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Omaha, Neb. Dec 28 Wed. Dec 31 Sat. Junior Husky Club Day. Indianapolis, Ind. Jan 3 Tue. Cincinnati, Ohio. Jan 5 Thu. Elmont, N. UBS Arena. Jan 11 Wed. John's - January 11, XL Center Superhero Day. Jan 15 Sun. Superhero Day. South Orange, N.
Jan 17 Tue. Gampel Pavilion Pride Game. Jan 21 Sat. Pride Game. Gampel Pavilion originally scheduled for Jan. Jan 23 Mon. Knoxville, Tenn. Jan 26 Thu. Jan 29 Sun. Play4Kay Pink Game. Providence, R. After three down years by UConn standards, the team emerged as a heavy contender for the championship in the season. In addition to all players returning from the team, 1 ranked high school player Maya Moore joined the team after a bitter recruitment battle between UConn and Tennessee.
Shortly after Moore's commitment to UConn, Tennessee announced they were cancelling the annual series with UConn, thus ending one of the biggest rivalries in the sport.
Even if both coaches remained vague and unspecific about the reasons of the cancellation, Tennessee filed a complaint to the NCAA about UConn's recruitment of Moore. UConn was found to have committed a secondary violation involving a tour of the ESPN campus and no punishment was handed out. Despite losing Mel Thomas and Kalana Greene to season-ending knee injuries, UConn went through the —08 regular season with only a single loss at Rutgers, by two points, winning both the Big East regular season and tournament titles.
Rallying from a point deficit in the NCAA regional final they beat conference rival Rutgers and advanced to their first Final Four since Taurasi graduated. Those tournament victories were largely credited to senior Charde Houston , a top recruit out of San Diego viewed as not living up to expectations from Geno Auriemma and the UConn fans up to that point, who came up with key rebounds and clutch points in those games.
This would be the team's last loss for quite some time. For the third consecutive year UConn successfully recruited the top ranked high school player in Elena Delle Donne , but shortly before enrolling at UConn Delle Donne requested a release from her scholarship, giving up basketball in order to stay closer to home and play volleyball at the University of Delaware ; Delle Donne would eventually play basketball at Delaware, having a great college career that culminated in the 2 pick at WNBA draft.
UConn finished the regular season undefeated for the 5th time in school history with a 30—0 record. In the Championship Game UConn defeated Louisville 76—54 behind Charles' 25 points and 19 boards, ending the season with a perfect 39—0 record with every victory by at least 10 points, a record of its own and sixth national title. For the second consecutive year and the sixth time in school history UConn finished the regular season undefeated, with an average margin of victory of During the regular season UConn played 11 games against ranked opponents including 6 in the top ten with an average margin of victory of They dominated the Big East tournament, winning the championship game 60— Throughout the regular season and the Big East tournament, UConn's closest win was against Stanford, by 12 points.
Maya Moore and Tina Charles played little more than half the minutes of every game, with Moore averaging one point per minute played, and the team outscoring its opponents by an average of 47 points. In the Final Four UConn was finally challenged by Baylor and the 6-foot-8 freshman Brittney Griner ; [47] Baylor trailed 39—26 at halftime, cut the deficit to 41—38 with 15 minutes remaining in the game, but UConn finally pulled away for a final score of 70— The national championship game against Stanford was a completely different story.
UConn started the game with its worst first half in school history by scoring only 12 points; only 11 teams in tournament history have been held to 12 points or less in the first half: three of them were against UConn teams, and two of them Southern and Temple just days earlier in the Tournament. Stanford itself only managed to score 20 points in the first half.
Maya Moore gave UConn the lead 23—22 in the second half with a three-pointer and led the team on a scoring run of 30—6 that eventually secured the national championship with a final score of 53— Charles, who won the John R. The —11 season began with high hopes but much uncertainty for the Huskies. Maya Moore returned for her senior season after a summer with the U. Additionally, junior guard Caroline Doty would be out the entire season due to a third knee injury. In an early test, UConn squeaked by 2 Baylor in their second game of the season.
They powered their way through 8 more consecutive wins for their 88th straight victory, beating 10 Ohio State at Madison Square Garden. Their 89th win came at home against 20 Florida State to set the college basketball record for most consecutive wins, previously held by the UCLA men's team.
