| 2025–26UConn Huskies women's basketball | |
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| Conference | Big East Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 1 |
| AP | No. 1 |
| Record | 6–0 (0–0 Big East) |
| Head coach |
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| Associate head coach | Chris Dailey (41st season) |
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| Home arena | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion PeoplesBank Arena |
Seasons ← 2024–25 2026–27 → | |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1UConn | 0 | – | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marquette | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Providence | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 2 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 2 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 2 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Xavier | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 2 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Butler | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 3 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DePaul | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 4 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 3 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †2026 Big East tournament winner As of November 25, 2025 Rankings fromAP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The2025–26 UConn Huskies women's basketball team represent theUniversity of Connecticut (UConn) during the2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies will be led byHall of Fame head coachGeno Auriemma in his 41st season at UConn, and split their home games betweenHarry A. Gampel Pavilion on their campus inStorrs, Connecticut, and thePeoplesBank Arena inHartford, Connecticut. UConn is a member of theBig East Conference, which it rejoined in the2020-21 season.[a]
UConn returns this year as the reigning NCAA national champion. Three graduates were chosen in the 2025 WNBA draft, but the current roster returned All-American forwardSarah Strong and the national championship game's most outstanding playerAzzi Fudd.Serah Williams andKayleigh Heckel both chose to join this team via the transfer portal, and UConn had a strong recruiting year. For the first time since 2017, this year's Husky squad was ranked #1 in both preseason polls.
The Huskies finished the2024–25 season 37–3 and 18–0 inBig East play to finish in first place. As the first seed in theBig East tournament, they earned a bye to the quarterfinals where they dominated the tournament. They received an at-large bid to the2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament where they were the second seed in theEast Region. In the first round, they facedArkansas State. They won this matchup, 103–34, to move on to the round of 32, where they routed 10th seedSouth Dakota State. UConn then faced #3 seededOklahoma, whom they defeated 82–59, advancing to the Elite Eight for the second consecutive season, and twenty-ninth overall underHall of Fame head coach Geno Auriemma. After defeating #1 seedUSC, 78–64, the Huskies advanced to their NCAA record, twenty-fourthFinal Four appearance. Carrying that momentum, they would dominate #1UCLA, 85–51, advancing to their 13th national championship appearance, and their first since2022. Riding with momentum, they would go on to get revenge againstSouth Carolina, 82–59, to capture their 12th national championship, surpassing theUCLA men's basketball program for most Division I basketball championships.
The Huskies graduated seniorsPaige Bueckers,Kaitlyn Chen, andAubrey Griffin from the 2024–25 roster. All were drafted into theWomen's National Basketball Association. One undergraduate chose to enter thetransfer portal after the NCAA tournament, sophomore Qadence Samuels.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
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| Paige Bueckers | 5 | G | 6'0" | Graduate | Hopkins, Minnesota | Drafted by the WNBA'sDallas Wings. Round 1, No. 1 overall |
| Kaitlyn Chen | 20 | G | 5'9" | Graduate | San Marino, California | Drafted by the WNBA'sGolden State Valkyries. Round 3, No. 30 overall |
| Aubrey Griffin | 44 | G | 6'1" | Graduate | Ossining, New York | Drafted by the WNBA'sMinnesota Lynx. Round 3, No. 37 overall |
| Qadence Samuels | 10 | G | 6'0" | Sophomore | Forestville, Maryland | Transferred toNC State |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous school |
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| Kayleigh Heckel | 9 | G | 5'9" | Sophomore | Port Chester, NY | USC |
| Serah Williams | 22 | F | 6'4" | Senior | Brooklyn, NY | Wisconsin |
ESPN ranked UConn's 2025 class as the sixth-best in the country.[1]
| Name | Hometown | School | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Kelis Fisher PG | Baltimore, MD | IMG Academy | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | N/A | ||
Recruit ratings:ESPN:  (96) | ||||||
| Gandy Malou-Mamel C | Limerick, Ireland | Gill St. Bernard's School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | N/A | ||
Recruit ratings:ESPN:  (92) | ||||||
| Blanca Quinonez F | Milagro, Ecuador | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | N/A | |||
| Recruit ratings: No ratings found | ||||||
