Congrats to them - they beat the teams they had to play. They had to have had the easiest path to a title in recent memory. It all liked up for them - never having to play a 1 or 2 seed and only one 3 seed.
UConn had to beat the following seeds : 5,5,3,8,5,13
To Compare to a few recent winners:
Baylor: 1,2,3,5,9,16
UVA: 3,5,3,12,9,16
Nova: 3,1,3,5,9,16
UNC: 1,3,2,4,8,16
Nova: 1,2,1,3,7,15
Duke: 1,7,2,5,8,16
Kansas: 10,4,9,16,2,8