After a break in the schedule for the holidays, UConn traveled out west and beat the Pacific Tigers to stretch the streak to 90 games. UConn trailed for the entire game and lost for the first time since their April 6, Final Four appearance also against the Cardinal. The loss ended the highly publicized winning streak , as well as their long held spot as the top ranked team in women's basketball which was taken over by Baylor. Connecticut recovered focus after the loss and got through the rest of the regular season undefeated, regaining the 1 ranking along the way after Baylor's loss to Texas Tech in February.
The keys to Notre Dame's success were the stellar performance of sophomore Skylar Diggins and the hot shooting over 50 percent from the field, a first against UConn in its last games , while UConn had a lack of support for Moore's 36 points. During —11 season Maya Moore posted career highs in scoring In her amazing college career Maya Moore won games and only lost 4, amassing a total points 1st Husky ever and 4th all-time in NCAA division I women's basketball , rebounds 2nd Husky ever , steals 3rd Husky ever , assists 6th Husky ever and blocks 4th Husky ever ; she is the only women's basketball player in Division I history to record points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocked shots.
On February 28 she was enshrined in the Huskies of Honor 3rd time ever for an active player. Maya Moore was also a brilliant college student: she graduated with a 3. After graduation Maya Moore was selected by the Minnesota Lynx as the 1st overall pick in the WNBA draft 4th time for a Husky , also becoming the first female basketball player signed to the Jordan Brand.
The —12 season would inevitably be a new era after Maya Moore's graduation. Her absence and the loss of 6th-man Lorin Dixon left significant holes to fill in the roster.
Even if the Huskies were still a strong national contender, they were no longer viewed as a favorite to win it all. Two key rivals were the usual conference foe Notre Dame and the new rival Baylor, who had the nation's top player in Brittney Griner. In December Griner led 1 ranked Baylor against 2 UConn, scoring 25 points to go along with nine blocks. The 66—61 loss was UConn's first of the season, but not its last. Notre Dame, led by junior star Skylar Diggins , beat the Huskies twice in the regular season, but UConn was able to reverse the roles in the Big East tournament Championship Game; the win was the school's 15th conference title, as well as the th career win for coach Geno Auriemma.
Ultimately Notre Dame found its revenge with an upset win in the NCAA Tournament Final Four, ending the season with a 3—1 record against the Huskies, a record that would be repeated the following year.
Their play was uneven during the regular season, where UConn went 27—3 with a loss to Baylor and a pair of losses to Notre Dame including a three-overtime game in South Bend ; in the Big East tournament UConn lost a third straight time to Notre Dame that delivered a last-minute comeback. The end of —13 season saw the breakup of the Big East Conference. John's , known colloquially as the " Catholic 7 ", left to form their own conference, taking the conference name with them.
With Faris and Doty graduated, sophomore Breanna Stewart was the undisputed leader of the —14 UConn team, starting in all 40 games and leading the team with The team beat every opponent by at least 10 points and easily reached the NCAA tournament finals, where they met unbeaten Notre Dame, making it the first matchup of two undefeated teams in the championship game.
UConn defeated 79—58 Notre Dame hindered by the loss of one of their stars, Natalie Achonwa , who had torn her ACL in the Elite Eight , to finish the season 40—0, tying Baylor for the most wins in a season and setting the new record for Championship with nine.
The —15 regular season started with an overtime loss to Stanford in the second game of the season, ending a games winning streak for UConn. Led by juniors Stewart and Jefferson and senior Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis , UConn quickly recovered winning every other season game, including a 76—58 win against rival Notre Dame.
In the National Tournament, both Connecticut and Notre Dame were seeded first in their respective playoff brackets; each advanced to the Final Four held in Tampa, Florida. Connecticut defeated Maryland 81—58, while Notre Dame narrowly beat South Carolina, 66—65, in the semifinals.
The teams met again on April 7, in the national championship game. UConn won by a score of 63—53 to achieve their third straight national championship and tenth total, with coach Auriemma tying a record set by John Wooden in college basketball. The team was unstoppable all season long, beating every opponent by an average of UConn completed their sixth undefeated season winning the 11th overall Championship all-time record for both men's and women's college basketball and 4th in a row also a record for women's college basketball.
Wooden Award. Stewart finished with 2, points 2nd Husky ever , 1, rebounds 4th Husky ever , assists and blocked shots 1st Husky ever , and was a 1 pick in WNBA draft. The trio of Stewart-Jefferson-Tuck ended its college career with a —5 record, the most victories for college basketball players; they are the only 4-time winners in college basketball history freshmen were not eligible to play during UCLA men's streak.
