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UConn stays in the moment, focuses on Duke

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Back in the Sweet 16 for the 25th consecutive season -- with a scheduled Saturday matchup against No. 5-seeded Duke, the No. 1-seeded Connecticut women's basketball team is nevertheless not looking down the line.

Even if this season they might just have reason to.

The Huskies (34-0) enter regional matchups not as defending champions, like they have in so many recent years past, but hoping to climb the mountaintop once more.

After last season's shocking 66-64 overtime loss to Mississippi State in the Final Four, the Huskies of this season learned not to take more than one game at a time, even if expectations dictate they should be on top once more.