PHOENIX — By the third quarter of the UConn women basketball team’s 62-48 loss to South Carolina in the national semifinals Friday night, the frustration became so overwhelming for the Huskies’ national player of the year that the normally composed Sarah Strong pulled on her jersey so hard that she ripped it.After the game, she sat in an unfamiliar No. 55 replacement jersey, wiping away the tears running down her cheeks as she struggled to answer questions about how she felt.




