ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The standard at UConn is so high that a lapse late in its season opener could have been a significant postgame talking point.

Coach Geno Auriemma would have none of it.

“I don’t ever want to walk off a court this year — because we’re UConn, and we’re defending national champions, and we’re preseason No. 1 — and make wins feel like losses,” he said. “Because we didn’t win by enough, we didn’t win the right way, we had too many lulls, we were too sloppy. Today we were a typical basketball team. A little bit better than typical.”

Sarah Strong scored 21 points and Azzi Fudd added 20 for the top-ranked Huskies, who began their national title defense with a 79-66 win over No. 20 Louisville on Tuesday night. UConn led by 16 after one quarter and by 28 in the third, but a

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