High school All-Americans Swin Cash, Tamika Williams, Sue Bird, Asjha Jones, and Keirsten Walters were dubbed "TASSK Force" by Connecticut fans, using the players' initials. Bids by state [ edit] The sixty-four teams came from thirty-two states, plus Washington, D.C. Texas and Tennessee had the most teams with five bids. Top-Seeded Huskies to Face Georgetown in BIG EAST Quarterfinals, Edwards Tabbed Katrina McClain Award Finalist, Huskies Earn BIG EAST Regular Season Honors, No. UConn has featured a great number of star players, All-Americans, Hall of Famers and recipients of individual trophies. Louisville was 24-8 on selection day and memorably upset defending national champion Baylor and stars Brittney Griner andOdyssey Sims82-81 in the Sweet 16. Connecticut defeated Maryland 8158, while Notre Dame narrowly beat South Carolina, 6665, in the semifinals. In the championship game, Oklahoma trimmed a 15-point second-half deficit to six but they couldn't finish the job. 1999-2002 (trasladado a Uncasville, Connecticut) Utah Starzz - 1997-2002 (trasladado a San Antonio, Texas) Tulsa Shock - 2010 . 1 Stanford in 1998, No. In the first two rounds, the top four seeds were given the opportunity to host the first-round game. 8 seed Florida 59No. 15 seed Penn 55No. 20 Stacy Hansmeyer Jr. F 6-1 Norman, Okla. 22 Amy Duran Sr. G/F 5-11 Bethesda, Md. He was head coach of the United States women's national basketball team from 2009 until stepping down from that role after the 2016 Summer Olympics. Tennessee and Old Dominion won their semi-final Final Four matchups and continued on to the championship. F 6-2 Dayton, Ohio. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. 16 Prairie View A&M 44No. 2 seed Kentucky 53No. 4/5 UConn on 1/4 was the team's first victory over a top-5 team since March 9, 2018. . One game after UConn's game against Minnesota in the Final Four the most-watched and highest-rated women's basketball semifinal in ESPN history Diana Taurasi led UConn to another national championship over Tennessee, the Huskies' second straight championship against the Vols and third consecutive title overall. Texas A&M's run came at home. Name Cl. Feb 23, Connecticut (25-4) Win vs. Providence, 77-68, 30. Even if the Huskies were still a strong national contender, they were no longer viewed as a favorite to win it all. The AP National Player of the Year award winners: Rebecca Lobo (1995), JenniferRizzotti (1996),Kara Wolters (1997), Sue Bird (2002),Diana Taurasi (2003), Maya Moore (2009), Tina Charles (2010), Maya Moore again (2011), Breanna Stewart (2014, 2015 and 2016) and Paige Bueckers (2021). 1996-97 UConn Huskies Men's Roster and Stats Previous Season Next Season Record: 18-15 (7-11, 6th in Big East MBB Big East 6) Coach: Jim Calhoun PS/G: 65.8 (240th of 306) More School Info UConn (Men's) School History Roster & Stats Polls, Schedule & Results On this page: Roster Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Per Game Totals Per 40 Minutes 1 seed UConn 67, No. Maya Moore gave UConn the lead (2322) in the second half with a three-pointer and led the team on a scoring run of 306 that eventually secured the national championship with a final score of 5347. The class renewed hope of bringing more championships to Storrs after watching archrival Tennessee win three in a row. UConn defeated Tennessee 7766 in front of a sold-out crowd in a game televised on ESPN and soon afterwards was ranked No. Relative to their high standards, UConn struggled during the first two years following Taurasi's graduation in 2004. Nykesha Sales has the single-game scoring record: 46 points vs. Stanford on Dec. 21, 1997. 1 seed UConn 63, No. Conference tournament champion, UConn played in the Big East Conference from the 198283 season, the first in which the league sponsored women's basketball and held a tournament, until the conference split in 2013. After just one winning season in 10 years under coaches Sandra Hamm (197475), Wanda Flora (197580) and Jean Balthaser (198085), UConn hired as their new head coach Geno Auriemma, who had served as assistant coach at Virginia, with the goal of revitalizing the program. Sales then held the school scoring record. Maya Moore returned for her senior season after a summer with the U.S. National team, but UConn lost major contributors Tina Charles and Kalana Greene who graduated in 2010. Aubrey Griffin received honorable mention honors. This would be the team's last loss for quite some time. Sarah Darras. The 201415 regular season started with an overtime loss to Stanford in the second game of the season, ending a 47-games winning streak for UConn. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. UConn won the regular season title and will be the top seed in the Big East Tournament. 1 seed UConn 105, No. 16 Harvard's stunner over No. Starters: Paige Bueckers, Fudd, Christyn Williams, Evina Westbrook, Olivia Nelson-Ododa, Edwards, Juhasz. Joining Mhl on the second team is Juhsz, who is currently averaging a double-double with 14.3 points and 10.0 rebounds to go with 11 individual double-doubles. Tennessee defeated Connecticut again in the 199798 regular season. 