Bueckers, Paige (2001- )

Is the UConn Dynasty a Thing of the Past?

As the wealth of talent deepens across the N.C.A.A., UConn no longer stands alone atop women’s basketball.

Players in women’s basketball are styling themselves how they want, because they can. Their choices also can be lucrative.

And it made its final victory over the Huskies — the 11-time champions — look easy.

The Huskies, winners of 11 national championships, have gone without a title since 2016.

South Carolina plays UConn at 8 p.m. Eastern on Sunday for a national championship.