1997 uconn women's basketball roster

UConn was found to have committed a secondary violation (involving a tour of the ESPN campus) and no punishment was handed out.[42][43]. The 6661 loss was UConn's first of the season, but not its last. 1 seed UConn 101, No. 3 seed Virginia 63No. 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. 6 Iowa (92-86) and then No. 2 seed UConn 63, No. With every major player back from 1994, and the addition of Auriemma's most highly ranked recruit to date (Connecticut Player of the Year Nykesha Sales), UConn was in for a season to remember in 199495. vs #19/17 North Carolina. Additionally, junior guard Caroline Doty would be out the entire season due to a third knee injury. 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. 1 seed UConn 89, No. I was on campus from 1997-2001. Nov 24, Connecticut (4-0) Win vs. Coppin State, 72-50, 5. The Razorbacks were only 18-10 with a 7-7 SEC record going in, but a bit of help from Harvard helped Arkansas make their own history. 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. 3 seed Texas A&M 54No. [1], Thirty-four additional teams were selected to complete the sixty-four invitations. 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. The run continued there with a 76-69 win against No. 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). "I've never been around anyone who is just immune to the pressures of the moment and just lives in the moment and has such joy and passion for the game and shows it on every possession.". As for Lopez Snchal, she makes an all-conference first team for the fourth consecutive season, but this time its the Big East instead of the MAAC. A staple of UConn's rosters over the years has been long, athletic wings. 1 seed UConn 83, No. Women's 2023 March Madness Schedule: First Four: March 15-16. When she wasn't coaching, she taught physical education at a junior high school in Manchester.[74]. 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. 1 seed UConn 83, No. The national championship game against Stanford was a completely different story. 2 seed Stanford 64No. 32 Courtney . ); The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. 5 seed Texas 54No. Gambling problem? [1] UConn won all their games by double digits except for two in the NCAA Tournament. No team seeded worse than 11 has made it as far as the 2011 Bulldogs. February 28, 2023 5:12 pm ET. I answer and it's Sue Bird sunbathing somewhere tropical.". 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 35.9 points. [52] Notre Dame went on to the National Championship Game, but were defeated by the Texas A&M Aggies. Louisville made 16 of its 25 3-point attempts. ", No. Tennessee defeated Connecticut again in the 199798 regular season. [69], 2021-2022 First National Title Game in Six Years. The night . Mar 12 (Neutral), Connecticut (30-4) Win vs. Fairleigh Dickinson, 93-85, 35. Andrea Hudy . Coach: Geno AuriemmaLocation: Storrs, Conn.All-time record (through the 2021-22 season): 1,240-312NCAA championships: 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016Conference tournament championships:Big East: 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2021, 2022; AAC: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020. In December Griner led #1 ranked Baylor against #2 UConn, scoring 25 points to go along with nine blocks. 1 seed UConn 74, No. UConn's season ended with a 6155 loss to top-seeded Virginia in the national semifinals at Lakefront Arena in New Orleans. 4 seed Syracuse 51. En marzo de 2014, la WNBA y las jugadoras firmaron . 2016-17 Men's Basketball Roster. The teams were seeded, and assigned to four geographic regions, with seeds 1-16 in each region. 1 seed Tennessee 61. Five of them have been first overall picks: Sue Bird (2002), Diana Taurasi (2004), Tina Charles (2010), Maya Moore (2011), and Breanna Stewart (2016). 1 seed UConn 86, No. Stefanie Dolson had 17 points, 16 rebounds and seven assists. Chamique Holdsclaw helped lead Tennessee to the first three-peat in women's college basketball (1996-98). On February 28 she was enshrined in the Huskies of Honor (3rd time ever for an active player). Despite winning Big East Defensive Player of the Year last season, she didnt make an all-conference team, so this is her first selection. Senior Nykesha Sales suffered a season-ending injury in one of the final games of the regular season. [28], Auriemma pulled off another huge recruiting coup when he convinced All-American guard Diana Taurasi to travel across country to attend Connecticut. 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. UConn used a 9-0 run to pull ahead but ended the half with only a three-point lead over the Hoyas. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Starters: Paige Bueckers, Fudd, Christyn Williams, Evina Westbrook, Olivia Nelson-Ododa, Edwards, Juhasz. Aaliyah Edwards, Nika Mhl among UConn players to earn Big East postseason awards, UConn WBB Weekly: Geno is tired of excuses. 2023 University of Connecticut Athletics, Mens & Womens Basketball Away Game Donor Request Program, Husky Advantage Center of Athletic Leadership & Enrichment. Here are the best tournament runs by seed: Twenty years before UMBC made men's history by upsetting Virginia in the first 16-over-1 upset, the Harvard women shocked Stanford. 