As the calendar flips to the new year, the first half of the 2021–22 college basketball regular season is over. Here’s the four biggest surprises of the women’s basketball season so far.
No. 11 UConn struggles
To many's surprise, the preseason No. 2 Huskies have struggled so far this season. UConn had blowout losses to No. 1 South Carolina and No. 16 Georgia Tech, along with a close loss to No. 3 Louisville in its last outing. The obvious contributing factor is the loss of Paige Bueckers to a knee injury in early December. Two of the Huskies’ losses came shortly after the reigning AP Player of the Year’s injury.