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Huskies learn to win by any means necessary

Originally Published: April 1, 2008
By Graham Hays | ESPN.com

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- For much of the night, in a game against an old rival it knew all too well, Connecticut looked like a team that didn't know where it was going. Then it felt something as comfortably familiar as it was foreign to past Connecticut teams.

Geno Auriemma's team felt the wall at its back and knew it had been here before.

After rallying from a 14-point deficit in the first half, the Huskies are headed back to the Final Four for the first time in four years after a ...

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2008 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament

Get caught up with all the news, notes, insights and analysis from the 2008 NCAA tournament.
Tournament Index

Elite Eight

• Dish: Tampa, here we come!
• Hays: Gutsy win gets UConn seniors to Final Four
• Voepel: Tough Tennessee wills itself to Tampa
• Dish: Losses by Maryland, UNC leave ACC empty
• Voepel: LSU the toast of New Orleans
• Miller: Second really is the best in Spokane
• Voepel: Elite Eight loss toughest on the seniors
• Hays: Second chances key to UConn-Rutgers
• Voepel: Like CP3, Hornbuckle important to Vols
• Voepel: LSU faces toughest Elite foe yet in UNC
• Miller: Terps, Cardinal feel slighted in Spokane

Sweet 16

• Dish: Welcome to the Party, Texas A&M
• Hays: Knights not satisfied with win
• Hays: Hobbled Hunter finds ways to help Huskies
• Voepel: UNC overcomes slow start for comeback
• Voepel: White-Riley better than LSU-OK State
• Voepel: Black back, driving force for Blue Devils
• Hays: GW's Beck's must break out of slump
• ESPN.com experts' Sweet 16 picks
• Voepel: Overlooked Dores could test Terps
• Voepel: Talent-laden Louisville ready for UNC
• Hays: Louisville's Walz a real statement maker
• Voepel: Oklahoma City Regional
• Hays: Greensboro Regional breakdown
• Creme: Spokane Regional breakdown
• Mowins: New Orleans Regional breakdown
• Merrill: The meeting that saved Texas A&M

First two rounds

• Tuesday's Tournament Dish: Big East flavor
• Hays: Awe-inspiring Allen leads Irish to OT win
• Voepel: Moore so good we're left wanting more
• Hays: Defending champs get defensive
• Monday's Tournament Dish: Cowgirls up!
• Hays: Irish guards hope to offset OU posts
• Voepel: Huskies vs. Horns? Try Geno vs. Gail
• Sunday's Tournament Dish: First-round wrap
• Voepel: Unusual suspects step up for UConn
• Hays: Not always pretty, but OU finds way to win
• Saturday's Tournament Dish: Typical Day One
• Mowins: Florida State too quick for Ohio State
• Voepel: Buckeyes make another early exit
• Voepel: Coach G, Horns feeling litte pressure
• Hays: Sibling act helps Utah prepare for Purdue
• Voepel: New tournament, same favorites
• Hays: Five underrated players to watch
• Smith: The storied saga of Geno and Pat
• Hays: UConn's Moore playing beyond her years
• Previews: G'boro | N.O. | Okla. City | Spokane
• Voepel: Calling all Volunteers
• Voepel: Big Easy? Not for Heels
• Hays: Bracket's big questions
• Creme: Good bracket … with a few exceptions
• Hays: Magnificent seven on inside track
• ESPN.com experts break down the bracket
• Merrill: OU, Paris seeking shelter from storm
• Blog: There's nothing like your first tourney

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