The road to a 12th national championship has been paved in marshmallows thus far for Geno Auriemma and the Connecticut women's basketball team.
With one pivotal matchup on Monday, however, all that ease disappears.
The Huskies (35-0) will square off with Dawn Staley and defending national champion South Carolina (29-6) in the Albany Region final at the Times Union Center.
A year after the Gamecocks became the first team to unseat the Huskies from their perch above the rest of women's college hoops since 2012, the two teams face off with a Final Four berth on the line.