UConn hasn't faced much resistance in the Big East this year. The team is 21-2 and 12-0 in conference play following a blowout win against Butler.Paige Bueckers led all scorers with 18 points and was one of six Huskies players to finish in double figures.

He doesn't recall much about that Jan. 6, 1996, meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee, the third time in 12 months his UConn Huskies faced Pat Summitt's Tennessee Lady Vols. But he remembers how electric the environment was, how there wasn't an arena of that size, with that energy, on any other college campus in the country.

Is there anything quite like February in college basketball? Listen, I love March. Watching conference tournaments, seeing the bracket unveiled, the NCAA Tournament starting up. You can’t go wrong. But I love the process of February.

The UConn women's basketball team has won 11 in a row against Big East teams, as the Huskies are set to face Tennessee and South Carolina.

The Huskies picked up two wins this past week, improving their record to 19-2 overall and 10-0 in the Big East. Sarah Strong has been a major reason for UConn's success. She's scored at least 20 points in three straight,

UConn was upset by Tennessee 80-76 on Thursday night. Here's how star guard Paige Bueckers performed in the Huskies' loss:

Paige Bueckers and Geno Auriemma lead UConn into its historic rivalry with Tennessee. The game is in Knoxville on Thursday evening.

Since the turn of the year, Tennessee had lost five games by a combined 15 points. Four of those losses came against top-10 teams as the Lady Vols sought their first marquee victory in the Kim Caldwell era.

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