Bradleyport, Connecticut Early in the second quarter of UConn women’s basketball team’s 91-87 double-overtime victory over NC State in the Bridgeport Regional final on Monday night, forward Dorka Juhasz suffered a fracture and dislocation to her left wrist.
At 6:19 of the third quarter, Juhasz attempted a putback after grabbing an offensive rebound.
The athletic trainer from UConn was called over right away, and Juhasz eventually left the floor with a towel wrapped around her wrist after displaying obvious pain. The injury was obviously upsetting to the Huskies players.
After the game, Geno Auriemma, the coach of UConn, said he was informed that Juhasz had a “cleanly fractured and dislocated” wrist.
“We’ll miss her,” Auriemma remarked, indicating that Juhasz won’t be available for the season finale due to the injury.
One of UConn’s three big men who sees consistent playing time, Juhasz, returned to the bench wearing a sling and bandaging her wrist. After the final buzzer, she was able to celebrate the Huskies’ berth in the Final Four with her teammates.
Senior guard Christyn Williams said, “Coach got us together and basically just told us the biggest thing we could do for her was win the game and win it for her.” “I guess that was just our mentality for the rest of the game.”
Juhasz was averaging 7.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 20.4 minutes per game for the Huskies going into Monday’s game.
The 5-foot-five Juhasz transferred to Storrs during the offseason after spending her first three years of collegiate basketball at Ohio State. She had a quiet tournament debut, but she immediately had an impact on Monday’s game with her rebounding and defense.
“We just embraced her and told her that we have her back no matter what,” Williams stated. “We were simply ecstatic.”
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The top three preseason 2023–24 Top 25 rankings are LSU, UConn, and UCLA.
Before winning its first national title in April of last year in Dallas, LSU had never finished a season as the top team in women’s college basketball. Until now, the Tigers have never begun a season at the top of the standings.
According to ESPN’s preseason rankings for women’s college basketball in 2023–24, the Tigers are ranked #1.
With a goal of becoming the first repeat champion in the history of the sport since UConn completed a four-peat in 2016, LSU is predicted to be even better this year. Along with the No. 1 recruiting class and the addition of the two best transfers, Hailey Van Lith and Aneesah Morrow, coach Kim Mulkey also brings back Final Four Most Outstanding Player Angel Reese. Mulkey may have the most talent he has ever had. One of the most exciting plots of the season will involve discovering how everything fits together during the march to Cleveland, the site of the Final Four on April 5 and 7.
The same applies to all of Caitlin Clark’s movements at Iowa, the runner-up in the NCAA. Clark, one of the most captivating players in the league, will attempt to lead the Hawkeyes back to the Final Four even in the absence of some of the key players from Iowa’s 2023 championship run. The Hawkeyes will first have to contend with the fiercely competitive Big Ten, which includes four teams ranked in the top 13.
The Pac-12 may not exist next season due to realignment, but the conference may end on a positive note. Utah and UCLA are ranked in the top five, and six Pac-12 teams are among the top 25. Five each for the ACC and SEC are shown in the rankings.
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