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The Connecticut women's basketball team returned to campus Wednesday, wearing warm-up jackets with "Gr8ness" printed on the back and carrying with them the program's eighth NCAA championship trophy.

Breanna Stewart became the first freshman since 1987 to win most outstanding player honors in the Final Four after another stellar performance propelled Connecticut to a 93-60 win over Louisville.

UConn is the favorite to win in Bridgeport, but to reach their sixth consecutive Final Four, the Huskies need to overcome some serious star power among their opponents.

UConn was without freshman forward Breanna Stewart for Saturday's NCAA tournament-opening 105-37 victory against Idaho in Storrs, Conn., due to a left calf injury.

Connecticut guard Brianna Banks has undergone surgery to repair the knee ligament she tore in February.

Baylor remained No. 1 in The Associated Press women's basketball poll for a seventh straight week as a showdown against third-ranked Connecticut loomed Monday night.

Connecticut says backup point guard Brianna Banks will miss the remainder of the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her right leg.

The Connecticut women's basketball team held a pregame ceremony Wednesday in memory of the 26 shooting victims from Sandy Hook Elementary School in nearby Newtown.

Stanford is the new No. 1 team in the nation, barely edging Connecticut for the top spot in The Associated Press women's basketball poll Monday.

UConn coach Geno Auriemma believes lowering the rim will help women's basketball grow in popularity.

At halftime of the Baylor-Stanford national semifinal, UConn's Geno Auriemma and Tennessee's Pat Summitt were honored along with the other coaches of the U.S. Olympic women's basketball team.

Through most of this season, it was never clear who the Huskies could count on to lead the way. But Tuesday, with a very animated Geno Auriemma spearheading the effort, UConn jelled to win the Big East tourney title.

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored 15 of her 17 points in the first half and fourth-ranked Connecticut beat Rutgers (No. 19 ESPN/USA Today, No. 23 AP) by a 49-34 score on Sunday night in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament.

As a series, UConn versus Baylor doesn't have much history. But it's the most anticipated rivalry this nonconference season, and shares some of the same traits that always made UConn-Tennessee so compelling.

Struggling through a loss Sunday was the perfect primer Texas A&M needed to be reminded exactly what the Aggies must avoid as they head to Hartford to face No. 2 UConn.

Baylor remained No. 1 in the ESPN/USA Today top 25 women's basketball coaches' poll, and UConn went to No. 2.