With their eleventh championship win in , the UConn Huskies have tied the UCLA Bruins men's team for most college basketball championships, and became the first Division I women's basketball team to win four straight national championships. After losing the stellar trio of Stewart, Jefferson and Tuck, many predicted a sub-par season for UConn standards; the AP Poll ranked the team third in the nation, and coach Auriemma had designed a very tough non-conference calendar to test the strength of his young team.
The first regular season game, a 2-point win against 12 Florida State, seemed to confirm the expectations, with coach Auriemma predicting "a good beat" ahead. Together with sophomore Katie Lou Samuelson and junior Kia Nurse , the only returning starters, the duo of sophomore Napheesa Collier and junior Gabby Williams quickly rose to national attention; even senior Saniya Chong, who had played few minutes in her first three seasons, showed great improvements, leading the nation in assists-to-turnovers ratio.
After easy wins in both conference regular season and conference tournament, UConn entered the NCAA tournament unbeaten, 1 overall and once again a heavy favorite to win it all; the season came to an unexpected end when Mississippi State's Morgan William hit a buzzer-beater to give its team a 66—64 overtime victory in the NCAA Final Four.
The — season was very similar to the previous one. The stage appeared set for a rematch with Mississippi State in the championship game, but historic rival Notre Dame beat UConn in the semifinal with another overtime last second shot by Arike Ogunbowale. On December 19 a win over Oklahoma gave coach Geno Auriemma his th victory in just games, making him only the fourth women's coach to reach that plateau — preceded by Pat Summitt, Tara VanDerveer and Sylvia Hatchell — and the fastest one.
They then beat long-time rival and defending national champions Stanford to reach the National Championship game for the first time since National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion.
UConn played in the Big East Conference from the —83 season, the first in which the league sponsored women's basketball and held a tournament , until the conference split in The Huskies won 18 tournaments in 31 years.
In —21, UConn rejoined several of its former conference mates in the current Big East Conference. The Huskies have appeared in the NCAA tournament 31 times, every year since their first appearance in Their combined record is — Sandra Hamm, a Terryville native, was employed part-time as the interim women's coach in the — season, when the team was 2—8. When she wasn't coaching, she taught physical education at a junior high school in Manchester.
After graduating from college in California, Wanda Flora went to graduate school at Indiana University, where she was an assistant coach for the women's basketball team and coached the junior varsity team. After a brief stint at a small college in Pennsylvania, she applied for the job at UConn, starting in and leading the team to a 38—66 record in five seasons. During her tenure, shooting guard Karen Mullins was the first UConn woman to receive a basketball scholarship; that number had increased to 12 by In the university hired Jean Balthaser, who had coached at the University of Pittsburgh.
Balthaser continued to expand the program, leading UConn to its first winning season in her first year as coach, and finishing with a 52—88 record over five seasons. In his 38 years as head coach of the University of Connecticut women's basketball team, the Italian-born Luigi "Geno" Auriemma has inextricably linked his name with that of the team. Inheriting a program that had only had one winning season in its entire history, Auriemma has overseen one of the most successful rebuilding projects in college sports history.
Under his watch, UConn has become the winningest team in women's college basketball, and he has made a strong case as one of the best coaches ever. He was head coach of the United States women's national basketball team from until stepping down from that role after the Summer Olympics.
UConn has featured a great number of star players, All-Americans, Hall of Famers and recipients of individual trophies. The following table shows the UConn players recipients of the major individual awards in women's college basketball. Statistics correct through April 3, The Huskies of Honor is a program recognizing the most significant figures in UConn history, with plaques in Gampel Pavilion commemorating the inductees. On December 7, , UConn announced that the 50 worn by Rebecca Lobo would be permanently retired, effective with ceremonies to be held during the Huskies' final —19 home game on March 2, In its announcement, UConn stated that going forward, number retirement would be reserved for former Huskies players inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame , as Lobo was in At the same time, the Huskies announced that the 34 worn by Ray Allen , a Naismith Hall inductee, would be retired by UConn men's basketball, with ceremonies held during the season's final men's home game on March 3, Rebecca Lobo was part of the inaugural draft, with the top players allocated to founding teams without any particular order; similarly Nykesha Sales was part of the WNBA expansion players allocation.
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