7 seed Minnesota 58No. She finished with a team-high 17 points and eight rebounds, while All-American Jennifer Rizzotti gave UConn the lead with a layup with just under two minutes to play and she gave her team a four-point edge with a pair of free throws in the final minute. Learn more and register, Height of bar is margin of victory Mouseover bar for details Click for box score Grouped by Month, 1. Skip Ad 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. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Tennessee cut the deficit to 71-68 with 21 seconds left but the UConn responded by making two free throws, then stealing a pass from the Volunteers. All rights reserved. "This is a great team," legendary Tennessee coach Pat Summitt said of UConn, according to the Hartford Courant. It was one of several impressive performances in the tournament for the 5-foot-6 point guard who committed to the Huskies in November. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Her absence and the loss of 6th-man Lorin Dixon left significant holes to fill in the roster. 3 seed Florida State 50No. Seed Best finish (instances) No. Nov 24, Connecticut (4-0) Win vs. Coppin State, 72-50, 5. Gambling problem? All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Assists Kellie Jolly, Tennessee, recorded eleven assists in the championship game against Old Dominion, setting the record for most assists in a Final Four game. 4 seed Syracuse 51. Women's Basketball vs #19/17 North Carolina February 16, 2023 8 PM. In the final game UConn found itself in early trouble when Lobo was called for three personal fouls in 94 seconds in the first half, but in the second half the team was able to rally from a 9-point deficit and a key Rizzotti layup gave UConn the lead with less than 2 minutes to go, a lead that the team kept until the final score of 7064 and their first national title. [57] Breanna Stewart was named the AP Player of the year, only the third time in history a sophomore has won the honor. Since 1982, there have been nine undefeated champions in Division I women's basketball. "We're going to do it again next year. 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. 2 seed UConn 91, No. [48] It was the only game in the Huskies' 78-game winning streak that was won by fewer than 10 points. Their combined record is 12622 .851; they have been to 22 Final Fours and are 11-time National Champions (1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016). Mhl anchored UConns defense, which allowed the league-best 54.2 points per game and picked up 40 steals during the regular season. Feb 14, Connecticut (22-4) Win vs. Pittsburgh, 92-67, 27. vs #19/17 North Carolina. G 5-11 Lisbon, Conn. 14 Keirsten Walters Fr. Women's Basketball More Schedule Roster Coaches News Stats 2022-23 Season Stats (PDF) 2022-23 BIG EAST Stats (PDF) Additional Links 2022-23 Media Center 2022-23 Media Guide Archives. UConn Women's Basketball. 4/5 UConn on 1/4 was the team's first victory over a top-5 team since March 9, 2018. . 9 seed TCU 66No. [52] Notre Dame went on to the National Championship Game, but were defeated by the Texas A&M Aggies. [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]. They've also had six one-loss seasons. Led by upperclassmen Shea Ralph, Kelly Schumacher, Svetlana Abrosimova and the TASS Force (the K was dropped when Keirsten Walters had to give up basketball due to knee problems), UConn went through the regular season with a 271 record, their only loss being a single-point defeat to Tennessee at homeUConn had beaten Tennessee earlier in the season in Knoxville, and this was the first year the teams met twice. Feb 11 @ West Virginia, Connecticut (21-4) Loss vs. West Virginia, 62-80, 26. Bracketology: Huskies stock rising after dispatching Providence, UConn mens hockey survives Alaska Anchorage in overtime, 4-3, Takeaways: Huskies offense shines in beatdown of No. "The benefits far outweigh any negatives," he said. [1], In 1997, the field remained at 64 teams. 1 seed UConn 77, No. [5], UConn owns the two longest winning streaks (men's or women's) in college basketball history. 1 seed UConn 98, No. [1] UConn won all their games by double digits except for two in the NCAA Tournament. 20 Stacy Hansmeyer Jr. F 6-1 Norman, Okla. 22 Amy Duran Sr. G/F 5-11 Bethesda, Md. With Taurasi joining the core of the 2000 Championship team, Auriemma confidently predicted another championship in 2001, but the season turned out to be more difficult than expected. Two of the seasons (200102 and 200809) resulted in perfect 390 records. The 6661 loss was UConn's first of the season, but not its last. Other key players included sophomores Stefanie Dolson and Bria Hartley, junior Kelly Faris and senior Tiffany Hayes, who would be all selected in the WNBA drafts after graduation. 