It’s not uncommon for women’s college basketball to be heavily stratified — a massive gap between the top teams and everyone else chasing them. This season, seven teams have an average scoring margin of more than 20 points — TCU, Michigan, UCLA, Texas, South Carolina, LSU, and UConn.
The Huskies are in a league of their own, however, by outscoring opponents on average by 37.8 points per game.
Here’s just one snapshot of their dominance. In 38 games this season, the Huskies have allowed 1,904 total points. That is four points fewer than Boston University allowed — even though UConn has played eight more games.
“We started the season the very first day with that kind of aggressive mindset. It fits how they want to play,” coach Geno Auriemma said. “That’s kind of what they want to do. We’ve had teams in the past that could do that as well. Maya Moore’s team especially, thinking back to those days.
But because it hasn’t been apparent, what, 2020, ‘22, ‘23, ‘24 — I mean, a lot of years where we could just barely contain people half court. This team is able to extend its defense because we have more players that want to play like that, and we can afford to go that hard because we can bring somebody off the bench that can continue that kind of pressure.”