The trio of Inês Bettencourt, Amari DeBerry and Ayanna Patterson have supposedly improved their play in practice recently.
The fifth-year guard has been left off all watchlists for national awards despite putting up impressive numbers for one of the top teams in the nation.
The Huskies' streak without back-to-back losses is the latest "fairytale stat" to fall as parity increases across the country.
The Huskies have been running on fumes for a few weeks now, and Marquette took advantage on Wednesday night.
A lot has happened at UConn in nearly 30 years.
The Huskies had a top-20 recruiting behind their bench on Sunday.
Regardless of the circumstances, the Huskies have shown that they put up a fight.
The Huskies are dealing with lots of injuries and just weathered a really challenging part of the schedule, but came out with stronger standing in the national picture.
This is not the kind of program to accept moral victories, but Sunday's performance may prove to be a rare exception.
The Huskies gave the reigning national champions a battle for 40 minutes but without their full complement of players, they couldn't pull off the upset.
With their best players injured and limited options off the bench, the Huskies will have their hands full with the top team in the nation on Sunday.
UConn faces its toughest test of the season against the reigning national champions on Sunday.