1 seed UConn 82, No. 1 seed UConn 91, No. The top-16 seeds announced in both of the Committee's regular-season reveals have no bearing on the final 68-team field for the 2023 NCAA Tournament that will be announced March 12 (8 p.m. The conference is in 10th year of a multi-year contract with FOX Sports, with women's basketball games shown on the main Fox channel in each of the last three seasons since UConn re-entered. 1 seed Maryland 58No. UConn went unbeaten through the Conference regular season and Tournament and easily advanced into the NCAA Tournament; in the regional final against Virginia a 4-points win in their closest game of the year opened the doors of the Final Four at the Target Center in Minneapolis. 1 seed UConn 86, No. The run continued there with a 76-69 win against No. 20 Providence. Ayanna Patterson: The No. On March 14, 1998 and playing on the Cardinal's home floor 22-4 Harvard met 21-5 Stanford. Newhouse School of Public Communication. Feb 12 L 59 - 71. She looked every bit the part of a top five-star recruit as. UConn and Women's College Basketball. Maggie Vanoni covers UConn women's basketball for Hearst Connecticut Media Group. 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. The 1997 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began on March 14, 1997, and concluded on March 30, 1997, when Tennessee won the national title. At the same time, the Huskies announced that the #34 worn by Ray Allen, a 2018 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, 2019. 1 seed Oklahoma 70. They won their 17th Big East Regular Season title and their 15th Big East tournament title beating the Louisville Cardinals. ET, FOX. [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. 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. 1 seed Tennessee 61. Georgetown led 17-13 over UConn after the first quarter on Feb. 11. In the NCAA tournament UConn key-players Stewart, Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, Stefanie Dolson and senior Kelly Faris raised their level of play, and UConn easily advanced to the Final Four; in the semifinals they handily beat Notre Dame and in the finals they obtained a 9360 win over Louisville, who had earlier upset Baylor, for a record tying eighth national championship. (); : STORRS, Conn. Geno Auriemma has won 11 national championships as the head coach of the women's basketball program at the University of Connecticut, and he believes he has what . Here are the top 20 scorers in UConn women's basketball history through the 2019-20 season. F 6-2 St. Petersburg, Russia. Director of Women's Basketball Recruiting Operations and Student-Athlete Development. They then beat long-time rival and defending national champions Stanford to reach the National Championship game for the first time since 2016. During his tenure with Team USA, they won the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, plus Olympic gold medals in 2012 and 2016. UConn finished their regular season with a record of 260, including 180 in the Big East to win the conference regular season championship. Odds & lines subject to change. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. In eighteen cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Mhl is one of five finalists for the Nancy Lieberman Award, which goes to the best point guard in the nation. F 6-2 McKeesport, Pa. 25 Svetlana Abrosimova So. 1 seed UConn 83, No. [1], Thirty-four additional teams were selected to complete the sixty-four invitations. UConn 89, Texas A&M 63, Stanford 62. In the championship game, Oklahoma trimmed a 15-point second-half deficit to six but they couldn't finish the job. 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). 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. 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). Auriemma was criticized for compromising the integrity of the game, but defended the decision saying it was a school record and he would never had done it without Bascom's blessing.[26]. "I was like, 'Who is it?' " Mhl said. Additionally, junior guard Caroline Doty would be out the entire season due to a third knee injury. The Huskies also became the first unbeaten team in NCAA history (all divisions, men or women) to win 35 games in a season. 2016-17 Men's Basketball Roster. The No. