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- Charlie Creme projects the women’s NCAA tournament bracket for ESPN.com.
The Connecticut Sun looked like the experienced, veteran squad they are, and the Indiana Fever‘s offense struggled against the team with the top defensive rating in the WNBA. The result was a 93-69 blowout victory for Connecticut on Sunday in the Fever’s first playoff game since 2016.
In contrast, the Sun are making their eighth consecutive playoff appearance, after advancing to the WNBA Finals in 2019 and 2022. Forward Alyssa Thomas has been with Connecticut that entire stretch, and on Sunday, she had her fourth career playoff triple-double.
The Sun shut down Indiana guards Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell, who both averaged 19.2 points during the regular season. Connecticut put veteran DeWanna Bonner on Clark — a matchup the Sun didn’t use in their four regular-season games against the Fever — and it set the tone for the game.
Clark went 1-of-9 from the field in the first half,…
