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You’ve probably heard the old cliché dozens of times from coaches across nearly every sport, an easy adage to push away concern after losing key players: ‘We don’t rebuild, we reload.’

The saying rarely rings true, but it’s beginning to feel like the only honest way to explain the 2025-26 UConn women’s basketball team. Through the first eight games of the season, nearly every opposing coach has come out of their losses to the Huskies with the same takeaway: This squad, which lost an irreplaceable superstar in No. 1 WNBA Draft pick Paige Bueckers , looks just as dominant as the one that practically cruised to an NCAA title eight months ago.

“We saw them last year, and I feel UConn looks even better than they did last year, as good as they

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