UConn coach Geno Auriemma has dealt with bigger stars and built better teams than this one.
The Schimmel sisters, who really carried Louisville in the tournament, had a rough go against UConn.
The Cardinals hadn't been able to stick with UConn in a 72-58 loss on Jan. 15.
But trailing 26-25 with 3:44 left in the half, UConn started to take over.
"Each year is different ... special in its own way, " UConn senior Kelly Faris said.
UConn alums Tina Charles and Diana Taurasi each scored 14 points, while Sue Bird contributed 13.
UConn pulled to 24-22 on a putback by Dolson with 4:52 left in the half.
UConn didn't hit a 3-pointer for the first time since the 2002 NCAA championship game.
Giorgis set up a challenging non-conference schedule that feature games against UConn, Purdue, Oklahoma and Kentucky.
The quality of the opponents UCLA faced were far superior to the ones UConn has encountered.
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The key item in the UConn report is that Das repeatedly manipulated western blot images.
This was the 19th time in the past 23 seasons that UConn had reached the regional final.
"They are leaving the Big East with a bad taste of UConn in their mouth, " he said.
Louisville will join the Irish in 2014, and UConn is slated to remain in the soon-to-be-renamed Big East.
UConn broke a tie with Stanford (2008-12), LSU (2004-08) and itself (2000-04) by reaching the Final Four again.
No team has ever dominated the Huskies like that since UConn won its first national championship in 1995.
UConn led 24-18 midway through the first half before Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis started a 15-6 run with a 3-pointer.
That could have lost us the game if we were playing any other team like UConn or Stanford.
This year, UConn is in danger of becoming the fifth defending champ since 1985 to miss the tournament.
UConn will be going for its eighth national championship to match Tennessee for the most in women's basketball history.
No team has ever dominated Geno Auriemma's Huskies like that since UConn won its first national championship in 1995.
Calhoun, 69, is 857-358 (.705) in his 40th season at Northeastern and UConn.
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"I don't know more things in sports that are more impressive, " Kentucky coach Matthew Mitchell said of UConn's streak.
The latest UConn win also protected the significance of an older UConn win.
UConn (33-4) is making a record sixth straight trip to the Final Four.
"Senior year I'd get a scholarship to Connecticut, UConn, play there, " says Jeremy.
While UConn was playing lockdown defense, Stewart was dominating on the offensive end.
UConn's lead ballooned to 36 points in the second half of this game.
It was the second straight season UConn beat Kentucky in the regional finals.
UConn then went out and ran all over Idaho, routing the Vandals 105-37.
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