The UConn Huskies women's basketball team secured their fifth straight Big East regular season championship with their 72-53 win over No. 22 ranked Creighton on February 27. While it might sound surprising that the Huskies haven't won more consecutive Big East titles considering their sustained dominance of the sport,

Auriemma was Taurasi’s coach at UConn, where the pair won three consecutive national championships together, and her coach when she was an Olympian, earning three gold medals as a duo. But, even after all that time together, Geno seemingly struggled to fully digest the gravity of Diana’s career following her retirement.