UConn's Aaliyah Edwards signs NIL deal in Canada, but can't talk about it in the US
UConn forward Aaliyah Edwards signed a big name, image and likeness contract this week with Adidas Canada, but wasnโt allowed to speak with reporters about it for fear that promoting the deal might jeopardize her student visa.
Saniya Rivers goes for a career-best 33 points as NC State stuns No. 2 UConn 92-81
Saniya Rivers had a career-best 33 points to go with 10 rebounds and five assists to help North Carolina State stun second-ranked Connecticut 92-81 on Sunday, earning the programโs first win against the Huskies in more than a quarter-century.
Loaded UConn women push for program's 12th national title
UConn comes into this season ranked No. 2, having added the nationโs top recruit, guard Azzi Fudd, to a team that returns last yearโs collegiate national player of the year, Paige Bueckers, and every other starter from a squad that went to itโs 13th straight Final Four.
Bueckers helps UConn rout High Point 102-59 in NCAA opener
(AP Photo/Eric Gay)SAN ANTONIO โ UConn did just fine without coach Geno Auriemma. Bueckers scored 24 points โ the most by a UConn player in her first NCAA Tournament game โ and the top-seeded Huskies routed High Point 102-59 in the first round Sunday. โWe just want to continue to win for him so he can get out here with us,โ Bueckers said. Muhl injured her left ankle in the Big East Tournament opener, but returned for the Huskies' game the next night. โI think that was a little bit of improv from some of the players," High Point coach Chelsea Banbury said.
Bueckers, Edwards propel No. 1 UConn women past Butler 97-68
Connecticut guard Paige Bueckers (5) drives against Butler guard Upe Atosu (21) during the second quarter of an NCAA college basketball game in Indianapolis, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. Evina Westbrook added 16 points, Christyn Williams 15 and Oliva Nelson-Ododa 11 for UConn (20-1, 17-0 Big East). Genesis Parker scored 18 points for Butler (2-16, 2-15), which lost to UConn by 68 points on Jan. 19. That started a 24-10 advantage for the rest of the second quarter that gave the Huskies a 53-39 halftime lead. BIG PICTUREConnecticut: The Huskies, who have already clinched the regular-season title, continue to fine tune for their first Big East Tournament since 2013.
No. 3 UConn bounces back, rolls by No. 17 DePaul 100-67
Connecticut's Aaliyah Edwards, left, drives to the basket past DePaul's Kiara Dallmann (42) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)CHICAGO โ Christyn Williams scored a career-high 29 points, Paige Bueckers added 22 points and personal-best 10 assists, and No. โItโs just lousy playing basketball this time in their lives,โ Auriemma said. Sonya Morris scored 19 for DePaul, which had won four in a row since a loss at UConn. March 7 and 17, 1993, when they lost to Providence in the Big East tournament and Louisville in the NCAA.
College athletes from overseas might be stuck at home
They, like thousands of other U.S. college students from foreign countries, are still overseas because of international travel bans instituted as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Auriemma said Wednesday. These issues are going to be really, really difficult to overcome, Auriemma said. "UConn has about 40 international athletes still overseas, the school said. Corasaniti said they are being told that right now college athletes and students in general are considered nonessential and must wait for travel restrictions to be lifted. Auriemma questions why international students aren't being given the same consideration.