BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — It started with Paige Bueckers’ 3-pointer. Six layups later a free throw from Aaliyah Edwards ended it, a 16-0 UConn onslaught in less than four minutes playing time. There used to be a name for knockout punches like this from the UConn women’s basketball team:
Game day.
But what for so long was matter-of-fact is no longer. Geno Auriemma’s slow, sigh-filled walk down the corridor as reporters trailed was one of many signals that a victory in the NCAA’s Round of 16, such as UConn’s 75-58 win over Indiana on Saturday at Total Mortgage Arena, is no longer something that’s just “supposed to happen.” Not even for the Huskies.
