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Lori Riley

UConn’s journey to the NCAA championship game ended in disappointment, but the effort it took to get there was an accomplishment in itself

MINNEAPOLIS — It had happened here before, at the Target Center, 27 years ago, for the UConn women’s basketball team.

UConn coach Geno Auriemma was the brash upstart going up against venerable Tennessee coach Pat Summitt, and UConn was looking for its first national championship.

Eleven titles and almost three decades later, here the Huskies were again Sunday night going against South Carolina for yet another national championship.

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