Irish, Eagles, Knights chasing Huskies

ByNANCY LIEBERMAN
June 27, 2014, 3:41 PM

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Yes, the Huskies lost Diana Taurasi, one of the greatest players in college basketball history. But you can't ever count out UConn. The Huskies return too much talent -- how many high school All-Americans were on the bench last season?! -- and more importantly, coach Geno Auriemma, who always seems to get his athletes to play a little bit better than they thought they could.

UConn has won at least a share of the last 11 regular-season titles. This season, juniors Barb Turner (shot a Big East-best 53.6 percent from the field last season) and Ann Strother (11.0 ppg, 61 3-pointers) will try to make it an even dozen, and both are ready to take their games to an All-American level.