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I really liked the the result. Wow. This is truly and an excellent team managed by an excellent coach.

I am glad that I got to see this championship. This brought an awful lot of happiness to me to see this happen. Now that this over and we all can savor this victory,
 
I'm not crying, you're crying!!:D This has to be the most gratifying moment for Geno and the coaching staff. When everyone else said he was past his prime, when SC and LSU started to ascend up the wbb ladder, when we had more bodies injured than healthy, when PB's legacy was being questioned, Geno summoned the basketball gods of yesteryear and showed EVERYONE that there's still something left in the tank! I have never been more emotional for a NC victory than today and I have witnessed all 12! I believe this win has given Geno the energy to stay at least 5 more years! he is the real GOAT!!
 
Wow...thanks to the team and coaches and everyone involved for this season. I have to admit that during the first quarter I toggled between the game and some Indiana Jones movie to keep my nerves in check. What a relief to not have to turn away for three quarters. Domination.
 
What a great team win for title number 12. The good news is the team could even be better next season. Sarah played amazing all season but really added another level in the tournament and Azzi had a great weekend too. Fun team to watch even when they are ahead by 25.
 
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I've told this before here but worth repeating. Never cheered for the Huskies when they were rolling (broke my heart with the 04 Gophers!) but always had incredible respect and awe for the program and loved many of their players individually. The 2018 Wright Thompson piece on Geno really made me appreciate the level of greatness (I know, dumb to not have that true appreciation before) and I've pulled for them since.

But it truly went to the next level when Paige came. Being a Minnesota native, feel like I've been hearing about her since she was in elementary school though her 8th grade performance in state was first exposure to her. She got the one state title but had other disappointments there and then the day before she would have likely won a second one the season was canceled with Covid.

Have so enjoyed watching her play for UConn and reading this board these long, hard, rewarding five years. So many knowledgeable folks here. Lot of heartbreak and disappointment and the day I saw on Twitter she tore her ACL is seared in my head.

The Final Four losses to Arizona (agh), South Carolina in the title game, Iowa (AGH!). Honestly I had started thinking she wouldn't get one, too snakebitten. And felt bad for Geno too. Weird to say for someone with 11 titles but all those tight losses and I wanted him to get at least one more (not that he's done now). And now to end it like this is just storybook. Yeah I probably would have loved seeing Paige get 37 to seal it but this was an amazing victory (and she did have the region games that will live forever). And so glad it was a blowout so she could get the hug.

Man.

And weirdly, the way sports works, it's more satisfying now having Paige get the one as a senior. If she'd won as a freshman and then lost three Final Fours it would somehow feel disappointing.

So thanks for welcoming an outsider for this Paige ride and now that I've truly been exposed to all aspects of the Huskies fandom...think I'll be sticking around even as she leaves campus.
 
Just showed a pic of Geno with some young boys -- maybe around 10 yrs old (I'm terrible with kids ages)? Were those his grandkids?
 
To me, it's the defence that stood out as the main factor to the game. Making South Carolina struggle to establish any sense of an offensive scheme for most the game is not an easy task. The offensive output of Beuckers, Fudd and Strong was impressive but their efforts on both ends impressed me more.
 
Under the heading of ridiculous nitpicking:

Raven played the entire game (from the opening tip) with her jersey not tucked in. I thought there was a rule about this and the refs are supposed to enforce it. Has that changed recently? Or am I simply mistaken?
 
Alexa started her women's basketball career as the Husky beat writer and she has quite a story here:


"This last year, Bueckers' fifth in the program, was different. With the help of a sports psychologist and Auriemma's continued guidance, she learned how to stay where her feet are. To not be so outcome-oriented. How to be more at peace with herself, to run her own race, and to not let the pressure amid ever-heightening expectations become a burden

And in the leadup to the title game, well before she was crowned a champion, Bueckers said that she still wouldn't change a thing about her journey with her teammates - "just because of how it shaped us and how it's shaped our mentality, how it shaped our faith and belief in everything that happens for a reason."

www.espn.com

'It's truly storybook': How Paige Bueckers and UConn got their fairy-tale ending

After four years of disappointing endings, Paige Bueckers finally lived her -- and UConn's -- dream-come-true.
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