For all UConn’s injury problems during the 2021-22 season, nobody had it worse than Aubrey Griffin.
During the preseason, she dealt with a high ankle sprain, a leg injury, and back problems that lingered into the first few weeks of the regular season. In early December, Geno Auriemma said Griffin would play a few minutes across two games in a weekend but then downgraded her to out the next day. Later that month, she warmed up ahead of the Georgia Tech and UCLA games but didn’t end up playing.
Before UConn’s matchup with Louisville, Griffin tried to push through the pain for a couple days in practice but didn’t respond well.