Chasing Perfection: A UConn WBB Podcast

It’s officially basketball season in Storrs. On Sunday, UConn took the court for the first time with an exhibition and will begin the regular season in earnest against BU on Sunday at the XL Center. On this week’s episode, we break down the Huskies’ pe...

UConn women’s basketball will play its first contest in front of a crowd this weekend when it takes on Fort Hays State in exhibition action. To preview the contest, we discuss what we’ll be watching for from the Huskies, such as: * Is Paige Bueckers’ n...

UConn’s preseason is in full swung. The Huskies held their First Night festivities last week, will head to New York City for Big East Media Day on Wednesday and are just over a week out from their first exhibition contest. With the new campaign creepin...

UConn women’s basketball’s new season is getting close. The AP Preseason Poll came out on Tuesday, First Night is set for Friday and the first game action is less than three weeks away. On this episode, we recap the offseason, buy/sell some of the team...

With a month to process everything, we look back at UConn’s Final Four loss to Iowa, explain why we’re not all that upset and discuss the controversial foul call at the end. We also look at the Huskies’ roster moves so far this offseason, from the addi...

It’s Final Four weekend and UConn women’s basketball is still alive. On this episode, we recap UConn’s Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight victories then preview the much-anticipated matchup with Iowa in the Sweet Sixteen. We discuss why we feel good (and no...

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The NCAA Tournament is here. On Selection Sunday, UConn found out its path to the Final Four and a 12th national title. On this week’s episode, we discuss the Huskies’ draw, talk about our favorite matchups and make our predictions about how the next m...

UConn won the Big East Tournament in dominant fashion, but it did so in an unexpected way. After Aaliyah Edwards suffered a broken nose in the quarterfinals, Ice Brady stepped up in her place and had a long-awaited breakout performance. On this week’s ...

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UConn’s 2024-25 roster got a big boost with Paige Bueckers and Aubrey Griffin announcing their return during senior night. On this episode, we break down what that means for the Huskies and discuss whether we think Nika Mühl and Aaliyah Edwards will jo...

UConn has bounced back from its last loss with three straight wins on the back of standout performances from Aaliyah Edwards. On this week’s episode, we talk about how she’s hit another level in her game, if we’re concerned about Paige Bueckers’ recent...

UConn women’s basketball’s 13-game winning streak came to an end at the hands of Notre Dame on Saturday. Nika Mühl spent most of the night in foul trouble and Paige Bueckers wasn’t her usual self. Without those two going, the Huskies didn’t have enough...

Paige Bueckers is playing her best basketball of the season on both ends of the floor, and UConn just keeps winning. This week, we talk about why Bueckers is even better than before and how this injury-plagued season is different because she’s on the f...

UConn women’s basketball has continued its roll through conference play and is finally getting contributions from Ice Brady. We break down what’s working for the Huskies, our fears going forward and how the emergence of the redshirt freshman can comple...

UConn women’s basketball has already been hammered by injuries and it’s gotten even worse with Aubrey Griffin going down with a non-contact knee injury at Creighton. How will it affect the Huskies in the short term? In the long term? Who needs to step ...

UConn women’s basketball is officially into the holiday break after winning three games in five days across two different countries. The Huskies played their best game of the year against Louisville, pushed past a hot-shooting Butler team in the Big Ea...

UConn came away with a lot to be happy with after beating North Carolina on Sunday at Mohegan Sun. The Huskies won, but they also showed more progress in the victory than at any other point. We discuss what we saw, how that can be used going forward an...

UConn women’s basketball’s in a bad way right now. The Huskies dropped their third game of the season to Texas, fell to their lowest ranking in the AP Poll in 30 years and have no clear way to fix their problems. With the team now experiencing their th...

UConn women’s basketball is starting over. After losing Azzi Fudd for the rest of the season to a torn ACL and Caroline Ducharme missing both games in the Cayman Islands, the Huskies are throwing out everything they did during the preseason and doing i...

Azzi Fudd is out for the rest of the season after tearing her ACL, so UConn will once again have to chart a course forward without a top player. On this week’s episode, we discuss how the Huskies will try to replace Fudd and who needs to step up in her...

UConn women’s basketball ended up on the wrong end of an upset at NC State on Sunday. Not much went well for the Huskies and now that they’ve returned home, they don’t have much time to bounce back before another big matchup with Maryland. After how po...

It’s officially a game week. On Wednesday, UConn kicks off the season against Dayton at the XL Center, marking the end to a long offseason. On this week’s episode, we recap the exhibition game, discuss who (and what) looked good and also bring up a few...

The offseason is almost over. On Saturday, UConn women’s basketball will take the court for its first real game action in an exhibition contest against Southern Connecticut State, the final step before the season begins in earnest. On this week’s episo...

UConn women’s basketball’s season is just around the corner. The Huskies held First Night on Friday, the preseason awards and polls are starting to come out and there’s less than a month until the opener vs. Dayton. On this week’s episode, we discuss N...