SEATTLE — In 1993, the Ohio State women’s basketball team made its first and only trip to the Final Four. In every NCAA Tournament since then — all 29 of them — Connecticut has made it at least to the Sweet 16, has won 11 national championships and has made 14 straight Final Fours, while the Buckeyes haven’t made it past the Sweet 16. On Saturday at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, facing the Huskies in the Sweet 16, Ohio State changed that. With an 73-61 win, the Buckeyes snapped UConn’s historic Final Four streak and are in the Elite Eight for the first time since the Katie Smith-led Final Four run 30 years ago. Freshman forward Cotie McMahon, unafraid of the largest stage she’s played on, led the Buckeyes with 23 points. The Buckeyes will play No. 1 seed Virginia Tech on Monday for a spot in the Final…
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