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STORRS — Michigan wasn’t the highest-ranked opponent on the UConn women’s basketball team’s schedule during the preseason, but after seeing them deliver Notre Dame a 49-point rout last week, coach Geno Auriemma realized the Wolverines were likely the best team his Huskies would see before March.

On Friday, No. 1 UConn will play its first top-10 matchup of the season against No. 6 Michigan in the Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Showcase at Mohegan Sun Arena. The Huskies already hold a ranked win from their season opener against No. 21 Louisville, but the Wolverines provide a far bigger challenge for the reigning national champions and a way to measure their early progress.

“I think it’s great that we have a game like that early this se

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