Perhaps no one was more proud of UConn’s return to the national championship than Vanessa Bryant, whose daughter Gianna loved the Huskies.
Gigi would have been thrilled with the way the women’s basketball team won yet another NCAA tournament, Kobe’s wife wrote on her Instagram page after Geno Auriemma and company thrashed South Carolina 82-59 in Tampa on Sunday.
She stated, “Gigi would’ve loved being there with you,” and then she quoted Gianna, saying, “When you think you can’t, UCONN.”
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She also sent two emojis: one for a shattered heart and another for a full heart.
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Since her NBA great father previously stated that she was “hellbent on” attending the university, many people assume that Gigi would have ended up at UConn if not for the fatal helicopter crash that claimed her and Kobe’s lives in 2020.
Mambacita is forever a Husky
— UConn Women’s Basketball (@UConnWBB) January 27, 2020pic.twitter.com/3wdAbdK0Ye
In fact, UConn placed a personalized No. 2 jersey for her on one of their bench chairs when she died at the age of 13… and wrote, “Mambacita is forever a Husky,” as the caption for the picture.
The Huskies won their 12th championship, although it was their first in the previous nine years.
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