; Whereas UConn player Paige Madison Bueckers earned the 2024 Unanimous First-Team All-American for the second time, the 2024 Big East Player of the Year for the second time, and the 2024 Big East Tournament Most Outstanding Player for the second time; Whereas UConn player Aaliyah Edwards contributed an extraordinary 17 points to the Final Four game as the University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball teams active leading scorer with an average 17.6 points scored per game; Whereas UConn player Nika Mühl is the all-time leader in career assists at the University of Connecticut, holding the program record for most assists in a single season; Whereas UConn player KK Arnold averaged an impressive 2.3 steals per game; Whereas UConn player Ashlynn Shade is Big East Freshman of the Year and averages 11.2 points per game; Whereas the UConn men’s team won every NCAA tournament game by 13 points or more for a second straight year, and set the record this year for the largest margin of victory over its 6-game run with 140 combined points; Whereas the University of Connecticut is home to the most successful NCAA Division I women’s basketball program in history, having won a record 11 national championships and appearing in their 23d Final Four this year; and Whereas, due to the incredible feats of both the women’s and men’s collegiate basketball teams, Storrs, Connecticut, is the College Basketball Capital of the World: Now, therefore, be it