The University of Connecticut women's basketball team is mourning the loss of Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter after they died in a plane crash in California on Sunday.

Bryant and his daughter Gianna were among nine people killed in the crash.

UConn women's basketball tweeted a picture of the two on Sunday and expressed how much they meant to the program.

Kobe and Gianna meant a lot to our program. Our thoughts are with the Bryant family.



Mamba Mentality will live on forever, but they are deeply missed. 💙 pic.twitter.com/4Ib96yFxgg — UConn Women's Hoops (@UConnWBB) January 26, 2020

Kobe and Gianna visited the UConn women’s basketball team when they were in Los Angeles back in 2017.

Bryant's daughter Gianna had a dream to play basketball at UConn.