UConn Women’s Heisman Moment So Nigh; Final Big Ten Race Boiling Up & Skills Clash!
STORRS — The UConn women’s basketball team was already feeling the competitive spirit on Selection Sunday minutes after they were revealed as the No. 1 overall seed in the 2026 NCAA Tournament. Sophomores Sarah Strong and Kayleigh Heckel entered the practice gym bickering over who was going to stand where to speak with the media, a debate that they decided to settle over a game of rock, paper, scissors.
Heckel threw paper, triumphantly covering Strong’s rock with her palm. Strong refused to go down quietly. “Best of three,” the All-American forward insisted.
Heckel crowed with delight as Strong tried paper, snipping her classmate’s fingers with scissors to complete the sweep. Strong was furious, grumbling all the way across the court about her defeat. Though there will be no ‘best of three’ in March, it’s safe to say the Huskies are in the right headspace entering the dance.
“This is what we do … and I think they’re very locked in to what they’re doing,” coach Geno Auriemma said Sunday. “You can see that they’re ready. They’re ready.
” After ending a nine-year national championship drought in 2025, the Huskies look to become the first team to go back-to-back since the program won four straight from 2013-16. Here’s a look at UConn’s path to another title: Sign up here to get UConn sports news straight to your inbox: UConn Alerts First and second rounds For the third year in a row, the Huskies are meeting a first-time opponent in the first round in UT San Antonio (UTSA). The Roadrunners won the American Conference — which UConn won seven times in a row from 2013-20 — to earn their third NCAA Tournament bid all-time and first since 2009.
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