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‘The most far fetched thing that you could ever imagine’: How Inês Bettencourt stepped into starting point guard role for injury-ridden UConn

HARTFORD, Conn. — If you told someone a few months ago that Inês Bettencourt would be the starting point guard for UConn women’s basketball in a top-25 matchup on the road, they probably wouldn’t have believed you.

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Dom Amore: Decimated by injuries, UConn women will have to get creative, dig deep to hang on to victories

STORRS, Conn. — The eerie silence was broken when Nika Mühl sat up and was helped to her feet. Then there was only clapping as Geno Auriemma and athletic trainer Janelle Francisco each took a shoulder and helped her take one step at a time.

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No. 7 Notre Dame women beat No. 3 UConn

Maddy Westbeld had a season-high 17 points and nine rebounds for the Fighting Irish.

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Women’s Hoops Heat Check: Catching up with college contenders (UConn), pretenders (Tennessee) and stars (Angel Reese)

Everything that's been happening in women's college basketball while you've been busy.

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South Carolina, Stanford remain atop AP women’s basketball poll

The Gamecocks again were the unanimous choice, receiving all 29 first-place votes.

Chicago Sun-Times

UConn women’s basketball 2022-23: Huskies take on a distinct international flavor as Geno Auriemma transforms Storrs into the crossroads of the world

HARTFORD, Conn. — The notes app on Azzi Fudd’s iPhone is a Rosetta Stone of sorts. Fascinated with how kids grow up learning multiple languages overseas, the UConn women’s basketball guard started picking up Hungarian from Pecs native Dorka Juhász last season and is now trying her hand at French…

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UConn women’s basketball 2022-23 team by the numbers

HARTFORD, Conn. — The UConn women’s basketball season is just around the corner. Fans and media will get their first glimpse at the 2022-23 Huskies in an exhibition game against Division II Kutztown this Sunday, followed by the season opener against Northeastern on Thursday night.

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Villanova’s Maddy Siegrist is a Big East prime-time attraction

NEW YORK — Maddy Siegrist, reigning Big East player of the year, answers most questions with a kind of wry half-smile, game for most any query, strange or straightforward.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

UConn women’s basketball: Five storylines to watch with less than a month until start of 2022-23 season

HARTFORD, Conn. — The wait is almost over. The UConn women’s basketball season officially starts in less than a month.

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UConn expecting Azzi Fudd to make big leap in her sophomore season

HARTFORD, Conn. — Though she showed glimpses of greatness, Azzi Fudd didn’t feel at all like herself in her freshman season at UConn. The 5-foot-11 guard dealt with a foot injury all year which hampered her movement and limited her effectiveness.

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Kiah Stokes’ experience at UConn prepared her to embrace role for Las Vegas Aces in WNBA title run

Kiah Stokes and her teammates used to drive from the UConn campus in Storrs to Mohegan Sun Arena to attend WNBA games as often as they could during summer sessions. With the goal of playing at the next level in mind, the former Husky center remembers sitting in the stands…

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Dom Amore: ‘Assistant coach’ Paige Bueckers keeping positive, staying committed to her UConn women’s basketball family

STORRS, Conn. — Paige Bueckers went up for a layup and came down hard, awkwardly. And she knew, as an athlete almost always knows when it is bad. She went to the training room and remembers her frustration poured out.

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Is Philadelphia a women’s basketball city? The WNBA wants to know before it expands.

PHILADELPHIA — Face it, Philadelphia could have no better cheerleader for a WNBA franchise than Dawn Staley, current iconic player-turned-coach of her sport.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Dom Amore: Paige Bueckers torn ACL a punch to the gut of UConn women’s basketball and to those who’ve grown to love watching her play

HARTFORD, Conn. — The iPhone shook and the email popped up at 3:17 p.m. On a nondescript summer day what could the UConn women’s basketball program be announcing? A scheduling change, a new NIL deal, a bit of routine housekeeping?

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Sports Illustrated

Bueckers’s Injury Is a Crushing Blow to UConn and a Sport

One season after the Huskies were hampered by injuries, their star is already back on the sidelines.

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Tina Charles Always Adapts

When Brittney Griner was detained, it was—among many other, far bigger concerns—a wrench in the plan of the Mercury, which, with the addition of the underrated Charles, expected to be a title contender again this season.

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Geno Auriemma Shares Major Offseason Goal for Paige Bueckers

UConn’s former national player of the year dealt with significant injuries last season.

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Best medicine is true blue: As Caroline Ducharme rehabs, her UConn women’s basketball family provides the perfect remedy

HARTFORD, Conn. — Chrissy Ducharme had a moment of realization as she watched her daughter lie in bed post surgery surrounded by her UConn women’s basketball teammates at The Graduate hotel in Storrs.

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Former UConn women’s basketball star Tamika Williams-Jeter is right at home as Dayton head coach

HARTFORD, Conn. — As she drove to the University of Dayton in late March, Tamika Williams-Jeter still hadn’t fully processed the fact that she was the new head women’s basketball coach for her hometown school.

Sports Illustrated

Q&A: Sue Bird on Likely Final Season, WNBA’s Evolution, More

The legendary Seattle guard discusses the league’s biggest differences since she was drafted, the future of women’s basketball and what comes next after playing.

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Dom Amore: Geno Auriemma has the tools to get UConn back to the top next season

MINNEAPOLIS — UConn women’s basketball has been muscled off the mountaintop. South Carolina, with its second championship in six years, looks down upon the rest of women’s basketball and does not figure to be descending any time soon.

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UConn’s journey to the NCAA championship game ended in disappointment, but the effort it took to get there was an accomplishment in itself

MINNEAPOLIS — It had happened here before, at the Target Center, 27 years ago, for the UConn women’s basketball team.

Sports Illustrated

After a Turbulent Year, UConn Left Still Chasing a Return to the Top

The Huskies navigated an irregular season just to get to the title game, but their championship drought goes on.

Sports Illustrated

South Carolina Overpowers UConn From the Jump to Take Home Women’s Title

Much like how they sat atop the rankings all season long, the Gamecocks dominated from start to finish Sunday to win the program’s second championship.

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Geno Auriemma After UConn’s National Title Loss: ‘I Expect to Be Back Here Next Year’

The 11-time champion coach has high hopes for the Huskies in the 2022–23 season.

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