UConn will have a key figure back for the Sweet 16 with head coach Geno Auriemma set to rejoin the team on Wednesday following his recovery from COVID-19.
The 11-time national champion missed the team's first two games of the NCAA women's basketball tournament while completing a 10-day quarantine after he tested positive for COVID-19 on March 14. Auriemma said he has not experienced any symptoms and has already received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Associate head coach Chris Dailey, who has been at UConn since 1985, led the Huskies in Auriemma's stead to their 27th straight Sweet 16 appearance with a first-round 102-59 rout of High Point and Tuesday's 83-47 win over Syracuse.