No. 1 UConn will begin its quest to win two straight national championships when the Huskies host No. 16 UTSA in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday. Geno Auriemma's squad completed the regular season without a single loss,

STORRS, CT ― Azzi Fudd matched her career high with 34 points − in three quarters − and the No. 1 UConn women's basketball team advanced to the Sweet 16 on Monday, March 23. "I reached that point where just,

STORRS — Freshman moments are rare for UConn women’s basketball forward Blanca Quinonez, but she had one in the first NCAA Tournament game of her career Saturday at Gampel Pavilion. After Quinonez clanked a third 3-point jump shot in three minutes off the rim late in the first quarter against 16-seed Texas -San Antonio,

The first round of the 2026 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament continues Saturday with a jam-packed schedule of 16 games. Three No. 1 seeds are in action on Saturday. South Carolina got things started by routing Southern by 69 points,

Sarah Strong has 12 points, Ashlynn Shade 11 and Blanca Quiñonez 10 as the Huskies have jumped out to big lead at the half. UConn has 24 points off 19 turnovers by UTSA. The Huskies are outscoring the Roadrunners 28-4 in the paint.

STORRS — Junior guard Ashlynn Shade scored the 1,000th point of her UConn women’s basketball career on a quintessential Ashlynn Shade play. Late in the second quarter of the No. 1 Huskies’ first-round NCAA Tournament game against 16-seed Texas -San Antonio on Saturday,

Three of the tournament’s No. 1 seeds take the court with UConn, South Carolina and UCLA each playing on their home floor for a spot in the Sweet 16.

The UConn women's basketball program will hold onto college basketball immortality for at least another few years, as New York University's bid to break the Huskies' all-time NCAA record for consecutive wins fell short at 91 games.