UConn’s Breanna Stewart has won National Player of the Year honors two years in a row from some outlets. There’s no doubt she’s a special player. And being as good as she is, it brings attention to her from defenses.

When she was younger, Stewart would be fouled hard and not be the same player. But as she has matured as a basketball player, it seems now doing that just fuels her.

Watch and/or listen below as UConn head coach Geno Auriemma talks about Breanna Stewart’s growth as a basketball player after his team beat Maryland on Sunday night.

Don’t be surprised if the UConn women’s basketball team gets off to a slow start on Tuesday night against Notre Dame like they did against Maryland on Sunday. After all, it is only the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship game.

UConn women’s basketball head coach Geno Auriemma attributed the slow start against the Terrapins to nerves. And he was okay with it because he wanted them to be nervous. UConn women’s basketball fans didn’t have to worry though as the team took over control of the game in the first half.

Watch and/or listen below as the UConn women’s basketball head coach talked about his teams slow start after Sunday’s game.

In just four and half hours or so, the UConn women’s basketball team will take on the Maryland Terrapins in the second game at the Final Four at Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL. The UConn women’s basketball team last faced the Terps in the Sweet 16 in 2013 and are 3-0 overall against them.

For the UConn women’s basketball team, they’ll be looking to go for a third straight title on Tuesday night. The Terps will look to prevent that and go for a national title of their own against the winner of the first game between the South Carolina Gamecocks and Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Watch and/or listen below as the UConn women’s basketball team previews their game against Maryland:

Two of the three freshman on the UConn women’s basketball team, Kia Nurse and Gabby Williams, play significant roles on the team.

The other, Courtney Ekmark, hasn’t really found her stride this season after being injured early in the season. For all three, it is obviously their first time going to the Final Four as a member of the UConn women’s basketball team.

In Nurse and Williams, their UConn women’s basketball teammates expect them to continue to do what they’ve in the NCAA Tournament as well as the whole season. And that’s play like you have been.

Watch and/or listen below as Nurse and Williams talk about their first experience with the UConn women’s basketball program at the Final Four.

When UConn Huskies point guard Moriah Jefferson is honored on Senior Night in 2016, she’s going to get more than just a framed jersey.

Because she was named a WBCA All-American on Saturday, Jefferson will forever have her name on “Husky of Honor” wall at Gampel Pavilion. That is the criteria of head coach Geno Auriemma for having a player’s name up there.

Jefferson’s All-American status is no surprise to her teammates. Jefferson has taken her game to a higher level this year and is one of the main reasons why the Huskies are in the Final Four yet again.

Watch and/or listen below as Moriah Jefferson’s UConn teammates react to her being named an All-American:

While it’s not as extreme as the “Price is Right” model giving away a car earlier this week or the Boston Celtics’ Kelly Olynyk announcing Boston Bruins’ Dougie Hamilton’s injury, UConn women’s basketball player Breanna Stewart did have a similar moment after accepting the AP Player of the Year award.

During her acceptance speech where she was thanking her family, teammates and the AP, Stewart accidentally announced that Florida State Seminoles head coach Sue Semrau was the AP Coach of the Year.

You really can’t blame Stewart as she hadn’t been told that Semrau hadn’t been announced as the winner.

The main goal of the UConn women’s basketball team every season is to win the national championship. As we’ve seen, they’re pretty good at doing that having won nine national championships, including four of the last six.

So when the UConn women’s basketball team wins a conference tournament title or a regional final to send them to the Final Four, they don’t cut the nets down.

The reason, the UConn women’s basketball team savors the moment of being able to cut down the final net of the season which would be when they win the national championship.

In a bit of irony after they beat the Dayton Flyers in the Albany Regional final, the UConn women’s basketball team was given t-shirts, made by Nike for the NCAA, that said “Cut The Net“.

Watch and/or listen below as UConn women’s basketball players Morgan Tuck, Moriah Jefferson, Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and Breanna Stewart talk about why they don’t cut the nets down.

When UConn women’s basketball head coach Geno Auriemma has something to say about one of his players, sometimes it’s a snarky comment. Now that isn’t the norm.

But he rarely dishes out praise about his players. He doesn’t want it going to their heads.

During the UConn women’s basketball press conference for the Elite Eight game versus the Dayton Flyers, Auriemma said that Moriah Jefferson was the best point guard in the country. She just happens to be one of the five finalists for the 2015 Lieberman Award which goes to the top PG in women’s basketball.

Watch and/or listen below as both Auriemma and Jefferson talk about her improvement this season: