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Husky nation will pour into the capitol city on Saturday to celebrate the national champions. “We are so proud of the UConn women, winning in such dominant fashion,” Mayor Arunan Arulampalam (D-Hartford) said. For the third consecutive year, there will be a victory parade in Hartford. The UConn men’s basketball team won the NCAA championship the last two years...

Restaurants and bakeries are preparing for the busy weekend that everyone is excited about. 

A victory parade and rally will be held on Saturday morning in downtown Hartford to congratulate the UConn women’s basketball team for winning the 2025 NCAA National Championship. The parade will begin at 11 a.m. It will step off at the State Capitol building at the intersection of Trinity Street and Elm Street. It will proceed north on Trinity Street,…

The UConn women’s basketball team has arrived home after winning the national championship on Sunday and the university welcomed them back with a rally on campus on Monday afternoon. The state is also planning a parade.

Women’s sports have captured the attention of many globally. “What has led to this really like exponential growth over the last ten years is, you know, access to social media and the Internet,” Quinnipiac University Assistant Professor of Media Studies Brittani Webb said. That attention is now on University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball team as it comes home with...

The UConn community is ready to welcome home the women’s basketball team after winning the NCAA Championship on Sunday.

UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma was on the Today show on Monday morning, hours after leading his team to a 12th national title, and he talked about Paige Bueckers’ college career and what lies ahead for the winningest coach in college basketball history.   Auriemma led the team to its first national championship was in 1995 and the last…

Well that didn’t take long! Less than 24 hours after the UConn women won the program’s 12th NCAA National Championship, the Connecticut Department of Transportation made an update to a highway sign celebrating the Huskies. The sign sits just off the side of Intestate 84 by the Exit 68 off-ramp on the road to the UConn campus in Storrs. Workers…

UConn capped its season at No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball pol l on Monday, one day after winning its 12th national championship. The Huskies received all 31 votes from a national media panel after Geno Auriemma’s team beat South Carolina 82-59 for the title. The Gamecocks, who started the season at No. 1, were the…

Students on UConn’s campus were busy at the bookstore Monday a day after the Huskies won their record 12th national title.

Plans are underway for a victory parade to celebrate the national champion UConn women’s basketball team. On Sunday, the Huskies defeated last year’s champion South Carolina, 82 to 59, to win their first championship since 2016 and the 12th national title for head coach Geno Auriemma. UConn is holding a rally on Monday evening and plans are now underway for…

UConn students packed Gampel Pavilion on campus in Storrs to watch the Huskies claim their national title Sunday. The energy inside Gampel Pavilion was palpable, just like a real home game with students cheering on Paige Bueckers and the UConn Huskies. “I love this team and I’m so proud of them,” Emma Hallagan, a UConn sophomore, said. All eyes...

UConn students packed Gampel Pavilion on campus in Storrs to watch the Huskies claim their national title Sunday.

The UConn women’s basketball team has arrived home after winning the national championship on Sunday and the university welcomed them back with a rally on campus on Monday afternoon. The state is also planning a parade. The Huskies defeated last year’s champion South Carolina, 82 to 59, to win their first championship since 2016 and the 12th national title for…

In her final collegiate game, Paige Bueckers leads the UConn Huskies to its 12th championship, the first since 2016, over the South Carolina Gamecocks.

UConn is back on top of women’s basketball, winning its 12th national championship by routing defending champion South Carolina 82-59 on Sunday behind Azzi Fudd’s 24 points. Sarah Strong added 24 points and 15 rebounds while Paige Bueckers had 17 points in her final game at UConn (37-3). Bueckers capped her stellar career with the Huskies’ first championship since 2016,…

The families of the UConn women’s basketball team are cheering them on in Tampa.

The UConn Huskies are playing the South Carolina Gamecocks in the NCAA Tournament National Championship. The teams meet Sunday for the second time this season. The Gamecocks have gone 19-1 against SEC teams, with a 16-2 record in non-conference play. South Carolina has a 32-3 record against teams over .500. The Huskies’ record in Big East games is 21-0. UConn…

Paige Bueckers insists she’s not concerned about her legacy. The UConn standout will close out her college career when the Huskies face South Carolina in Sunday’s national title game. She said Saturday that she would like to be remembered as “a great teammate, a great leader” who makes players around her better. She’ll leave it to others to decide if...

Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard are going into the Basketball Hall of Fame later this year, not once but twice. And LeBron James and Chris Paul are part of the group that’s headed to the Hall as well, even before their playing careers end. Anthony and Howard were announced Saturday as members of the Class of 2025, as was the…