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Join us for a March Madness Webinar on Tuesday, March 7 at 8pm ET. Jan 19 @ St. John's (NY), Connecticut (16-3) Loss vs. St. John's (NY), 62-64, 20. After a brief stint at a small college in Pennsylvania, she applied for the job at UConn, starting in 1975 and leading the team to a 3866 record in five seasons. Sales then held the school scoring record. Despite winning Big East Defensive Player of the Year last season, she didnt make an all-conference team, so this is her first selection. During the game there was a scuffle involving Tennessee's Semeka Randall and Connecticut's Svetlana Abrosimova where Randall threw the ball down, hitting Abrosimova's head. On February 28 she was enshrined in the Huskies of Honor (3rd time ever for an active player). 9 seed Iowa 48No. UConn mens hockey falls to Boston College, 5-3. In Round 1, seeds 1 and 16 faced each other, as well as seeds 2 and 15, seeds 3 and 14, seeds 4 and 13, seeds 5 and 12, seeds 6 and 11, seeds 7 and 10, and seeds 8 and 9. Bascom was hit with early foul trouble and Virginia held off a late UConn rally. 16 seed Saint Francis (PA) 37No. Division regular season champion Freshman Breanna Stewart scored 18 of her 23 points in the first half as UConn pulled off the largest margin of victory in the history of the national championship game, 33 points, as the Huskies routed the Louisville Cardinals. 1 seed UConn 70, No. 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 . 1 in WNBA draft - ESPN", "Connecticut Huskies' 90-Game Win Streak - Women's College Basketball Topics - ESPN", "Maya Moore Becomes First Women's Basketball Player Signed To Jordan Brand", "Breanna Stewart, Stefanie Dolson lead UConn to record 9th title", "UConn holds off Notre Dame to claim 10th national title", "Geno Auriemma passes John Wooden with his 11th NCAA title", "With fourth title in hand, Breanna Stewart delivers for UConn", "Geno Auriemma: "We Need A Good Old-Fashioned Ass-Kicking", "Kia Nurse, Gabby Williams have emerged as leaders as UConn women chase history", "UConn Women Win 90th Straight, Tying Their Own Record", "UConn women's basketball wins 100th straight game, beats South Carolina 66-55", "Connecticut's 111-Game Winning Streak Ends With Loss to Mississippi State", "UConn Is 1 Win From Being The Streakiest College Team Ever", "UConn Transfer Azura Stevens Talks Excitement To Play For Huskies", "Notre Dame, a UConn Nemesis, Topples the Huskies in a Final Four Thriller", "Geno Auriemma wins 1000th game as UConn beats Oklahoma 88-64", "DI Women's Basketball Championship History", "NCAA tournaments canceled over coronavirus", "Big East Conference Statistical Archives", "Connecticut's Geno Auriemma keeps making a case to be considered the greatest basketball coach", "Who's the best coach ever? The Connecticut Huskies were the #3 selection on the list, behind only the professional basketball Lakers and the professional football Patriots, making the Connecticut women's basketball team the highest ranked of the collegiate teams for the three sports under consideration. UConn defeated Tennessee 7766 in front of a sold-out crowd in a game televised on ESPN and soon afterwards was ranked No. Auriemma signed his best recruiting class to date in 1998 when he signed five top-15 nationally ranked players. Then, they won the NCAA Tournament, defeating Tennessee in the final to win their first national championship and complete their first undefeated season with a 350 record. . [70] They lost to the number one overall seed South Carolina 64-49. 2 seed UConn 67, No. 1 seed UConn 83, No. In the Final Four UConn was finally challenged by Baylor and the 6-foot-8 freshman Brittney Griner;[47] Baylor trailed 3926 at halftime, cut the deficit to 4138 with 15 minutes remaining in the game, but UConn finally pulled away for a final score of 7050. 1 seed UConn Huskies (26-5) will play the No. In 1980 the university hired Jean Balthaser, who had coached at the University of Pittsburgh. "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. 1 seed UConn 82, No. We present them here for purely educational purposes. The exception:[2]. 1997-98 Women's Basketball Schedule - University of Connecticut Athletics Skip To Main Content University of Connecticut Athletics Main Navigation Menu Sport Navigation Menu Women's. Chamique Holdsclaw helped lead Tennessee to the first three-peat in women's college basketball (1996-98). Auriemma felt guilty that he put Sales through the ordeal and was angry that some columnists chose to fault her and not him. 2 seed UConn 70, No. 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. 2 seed Stanford 60No. Players expected to be active in 202223 are in bold. . Find out more. Women's 2023 March Madness Schedule: First Four: March 15-16. 