Vanessa Bryant Celebrates UConn Title, ‘Gigi Would’ve Cherished Being There’

UConn is a nationwide champion as soon as once more, and maybe no person was extra happy with the brand new title than Vanessa Bryant — whose daughter, Gianna, completely adored the Huskies.

Kobe‘s spouse took to her Instagram web page to congratulate Geno Auriemma and Co. after they destroyed South Carolina, 82-59, on Sunday in Tampa … and wrote that Gigi would’ve been so proud of the best way the ladies’s basketball workforce hoisted yet one more NCAA event.

“Gigi would’ve loved being there with you,” she mentioned … earlier than including a quote from Gianna that learn, “When you think you can’t, UCONN.”

UConn, in fact, is the place many imagine Gigi would’ve ended up if not for the 2020 helicopter crash that tragically took her and Kobe’s lives … as her NBA legend father as soon as mentioned she was “hellbent on” attending the college.

In actual fact, after she handed away at 13 years previous, UConn left a custom-made No. 2 jersey for her on one among their bench chairs … and captioned a photograph of it, “Mambacita is forever a Husky.”