SEATTLE — UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma remarked earlier this season that all good things come to an end after the Huskies dropped back-to-back games for the first time since March 1993.
Now, the same could be said Saturday, albeit regarding something of much greater consequence and more shocking magnitude: No. 2 seed UConn will not appear in the Final Four for the first time since 2007 after falling in the Sweet 16 of the Seattle 3 Regional to the No. 3 seed Ohio State Buckeyes 73-61.
It’s also the first time since 2005 that the Huskies fell as early as the regional semifinal in the NCAA tournament.
Ohio State will appear in its first Elite Eight since 1993.
UConn trailed by 10 at the half, only the sixth time it has faced a double-digit halftime deficit in an NCAA tournament game. It is now 0-6 in those appearances.
The Huskies managed to get within five toward the end of the third quarter, but Ohio State hit enough shots to extend its edge back to 10 going into the final frame….
