Georgetown led 17-13 over UConn after the first quarter on Feb. 11. 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. 8 seed Rutgers 55No. The Huskies led at the second intermission but gave up three unanswered goals in the third period. ", No. In her amazing college career Maya Moore won 150 games and only lost 4, amassing a total 3036 points (1st Husky ever and 4th all-time in NCAA division I women's basketball), 1276 rebounds (2nd Husky ever), 310 steals (3rd Husky ever), 544 assists (6th Husky ever) and 204 blocks (4th Husky ever); she is the only women's basketball player in Division I history to record 2500 points, 1000 rebounds, 500 assists, 250 steals and 150 blocked shots. 1 seed UConn 69, No. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. They completed a seven-season tenure in the American Athletic Conference in 201920, and came back to the Big East Conference for the 202021 season. "Oklahoma was unbelievably good. 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. 16 seed Southern 39No. 4 Maryland 50No. 1 seed UConn 91, No. [66], The 20172018 season was very similar to the previous one. Your . The No. The official 2022-2023 Women's Basketball Roster for the . UConn will play most of its games either midweek or on Sunday. This contamination is a threat., Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. Despite winning Big East Defensive Player of the Year last season, she didnt make an all-conference team, so this is her first selection. 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. 9 UConn beats Xavier 60-51 to take Big East title, Mhl Named Nancy Lieberman Award Finalist. 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. Mosqueda-Lewis was another State Farm/WBCA High School Player of the Year for UConn,[55] Banks was a highly rated guard,[56] and Stokes, a 6'3 post player, was highly ranked as well. 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. UConn followed up its surprise run to the Final Four in 1991 by landing All-American Rebecca Lobo from Southwick, Massachusetts. 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Do you have a blog? Michigan State went 23-13 last year. See the issue? 13th, and a bonus 14th options per the roster we should have been fielding. No team seeded worse than 11 has made it as far as the 2011 Bulldogs. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Seven UConn players received this award since its induction in 1982: Rebecca Lobo (1995), Shea Ralph (2000), Swin Cash (2002), Diana Taurasi (2003 and 2004), Tina Charles (2009), Maya Moore (2010), and Breanna Stewart for a record 4 times (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016). Swin Cash had 20 points and 13 rebounds, while Jones (19 points, nine rebounds) and Williams (12 points, nine rebounds) each finished a rebound shy of a double-double. In UConn's first national championship season, the Huskies ran the table, going a perfect 35-0 and becoming just the second undefeated national champions, but UConn coach Geno Auriemma still found himself yelling at the TV when he noticed a defensive breakdown when the team watched a tape of the game at the hotel afterwards, according to The Boston Globe. With a perfect 350 record, UConn became only the fifth Division I women's basketball team to go undefeated en route to a national championship, and only the second in the NCAA era (since 1982). Chamique Holdsclaw helped lead Tennessee to the first three-peat in women's college basketball (1996-98). * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). Starters: Paige Bueckers, Fudd, Christyn Williams, Evina Westbrook, Olivia Nelson-Ododa, Edwards, Juhasz. Title. In the first two rounds, the top four seeds were given the opportunity to host the first-round game. Some of its highly touted recruits did not play up to expectations while others suffered injuries. 1 seed UConn 80, No. With Bascom and teammates Laura Lishness, Megan Pattyson, Wendy Davis and Debbie Baer, UConn reached the NCAA Tournament again in 1990, losing 6159 to Clemson in the second round after a first-round bye. 4: Runner-up (2) 1992 Western Kentucky, 1994 Louisiana Tech The Huskies kick off the postseason at Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday at noon against the winner of Butler and Georgetown. [72] From 201314 to 201920, UConn played in the American Athletic Conference, where they went unbeaten both in regular season and conference tournament games, with a perfect 1390 record and 7 conference tournaments. Auriemma felt guilty that he put Sales through the ordeal and was angry that some columnists chose to fault her and not him. 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. Jan 13, Connecticut (15-2) Win vs. Seton Hall, 80-59, 18. UConn finished their regular season with a record of 260, including 180 in the Big East to win the conference regular season championship. 