UConn survives its toughest test after challenge from Michigan

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Geno Auriemma said he texted Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico last weekend after the Wolverines’ upset win over Notre Dame. The Huskies’ Hall of Fame coach told Barnes Arico he wasn’t looking forward to playing No. 6 Michigan, who had knocked off the Fighting Irish by 39 points in one of the most impressive performances of the college basketball season thus far. “I’m not looking forward to Friday,” Barnes Arico replied, according to Auriemma. “Maybe we ought to have a couple d