“Sarah [Strong] always with that face”: UConn fans react to 19YO star in Huskies latest practice snaps

The UConn Huskies, led by Sarah Strong, are steadily ramping up for their national title defense in the 2025-26 season. Strong and Co. are coming off a strong season after winning the NCAA championship in April, defeating the South Carolina Gamecocks.

With practice sessions in full swing, UConn posted the latest snaps on Instagram on Monday. It features the Huskies players like Azzi Fudd, KK Arnold and Morgan Cheli.

"New week, same work," @uconnwbb on Instagram captioned.

College basketball fans and spectators then adore Strong for how she looked in the snaps, dropping reactions for her lively personality.

"Sarah always with that face," one fan said with a crying emoji.

"Sarah is such an icon," another fan shared with a crying emoji.

"When does Sarah NOT look like being held at gunpoint lmao," another user wrote.

"I was waiting for the Sarah picture and it didn't disappoint," a fan posted.

Other users shared their thoughts on how the 2025-26 roster is looking.

"I need a Morgan Cheli breakout season like I need air," one fan commented mentioning guard Morgan Cheli.

"ANOTHER NATTY IN THE PROCESS," another fan exclaimed.

"The People's Princess," a fan claimed about senior Azzi Fudd with a fire emoji.

Strong and the Huskies finished the 2024-25 season with an overall record of 37-3 and were in conference play. They also won the 2025 conference regular season title and conference tournament championship.

Sarah Strong and the rest of the UConn Huskies are gunning for a national title repeat in the 2025-26 season

Before 2025, the last time the UConn Huskies won the NCAA national championship was in 2016. It was the end of their illustrious national title run from 2013 to 2016 with Breanna Stewart.

With a historic 12th national title, the most in the sport, Sarah Strong and the rest of coach Geno Auriemma's squad will be gunning for another title in the 2025-26 season.

Previously, Auriemma's Huskies also had a national title three-peat from 2002 to 2004, as well as back-to-back chips in 2009 and 2010. This was Strong's first national title run, and the Huskies have made some changes to the roster to help her in the title defense.

About the author

Koby del Rosario is a college sports journalist at Sportskeeda who took up BS in Advertising Management at De La Salle University, one of the big "four" universities in the Philippines. Koby has over four years of experience with Complex PH, M2.0 Communications, The LaSallian, Daily Tribune, and Time Attack Manila.

Koby's favorite college team would have to be the North Carolina Tar Heels. Apart from being MJ's alma mater, Koby has always been fond of the Jordan silhouettes that release in the school's colors (being a sneakerhead himself).

His past favorite college players would have to be Russell Westbrook (UCLA) and Markelle Fultz (Washington). With Russ, his 1-2 punch with Kevin Love during their UCLA days was something Koby marveled at as Russ became his favorite player to watch post-Kobe.

Besides playing basketball, Koby enjoys nightlife, collecting sneakers, and playing video games. Apart from hosting parties and taking pictures for parties/bars/clubs, Koby is learning to DJ as a hobby with all sorts of house and hip-hop as the main genres.

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