1 seed UConn 70, No. Charles, who won the John R. Wooden Award and Naismith College Player of the Year awards,[49] was chosen first overall in the WNBA draft days later.[50]. 1 seed UConn 105, No. UConn finished their regular season with a record of 260, including 180 in the Big East to win the conference regular season championship. Their play was uneven during the regular season, where UConn went 273 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. 4 seed Penn State 64No. Prior to that final championship, her coach, Geno Auriemma, predicted his team's likelihood of winning with the statement, "We have Diana, and you don't. 16 Harvard's stunner over No. Field goal percentage Tennessee hit 29 of 49 field goals attempts(59.2%) in the championship game against Old Dominion, setting the record for the field goal percentage in a Final Four game. UConn completed a perfect 40-0 season by winning another national championship by 20-plus points, led by AP Player of the Year Breanna Stewart, who scored 21 points. 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. 1 seed UConn 82, No. Lost East Regional Final (75-64) versus #1 North Carolina, Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Saturday, March 4, 6:03AM. Griffin is the Huskies lone player to earn honorable mention. [68], On December 19 a win over Oklahoma gave coach Geno Auriemma his 1000th victory in just 1135 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. The women's basketball players list includes guards Sue Bird, Bria Hartley, Moriah Jefferson, Renee Montgomery, Shea Ralph, Jennifer Rizzotti, Nykesha Sales, and Diana Taurasi; forwards Svetlana Abrosimova, Swin Cash, Napheesa Collier, Maya Moore, Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, Katie Lou Samuelson, Breanna Stewart, Morgan Tuck, and Gabby Williams; centers Kerry Bascom, Tina Charles, Stefanie Dolson, Rebecca Lobo, and Kara Wolters. Record: 32-5(15-3, 1st in Big East MBB Big East 6), NCAA Tournament: 9 seed Clemson 45No. 1 seed the most times, Washington State upsets No. [6] The second streak counts 90 consecutive wins, including two undefeated seasons (200809 and 200910), and was delimited by two losses against Stanford, the first on April 6, 2008 in the National Semifinals of the NCAA Tournament, and the second three seasons later on December 19, 2010. No. 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. 9 UConn beats Xavier 60-51 to take Big East title, Mhl Named Nancy Lieberman Award Finalist. (1997, 1998). Georgetown led 17-13 over UConn after the first quarter on Feb. 11. [5], UConn owns the two longest winning streaks (men's or women's) in college basketball history. [3], 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 Huskies have had six undefeated seasons, including two in three years (2013-14 and 2015-16)and back-to-back undefeated seasons in 2008-09 and 2009-10. First Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Notre Dame defected to the Atlantic Coast Conference, with Louisville announcing later they would follow in 2014. Story Links. The Huskies blocked 11 Volunteer shots, forced 26 turnovers and held Tennessee to just 31 percent shooting from the field and 11 percent from 3-point range. 1 of 10. Find out more. They won their 17th Big East Regular Season title and their 15th Big East tournament title beating the Louisville Cardinals. [22], UConn defeated Tennessee during the 199697 regular season; after a season-ending injury for Shea Ralph in the first round of the NCAA tournament, UConn reached the Regional Final where the two teams met again, with Tennessee prevailing and ending Connecticut's unbeaten season by winning 9181.[23]. In 2022 NCAA tournament, in the Bridgeport Region UConn beat the 15th seed Mercer, 7th seed UCF, 3rd seed Indiana and the 1st seed, Nc State to reach the final four for the 14th consecutive year. "The only person I compare myself to is Pat Summitt and to be there in that spot with her means a lot to me," Auriemma said, according to the AP. 1 seed Tennessee 52, With an in-your-face brand of defense and an offense that repeatedly took advantage of backdoor cuts, UConn ran past fellow No. 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. UConn's 22-point margin of victory was the second-largest ever for a championship game. 1 seed UConn 90, No. 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. 1 Stanford in 1998, No. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. 23 Swintayla Cash Fr. 1 seed UConn 91, No. Old Dominion was also involved in two overtime games, winning in the second round against Purdue, then winning in the national semifinal game against Stanford. [60] Moriah Jefferson finished with a program-record 659 assists and a back-to-back Nancy Lieberman Award as best point guard in the nation. [39] Behind a home state crowd, UConn almost upset #1 ranked Duke in the regional final, before falling in overtime by 2 points. Tennessee and Old Dominion won their semi-final Final Four matchups and continued on to the championship. Taurasi, the Naismith Player of the Year, scored 17 points in the championship game. F 6-2 St. Petersburg, Russia. 