For the first time since 2016, the University of Connecticut Lady Huskies won the women’s basketball National Championship with a dominant victory over South Carolina.

Kobe Bryant’s late daughter Gigi, who died with her father in a January 2020 helicopter crash, had her eyes set on playing basketball at UConn

The UConn women's basketball team claimed its 12th national championship on Sunday, and with it the emotional memory of the late Gianna Bryant has come to the forefront.