday, after an 82-58 rout over No. 1 seed South Carolina, a tremendous feat for his legendary career – the most of any men's or women's program in NCAA history.
“I thank all of my former players that are here," Auriemma said, with all-time greats like like Breanna Stewart, Maya Moore, Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird in the building. "You know when you cut down the nets, and everybody gets a little piece of it? I wish we had enough nets that all of them got a piece of it because that’s how much they mean to us."
Auriemma's former players watched his current players continue the UConn tradition of excellence and winning, spearheaded by generational talent Paige Bueckers, freshman superstar Sarah Strong and the ever-resilient Azzi Fudd.
Now, the women's ...
