The UConn women's basketball program came into the 2026 Final Four as a sizable favorite to take home its second national championship in as many years.
Instead, the Huskies left Phoenix empty-handed after the national semifinals.
Burdened by an uncharacteristically cold shooting night in which it made just 19 of its 61 field goal attempts (31%), including a 4-of-16 showing from national player of the year Sarah Strong, coach Geno Auriemma's team saw its perfect season come to an end in a 62-48 loss to fellow No. 1 seed South Carolina in the national semifinals on Friday, April 3.
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The loss snapped a 54-game win streak for the Huskies, which is tied for the fourth-longest run in Division I women's basketball history. UConn had won its first 38 games this season by an average of 37.8 points, with only one of those victories decided by fewer than 13 points.
