Storrs — As the UConn women’s basketball broke down its huddle before its game against Butler on Saturday, Sarah Strong had to fight the urge to run out on the court with the rest of the starting lineup. Strong had started 64 consecutive games for the Huskies before Saturday, when she sat out due to a tightness in her calves that has nagged her for more than a year. She also took the day off during practice the previous Friday. It went against everything in the All-American forward’s nature to watch her team compete from the sidelines, but she recognized the rest was what her body needs even though it wasn’t what she wanted. “I definitely felt weird with my...
