Overview
- UConn inducted its 2015 and 2016 championship teams into the Huskies of Honor during a pregame ceremony at Gampel Pavilion.
- Breanna Stewart headlined the returning group with Moriah Jefferson, Kiah Stokes, Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, Kia Nurse, Napheesa Collier, Katie Lou Samuelson, Tierney Lawlor and Briana Pulido among those recognized.
- The top-ranked Huskies defeated Villanova 99–50, improving to 18–0 overall and 9–0 in Big East play.
- Geno Auriemma reflected on the era’s pressure, calling the 2016 postseason his most demanding while praising those teams for their composure and dominance.
- UConn remains the only program to win four straight national titles, with 10 players from those rosters reaching the WNBA, seven still active and Morgan Tuck now serving as the Connecticut Sun’s general manager.