BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) – It took about 4 minutes for UConn to restore a semblance of order to the women’s bracket Saturday.
Other top seeds Baylor, Texas and Oregon State continued that trend a day after half the bracket was hit with upsets.
Friday’s bracket busters – including losses for No. 1 seeds South Carolina and Notre Dame – caught the Huskies’ attention.
“I think it was an awakening for our players and for everybody else, that if you show up in March and you don’t bring your ‘A’ game, and your guys aren’t focused and locked in and playing their best basketball, that this can happen,” UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. “In the past that could never happen.”
“The talent was just too one sided. But now – plus you got teams that are seeded really low, that because they had a bad year, they probably shouldn’t be seeded that low. So it makes it look even worse than it is. But that’s where the game is right now.”