| Overall recruit ranking: ESPN: 6 | ||||||
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| Name | Hometown | School | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Olivia Vukosa F | Whitestone, New York | Christ the King | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | N/A | ||
| Recruit ratings:ESPN: (98) | ||||||
| Jovana Popovic G | Vrbas, Serbia | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | N/A | |||
| Recruit ratings: No ratings found | ||||||
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| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| October 13, 2025* 2:00 p.m., NBCSB | No. 1 | vs. Boston College Hall of Fame Exhibition | W 84–67 | 20 – Fudd | 5 – 2 Tied | 5 – Strong | Mohegan Sun Arena (6,012) Uncasville, CT | ||||
| October 26, 2025* 1:00 p.m., WWAX/UConn+ | No. 1 | Southern Connecticut | W 105–39 | 21 – Fudd | 10 – Strong | 6 – Strong | PeoplesBank Arena (9,214) Hartford, CT | ||||
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| November 4, 2025* 5:30 p.m., ESPN | No. 1 | vs. No. 20 Louisville Armed Forces Classic | W 79–66 | 1–0 | 21 – Strong | 9 – Strong | 5 – Strong | Alumni Hall (3,640) Annapolis, MD | |||
| November 9, 2025* 4:30 p.m., FS1 | No. 1 | Florida State Championship banner unveiling | W 99–67 | 2–0 | 23 – Fudd | 9 – Strong | 5 – Fudd | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,244) Storrs, CT | |||
| November 12, 2025* 7:30 p.m., TruTV | No. 1 | Loyola–Chicago | W 85–31 | 3–0 | 11 – 2 Tied | 9 – El Alfy | 5 – Arnold | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,244) Storrs, CT | |||
| November 16, 2025* 12:00 p.m., Peacock | No. 1 | Ohio State | W 100–68 | 4–0 | 29 – Strong | 13 – Strong | 7 – 2 Tied | PeoplesBank Arena (14,115) Hartford, CT | |||
| November 21, 2025* 8:00 p.m., FOX | No. 1 | vs. No. 6 Michigan Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Showcase | W 72–69 | 5–0 | 31 – Fudd | 20 – Strong | 7 – Arnold | Mohegan Sun Arena (6,312) Uncasville, CT | |||
| November 23, 2025* 2:30 p.m., FS1 | No. 1 | vs. Utah Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Showcase | W 93–41 | 6–0 | 24 – Fudd | 8 – 2 Tied | 4 – 2 Tied | Mohegan Sun Arena (6,315) Uncasville, CT | |||
| November 30, 2025 2:30 p.m., FS1 | No. 1 | at Xavier | Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH | ||||||||
| December 2, 2025* 5:00 p.m., ESPN2 | at South Florida | Yuengling Center Tampa, FL | |||||||||
| December 7, 2025 1:00 p.m., FS1 | at DePaul | Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL | |||||||||
| December 13, 2025* 5:30 p.m., FOX | at USC | Galen Center Los Angeles, CA | |||||||||
| December 17, 2025 7:00 p.m., Peacock | Marquette | PeoplesBank Arena Hartford, CT | |||||||||
| December 20, 2025* 1:00 p.m., FOX | vs. Iowa Shark Beauty Women's Champions Classic | Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY | |||||||||
| December 28, 2025 4:00 p.m., TNT/TruTV | at Butler | Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN | |||||||||
| December 31, 2025 3:00 p.m., Peacock | at Providence | Amica Mutual Pavilion Providence, RI | |||||||||
| January 3, 2026 12:00 p.m., FS1 | Seton Hall | PeoplesBank Arena Hartford, CT | |||||||||
| January 7, 2026 7:30 p.m., TruTV | St. John's | PeoplesBank Arena Hartford, CT | |||||||||
| January 11, 2026 2:00 p.m., TruTV | at Creighton | CHI Health Center Omaha, NE | |||||||||
| January 15, 2026 7:00 p.m., FS1 | Villanova | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT | |||||||||
| January 19, 2026* 5:00 p.m., FOX | Notre Dame Rivalry | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT | |||||||||
| January 22, 2026 7:30 p.m., TNT/TruTV | at Georgetown | CareFirst Arena Washington, D.C. | |||||||||
| January 25, 2026 12:00 p.m., Peacock | at Seton Hall | Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ | |||||||||
| January 28, 2026 8:00 p.m., Peacock | Xavier | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT | |||||||||
| February 1, 2026* 12:00 p.m., FOX | Tennessee Rivalry | PeoplesBank Arena Hartford, CT | |||||||||
| February 4, 2026 8:00 p.m., TruTV | at DePaul | Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL | |||||||||
| February 7, 2026 12:00 p.m., FS1 | Butler | PeoplesBank Arena Hartford, CT | |||||||||
| February 11, 2026 7:00 p.m., Peacock | Creighton | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT | |||||||||
| February 14, 2026 1:00 p.m., FS1 | at Marquette | Al McGuire Center Milwaukee, WI | |||||||||
| February 18, 2026 7:00 p.m., Peacock | at Villanova | Finneran Pavilion Villanova, PA | |||||||||
| February 22, 2026 12:00 p.m., FS1 | Providence | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT | |||||||||
| February 26, 2026 7:30 p.m., TNT/TruTV | Georgetown | PeoplesBank Arena Hartford, CT | |||||||||
| March 1, 2026 TBA, TNT/TruTV | at St. John's | Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY | |||||||||
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| March 6–9, 2026 TBA | vs. | Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT | |||||||||
*Non-conference game.#Rankings fromAP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are inEastern Time. | |||||||||||
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Final |
| AP | 1(27) | 1(30) | 1(28) | 1(30) | |||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | 1(28) | 1(29) | 1(28) | 1(29) | |||||||||||||||||
