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2016 Women's National Championship: Like It Or Not, Syracuse Gets UConn After All

Syracuse and UConn didn't meet during the season despite the Huskies' interest. Now the Orange have no choice but to go through the three-time defending champs to try and win a title of their own.

Earlier this season, the mighty, three-time defending national champion Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team traveled to sleepy Hamilton, NY to play a road game against the Colgate Raiders. It was an uncharacteristic move for the sport's top team to purposefully play in a gym that maxed out at 1,750 people. The point behind the trip is why it made sense.