UConn Huskies outlast Duke Blue Devils in Sweet 16 - ESPN
PORTLAND, Ore. — Earlier this season, 11-time national champion coach Geno Auriemma didn't think his UConn Huskies stood much of a shot at making a deep March run. The team had lost multiple key players — six by season's end — for the year due to injury. By Dec. 3, they already had dropped three contests in nonconference play.