The UW get handled on the backboards and it costs this team a winnable game.

TAMPA, FLORIDA - APRIL 6: Head coach Geno Auriemma of the UConn Huskies is interviewed by ESPN reporter Holly Rowe after defeating the South Carolina Gamecocks during the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament championship game.

Wesley Yates III and Quimari Peterson each had a good look at a three-pointer in the final seconds but both shots rimmed out and the Huskies lost at Maryland.

No. 3 UConn will try to keep its 18-game win streak alive when the Huskies take on No. 22 St. John's. Friday's matchup is the first of the season between the squads. St.

Women's March Madness odds for 2026. UConn sets the standard as the national title favorite, with UCLA close on the Huskies’ heels in the championship chase.

Almost the entire Top 25 in women's college basketball is playing on Sunday, Feb. 22, with each of the Top 14 teams in action.

If you only have the bandwidth to master one before Selection Sunday, consider learning Wins Above Bubble. Introduced officially last season to the NCAA Tournament selection process, WAB is a resume-based metric rapidly becoming a staple of the college hoops lexicon.