MINNEAPOLIS — Down the stretch of the season, the Connecticut women got healthy, got whole and got about the business of trying to show they deserved a seed high enough that would allow them to stay at or near home for the duration of the 2022 NCAA women's basketball tournament.
In the end, the selection committee decided they had.
And so the Huskies, with Minnesota-born Paige Bueckers, Azzi Fudd and Nika Muhl all contributing, riding a 10-game winning streak and having won 16 of 17, snared a high No. 2 seed. They'll begin their quest for their first title since 2016 in Storrs, Conn.
