Uconn’s woman’s basketball program is just where it belongs – on the mountain top.
Huskies won their 12th national championship, all of which have come since 1995, with a blowout of the reigning champion South Carolina on Sunday afternoon.
In her last game, before heading for WNBA, Paige Buecker’s 17 points set in Uconn’s 82-59 win over Gamecocks.
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Connecticut Huskies -vagt Paige Bueckers (5) responds during the first half against South Carolina Gamecocks in the National Championship of the Women’s 2025 NCAA tournament in Amalie Arena. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Preferred Pictures)
Huskies led by 10 by half when South Carolina fought off the floor – they had only 26 points in the first 20 minutes.
But Azzi Fudd began to put the nail in the coffin in the third quarter and fell 11 of her 24 points in the frame. Despite the fact that it was South Carolina’s highest quarter up to that point, it was also light Uconn’s who Outcored Gamecocks, 26-16, to take a commanding 20-point lead on the way into the fourth.
Huskies held their foot on the pedal, but came out on an 18-6 race to open the quarter, effectively gluing the ball game. Then South Carolina took out their starters, albeit to a big hand.
Bueckers and FUDD came with starters with 1:32 to go, and an emotional bueckers shared a long embrace with head coach Geno Auriemma. Bueckers made every last four of his career, but never reached the top until Sunday.
Connecticut Huskies -vagt Paige Bueckers (5) seems to be shooting the ball against South Carolina Gamecocks during the first half of the National Championship in Women’s 2025 NCAA tournament in Amalie Arena. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Preferred Pictures)
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It was a shooting performance South Carolina wanted to forget about the knocking two of their last three, they hit only 2-for-13 from three. However, Uconn shot 48.4% from the floor.
Bueckers are probably the first overall choice in the WNBA draft next week. She even missed a season with a torn ACL, she suffered back in 2022, but she will still go down as one of Uconn’s biggest, which is already immortal business to begin with.
BUeckers ’19, 9 points per Fight is the biggest in Uconn history, and she also had the third most points in the women’s march Madness history throughout a career.
Uconn Center Jana El Alfy (8) and Uconn -vagt Paige Bueckers (5) respond during the first half of a national semi -final final match against UCLA under Women’s NCAA College Basketball Tournament, Friday 4 April 2025, in Tampa, FLA. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
It’s actually nine years since Uconn’s last title, which is their longest drought since they won their back 30 years ago. They had never passed more than five years without winning it all (from 2004 to 2009).
