UConn’s Sarah Strong: The Athletic’s women’s basketball Player of the Year

Earlier this season, UConn coach Geno Auriemma said Sarah Strong plays basketball as though she’s never rushed or sped up. That’s rare for a young player, but it only takes watching Strong play a few possessions to understand what Auriemma meant. There’s this flow and an unhurried decisiveness to her game that indicates she’s more mature than most 19-year-old sophomores. “The game is, like, in her soul,” Auriemma said. Strong was The Athletic’s national freshman of the year last season, and her