1996-97 Women's Basketball Schedule - University of Connecticut Athletics Skip To Main Content University of Connecticut Athletics Main Navigation Menu Sport Navigation Menu Women's. [31] The championship game that year shattered ratings for ESPN and at the time was the highest rated college basketball game to air on the network, men's or women's. Let's all get into the spirit by reflecting on the gift-like moments men's basketball has given us so far. UConn fans booed Randall the rest of the game and Tennessee fans later gave her the nickname "Boo. The remaining teams of the former Big East (Connecticut and Cincinnati) joined the new American Athletic Conference (The American or AAC), thus ending the UConnNotre Dame rivalry in conference tournaments. 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Austin, Texas, Texas Tech. 4 seed Cal 53No. Record: 32-3 Overall W-L adjusted to 30-2 (17-1, 1st in Big East MBB Big East 6) Rank: 3rd in the Final AP Poll Coach: Jim Calhoun More School Info Big East Reg Season Champ Big East Tourney Champ UConn (Men's) School History Roster & Stats Polls, Schedule & Results On this page: Roster Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Per Game Totals UConn won by a score of 6353 to achieve their third straight national championship and tenth total, with coach Auriemma tying a record set by John Wooden in college basketball. She averaged a program-record 28.5 points per game and earned All-American honors, while Stanford lost two players (Vanessa Nygaard and Kristin Folkl) to injuries ahead of the game. Tennessee and Old Dominion won their semi-final Final Four matchups and continued on to the championship. Mar 5 (Neutral), Connecticut (27-4) Win vs. Providence, 64-55, 32. Huskies will be making their 34th consecutive NCAA appearance in two weeks as thanks to their record, strength of schedule, and NET ranking an at-large berth . ", No. "We settled down and hit some big shots.". Andy Wittry has written for Stadium, SI.com, Sporting News, the Indianapolis Star, Louisville Courier-Journal and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 2 seed Stanford 64No. Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 1997 NCAA Tournament. No. With Faris and Doty graduated, sophomore Breanna Stewart was the undisputed leader of the 201314 UConn team, starting in all 40 games and leading the team with 19.4 points and 2.8 blocks per game; her 291 field goals made was the third-highest single-season total in UConn annals. They've won national crowns and earned high seeds in the NCAA tournament. Or write about sports? Do you have a sports website? UConn rallied from a 9-point deficit to beat Texas in the semifinals and, aided by Taurasi's 28 points in the finals, defeated rival Tennessee for UConn's fourth national championship. Won East Second Round (78-68) versus #7 Indiana 1 seed UConn 83, No. 1 seed Notre Dame 65No. The team won the Team of the Year Award at the ESPN ESPY awards that year, and Lobo became a popular symbol of the sport. 4 Tihana Abrlic Sr. G/F 6-2 Zagreb, Croatia, 11 Kelly Schumacher So. Feb 28, Connecticut (26-4) Win vs. St. John's (NY), 87-58, 31. 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. 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). The Huskies, led by Hall of Fame head coach Geno Auriemma in his 10th season at UConn, played their home games at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion and were members of the Big East Conference. Mar 2 | Final. In the first two rounds, the top four seeds were given the opportunity to host the first-round game. Taurasi finished her high school career ranked second to Cheryl Miller in state history with 3,047 points.[29]. Title. They marched through the Big East tournament, including their 3rd victory of the year over Notre Dame in the Big East tournament Championship Game. The teams were seeded, and assigned to four geographic regions, with seeds 1-16 in each region. 1 seed UConn 85, No. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Led by AP National Player of the Year Rebecca Lobo and Auriemma, the AP National Coach of the Year, the Huskies rallied from a nine-point deficit in the second half after Lobo faced foul trouble and went scoreless for nearly a 25-minute stretch. 5-8: North Grosvenordale, Conn / Holy Name: Early Childhood Education: 40: Rylee Burgess: Forward: Jr. 6-0: STORRS, Connecticut The UConn women's basketball team released its full 2022-23 season schedule Monday, including the Huskies' BIG EAST slate, SNY .
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