In March, aesthetics don’t matter — wins do. And on Monday night, UConn women’s basketball defeated the 7-seed UCF Knights 52-47 to advance to its 28th consecutive Sweet 16.
Throw out the numbers, the shooting percentages, the way it looked, even the final score. In the end, the Huskies came out on top and kept their season alive.
“We could have just as easily let that game get away from us and we didn’t,” Geno Auriemma said. “There’s something to be said for that. That you can win a game that you probably will look back and say, ‘I’m not sure how we won the game.