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.

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.

After a huge win that made her Huskies champions, UConn's Paige Bueckers gets emotional and spiritual in response to the late Gigi Bryant's love for her team.

Gianna Bryant was a basketball prodigy who was “hell-bent” on one day playing basketball at Connecticut. That’s what her father, Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, told The Times in 2019.

Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa Bryant, writes tearjerker message to women’s NCAA March Madness champs UConn, which was her daughter Gigi’s favorite team.

She posted the emotional message to her Instagram Story after UConn’s dominant win over South Carolina in the NCAA national championship game.

The UConn Huskies celebrated their 12th national championship on April 6 — their first in nine years. Following the NCAA final in Tampa, FL, Vanessa Bryant took to social media to react. "Gigi would ...

Gianna “Gigi” Bryant. After the University of Connecticut Huskies won the 2025 NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship against the South Carolina Gamecocks on April 6, the 42-year-old shared a ...

As UConn celebrated winning the women’s NCAA basketball championship on Sunday, April 6, the loss of Kobe Bryant’s daughter, ...

In his post-basketball playing days, Kobe Bryant was one of women's basketball's biggest advocates and the coach of his daughter Gianna "Gigi" Bryant. The two were fixtures at some of the biggest ...

Kobe and Gianna Bryant watch a women's basketball game between Connecticut and Houston in Storrs, Conn., on March 2, 2019. (Jessica Hill / Associated Press) Gianna Bryant was a basketball prodigy ...