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. Bascom had an immediate impact on the UConn program: in 1989 she won the Big East Player of the Year award as a sophomore (she also won the award in her junior and senior years) and led UConn to its first Big East regular season and Tournament title, along with its first-ever NCAA tournament appearance; the tournament ended in a first round loss. 4/5 UConn on 1/4 was the team's first victory over a top-5 team since March 9, 2018. . Virginia Tech, which lost to UConn 59-50, during the season, was the Huskies' only opponent to finish within single-digits of UConn all season. Nick Shepkowski. February 28, 2023 5:12 pm ET. 1 seed UConn 77, No. 1 seed Tennessee 64. Including these final tournament games, Bascom had set a new UConn scoring record with 2,177 points during her years at the school.[12]. [62] "Obviously it's a very significant number because that's the number that's been out there and people want to talk about it," Auriemma said, according to the AP. : Edwards is the fourth UConn player ever to win a conference most improved player award, joining Mel Thomas (2006), Kelly Faris (2013) and Moriah Jefferson (2015). G 5-8 Littleton, Colo. 15 Asjha Jones Fr. Story Links. 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. Here are some of the most impressive stats and records from the UConn dynasty. This season also saw the birth of one of the greatest rivalries in college sports, the UConn-Tennessee rivalry, that began when the two teams met for the first time on Martin Luther King Day at Gampel Pavilion. 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. 4 ranked recruit overall, will bring an immediate big-body presence in the frontcourt next season. "She's cut from a different cloth," UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. [7] The Huskies also own the longest winning streak in regular-season games in college history; after an overtime loss to Stanford on November 17, 2014, they won their next 126 regular-season games until a 6857 loss to Baylor on January 3, 2019.[8]. 1 seed UConn 91, No. UConn won the Big East tournament over Notre Dame in a game remembered for the Bird at the Buzzer shot, but lost key players Abrosimova and Ralph to season-ending injuries. Also second in the Conference in 3-point field goal percentage, hitting 45.8 percent from behind the arc (27-of-59), Pili is tracking to become just the second NCAA women's basketball player . The No. 3 Tammy Arnold So. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and Moriah Jefferson scored a team-high 15 points, while AP Player of the Year Breanna Stewart had eight points and 15 rebounds. "We settled down and hit some big shots.". F 6-2 McKeesport, Pa. 25 Svetlana Abrosimova So. The Huskies advanced to their first Final Four since 1996 and beat Penn State in the semifinals, reaching the Lady Vols for the championship game in Auriemma's hometown of Philadelphia. [53], After graduation Maya Moore was selected by the Minnesota Lynx as the 1st overall pick in the 2011 WNBA draft (4th time for a Husky), also becoming the first female basketball player signed to the Jordan Brand.[54]. 5 seed Mississippi State 38No. [65] The loss ended the streak at 111 consecutive wins, an all-time record not only for college basketball games, but also for any team sport played at college level. 8 Baylor stun top-ranked UConn 68-57", "1990-91 team built foundation for UConn women's greatness", "COLLEGE BASKETBALL; UConn Women Get Grades and Ranking", "Sneak peek at UConn '95: Birth of a Dynasty", "Uconn Women Survive Test, Beat Virginia For East Title", "The 1995 Connecticut Huskies: The Team That Made Women's Basketball", "Rebecca Lobo's page at Women's Basketball Hall of Fame", "Jennifer Rizzotti's page at Women's Basketball Hall of Fame", "COLLEGE BASKETBALL; Sales Is Given Free Shot, And Sinks It for Record", "Staged Shot Continues to Pick Up Controversy", "The Geno Auriemma Show: Recruiting Diana Taurasi", "UConn women's notebook: Huskies' 2002 team called the 'best ever', "And you thought last year's title run was good", "UConn's Taurasi proves why she's best in nation", "Diana Taurasi comes out on top of best women's basketball player ever bracket", "Ncaa Women Elite Eight: Duke 63, Uconn 61(ot)", "Fowles' double-double sends LSU to fourth straight Final Four", "Huskies win Big East tournament behind Houston's fantastic finish", "Delle Donne finds happiness at Delaware", "Louisville Cardinals vs. Connecticut Huskies - Recap - April 07, 2009 - ESPN", "Baylor Lady Bears vs. Connecticut Huskies - Recap - April 04, 2010 - ESPN", "Stanford Cardinal vs. Connecticut Huskies - Recap - April 06, 2010 - ESPN", "UConn's Tina Charles win John R. Wooden award - ESPN", "Connecticut Sun select Connecticut Huskies' Tina Charles at No. Two of the seasons (200102 and 200809) resulted in perfect 390 records. 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. : 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. 2023 NCAA | Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Watch the final 4 minutes of 1998's historic Harvard-Stanford 16-over-1 upset, The complete list of DI women's basketball champions, Teams with the most national championships, Remembering the dramatic end to UConn's 111-game winning streak, Watch the final seconds from every title game, 16-point comeback leads UCLA over No. Here's what you may have missed in men's college basketball on Saturday, Feb. 11, a day full of upsets. On December 7, 2018, UConn announced that the #50 worn by Rebecca Lobo would be permanently retired, effective with ceremonies to be held during the Huskies' final 201819 home game on March 2, 2019.