ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The defending champion UConn Huskies picked up where they left off to start the 2025-26 season: winning in (mostly) dominant fashion.

UConn, ranked No. 1 in the AP preseason poll, took down No. 20 Louisville 79-66 on Tuesday in the Armed Forces Classic, a game the Huskies led by as many as 28 points before securing their 30th consecutive season-opening win, the second-longest active streak in Division I.

The event -- the first women's matchup in the Armed Forces Classic -- was initially supposed to be played at Ramstein Air Base in Germany but was moved to the Naval Academy less than two weeks ago because of the government shutdown.

It was the first game for the new-look Huskies since three-time All-American and 2025 No. 1 draft pick Paige Bueckers departed for

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