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Hot Takedown: Emergency Pod! UConn Wins Its Third Straight Championship

Here’s an emergency edition of our sports podcast Hot Takedown, breaking down UConn’s third consecutive national women’s college basketball championship. Chadwick Matlin, Kate Fagan, and Allison McCann discuss the program’s dominance, the incessant comparisons between coach Geno Auriemma and John Wooden, and whether anyone will ever catch the Huskies. Stream the episode by clicking play […]

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Hot Takedown: Emergency Pod! UConn Wins Its Third Straight Championship

Here’s an emergency edition of our sports podcast Hot Takedown, breaking down UConn’s third consecutive national women’s college basketball championship. Chadwick Matlin, Kate Fagan, and Allison McCann discuss the program’s dominance, the incessant comparisons between coach Geno Auriemma and John Wooden, and whether anyone will ever catch the Huskies. Stream the episode by clicking play […]

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UConn Was Going To Win That Game

Move over John Wooden, you’re no longer the only college basketball coach with 10 national championships. Connecticut just won its tenth national title, completing a perfect record of 10 NCAA championship appearances and 10 wins. When the tournament started, our March Madness predictions model gave UConn a 74 percent chance of winning the title. That […]

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UConn Was Going To Win That Game

Move over John Wooden, you’re no longer the only college basketball coach with 10 national championships. Connecticut just won its tenth national title, completing a perfect record of 10 NCAA championship appearances and 10 wins. When the tournament started, our March Madness predictions model gave UConn a 74 percent chance of winning the title. That […]

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Most Of UConn’s Games This Season Were Over At Halftime

Mike Pesca knows just how dominant Connecticut’s women’s basketball team has been this year. He lamented recently on Slate’s “Hang Up and Listen” podcast (around 49 minutes in) that every time he tuned in to a UConn game while working out at the gym this season, usually with 10 minutes left on the clock, the […]

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