UConn women’s basketball limped into the holiday break with a 6-3 record — the first time the Huskies have suffered three losses before the new year since the 2004-05 season — following a 69-64 loss to Louisville on Sunday.
The struggles are not a surprise, since injuries have hammered UConn’s roster. They’ve been without Paige Bueckers, Azzi Fudd, Aubrey Griffin, and Nika Mühl. The Huskies only had three healthy guards in the two most recent losses.
UConn’s problems go deeper than injuries, though. The team wasn’t playing well before Bueckers went down but she was covering up a lot of warts.