3 seed Louisville 54. They won their 17th Big East Regular Season title and their 15th Big East tournament title beating the Louisville Cardinals. He was born June 1997 Moyer is enrolled in the S.I. Saturday's contest between the UConn Huskies (26-5) and Georgetown Hoyas (14-16) matching up at Mohegan Sun Arena has a projected final score of 76-52 (based on our computer prediction) in favor . 1 seed the most times, Washington State upsets No. Maya Moore was also a brilliant college student: she graduated with a 3.7 GPA, earning the Elite 88 Award, and was named Cosida Academic All-America First-Team in 2009, 2010 and 2011, Cosida Academic All-America of the Year in 2010 and 2011 (1st player to ever repeat) and All-sports Academic All-America of the Year in 2011. [24] With Shea Ralph and senior Nykesha Sales out for the entire season, freshman Svetlana Abrosimova led a young UConn team to the NCAA Tournament Regional Final where they eventually lost to North Carolina State 6052. Bascom was hit with early foul trouble and Virginia held off a late UConn rally. See the issue? 1 UConn 72, No. [5], UConn owns the two longest winning streaks (men's or women's) in college basketball history. Approaching the final week of the regular season, South Carolina and Indiana hold atop Autumn Johnson's Power 10 women's college basketball rankings for Feb. 20. [66], The 20172018 season was very similar to the previous one. 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 800th career win for coach Geno Auriemma. Rebecca Lobo was named the Final Four's Most Outstanding Player. 16 Harvard shocked No. UConn beat Toledo 8180 at Gampel Pavilion in the opening round game, with Bascom scoring a team NCAA tournament single-game record 39 points, and moved on to the regionals at The Palestra in Auriemma's hometown of Philadelphia. Griffin is the Huskies lone player to earn honorable mention. 1 Stanford, 83-60. [83] Additionally, on November 14, 2022, UConn retired the #32 worn by Swin Cash, as she was a 2022 Naismith Hall inductee, with ceremonies held during the women's team game against Texas.[84]. Find out more. The Huskies also became the first unbeaten team in NCAA history (all divisions, men or women) to win 35 games in a season. "Its time we stopped blaming the injuries, stop blaming fatigue, stop blaming tired," Auriemma said after UConn beat Xavier by nine. 1 seed the most times, Washington State upsets No. 16 seed Southern 39No. M.A. Taurasi was the third basketball player to receive this final honor, after former UConn star Rebecca Lobo and Tennessee star Chamique Holdsclaw. 1 seed Tennessee 56No. 3: Champion (2) 1994 North Carolina, 1997 Tennessee: No. Moore scored 23 points with 11 rebounds in the win as UConn pulled ahead and led by as many as 11. Starting with their two meetings in 1995, the rivalry between the Tennessee Lady Vols and UConn escalated through the late 1990s and into the 2000s, becoming the marquee matchup in all women's sports, and taking on parallels to the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry in Major League Baseball. "We knew a run was coming," said Maya Moore, according to the AP. The national championship game against Stanford was a completely different story. Led by senior starters Sue Bird, Tamika Williams, Asjha Jones and Swin Cash, along with sophomore Diana Tauruasi, UConn won its third national championship in seven seasons, including its second perfect season. 1 seed UConn 75, No. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. She led UConn to the Final Four, but in the national semifinals against Notre Dame in St. Louis, Taurasi had a poor shooting game, and despite UConn having attained a 16-point lead at one point, the team lost. February 28, 2023 5:12 pm ET. UConn women's basketball has won a record 11 national championships, including back-to-back titles in 2009-10, a three-peat from 2002-04 and four in a row from 2013-16. 5 seed Boston College 49No. 23 Swintayla Cash Fr. They were awesome.". 1 seed UConn 89, No. Skip Ad During the regular season UConn played 11 games against ranked opponents (including 6 in the top ten) with an average margin of victory of 24. Gonzaga came in 28-4 and had All-American CourtneyVandersloot, the first player in DI history to top 2,000 points and 1,000 assists in a career. 11 Bulldogs beat No. 1 seed UConn 71, No. "The fact that I tied Pat Summitt's record puts you in the category of the greatest women's basketball coach that's ever lived. In 202021, UConn rejoined several of its former conference mates in the current Big East Conference. 16 seed Maine 75No. 1 seed Notre Dame 53, For the second time in his tenure, Geno Auriemma and the Huskies won three national championships in a row, this one marking the 10th national title of his career. 1 ranked wing of the Class of 2022, and No. LIVE STATS; TICKETS; LISTEN; GAME NOTES; STORRS, Conn. - The fourth-ranked UConn women's basketball team (25-5, 17-2) will celebrate graduate students Dorka Juhsz and Lou Lopez . "I was like, 'Who is it?' " Mhl said. 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.