STORRS — After transferring to UConn, her first season with the women’s basketball team was a joyous, triumphant ride … until the moment it wasn’t. The Huskies missed a lot of layups in Phoenix when they lost to South Carolina in the NCAA semifinal game on April 3, and the dream of an undefeated season and another championship was already out of reach when Kayleigh Heckel missed one in the ...

PHOENIX – The fact that she was going to the Final Four for the first time didn’t really hit UConn’s Kayleigh Heckel until she arrived in Phoenix the other day. “When we got here and I saw the logo everywhere, it was kind of setting in that I’m actually here,” Heckel said Thursday. “It’s funny because Coach (Geno Auriemma) keeps teasing me about how I wasn’t here last year and how they beat me ...

This weekend will be a full-circle moment for UConn sophomore Kayleigh Heckel and her family.