8 Tennessee 57 12 seed BYU 51No. [44] In the National semifinals played at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa UConn lost to Stanford, ending its season with a 362 record. Mar 5 (Neutral), Connecticut (27-4) Win vs. Providence, 64-55, 32. Main Board. Division regular season and conference tournament champion Women's Basketball vs #19/17 North Carolina February 16, 2023 8 PM. 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. 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). 1 seed UConn 79, No. 4 ranked recruit overall, will bring an immediate big-body presence in the frontcourt next season. We present them here for purely educational purposes. La Women's National Basketball Association (en . He is a graduate of Indiana University. 1 seed UConn 85, No. Two, of course, will come off the bench and all will. In the 2002 WNBA draft, the four UConn players tabbed "TASS Force" (Tamika Williams, Asjha Jones, Sue Bird, Swin Cash) were all first round selections, each having immediate impact with their WNBA team. 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. . 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. Feb 12 L 59 - 71. 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. 4 Tihana Abrlic Sr. G/F 6-2 Zagreb, Croatia, 11 Kelly Schumacher So. Listed are the student athletes who were members of the 199495 team. UConn's current head coach is Luigi "Geno" Auriemma, who joined the team in 1985. . UConn guard Azzi Fudd in action against Kutztown in a preseason exhibition game on Nov. 6, 2022 at the XL Center in Hartford. She was also named the 2000 Naismith and Parade Magazine National High School Player of the Year. Hometown 1995-96 statistics. The Crimson remain the only 16 seed to win a first round game in the women's tournament. [4] As of 2022, they have also appeared in a record 14 consecutive Final Fours. After beating Minnesota in the semifinals, UConn again defeated Tennessee for the national championship. 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. Preview: No. 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. 16 seed Maine 75No. 6 Stanford in Pac-12 semifinals, The 9 undefeated women's basketball national champions, These women's basketball teams have been a No. Geno Auriemma is now the only coach in college basketball to have won 11 titles, passing UCLA legend John Wooden (who has 10) and reaching former NBA coach Phil Jackson. 1 seed UConn 97, No. "There was never one moment in the season where I thought we were going to lose," Jones said at the team's return to Gampel Pavilion, according to the AP. 1 in AP National poll, women's (250), Most consecutive NCAA Championships, any Division, women's (4, 20132016), Most consecutive NCAA Division I tournament wins, women's (28, 20132017), Most consecutive NCAA wins, any Division, men's or women's (111, 20142017), Most consecutive NCAA Division I regular-season wins, men's or women's (126, 20142019), Most consecutive NCAA Division I home court wins, women's (99, 20072012), Most consecutive NCAA Division I road wins, men's or women's (62, 20142019), Most consecutive NCAA Division I 30-win seasons, men's or women's (14, 20062019), This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 01:25. [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. Here's a look at the women's basketball teams with the most appearances as a No. 16 seed Vermont 65No. In the 1999 meeting at Gampel Pavilion, Tennessee prevailed again. Led by juniors Stewart and Jefferson and senior Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, UConn quickly recovered winning every other season game, including a 7658 win against rival Notre Dame. Jan 3, Connecticut (13-1) Win vs. Notre Dame, 84-58, 15. Maggie Vanoni covers UConn women's basketball for Hearst Connecticut Media Group. BRIDGEPORT, CT - MARCH 28: UConn Huskies guard Azzi Fudd (35) drives to the basket during the Elite Eight of the Women's Div I NCAA Basketball Championship between UConn Huskies and NC . UConn women's basketball is making a late addition to its 2022-23 roster. 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. 4 seed Alabama 56No. the Big East announced its annual end-of-season awards, which included five UConn women's basketball players. . All rights reserved. UConn won the regular season title and will be the top seed in the Big East Tournament. Taurasi hailed from Chino, California, and attended Don Lugo High School where she was the recipient of the 2000 Cheryl Miller Award, presented by the Los Angeles Times to the best player in southern California. G 5-8 Littleton, Colo. 15 Asjha Jones Fr. Her absence and the loss of 6th-man Lorin Dixon left significant holes to fill in the roster. The Huskies advanced to their 10th Final Four with an 8364 victory over Arizona State, and then to the 6th NCAA Championship Game in program history by defeating Stanford, also by the score of 8364. 2022 . The win was even more special as the UConn men's basketball team won the men's national championship the previous night, marking the first time one University won both the men's and women's basketball championships in one season, a feat UConn repeated in 2014. F 6-2 McKeesport, Pa. 25 Svetlana Abrosimova So. 2 seed Purdue 64No. Like, straight out of the shower. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. 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. UConn was a #1 seed in the NCAA tournament, but eventually lost to LSU in the regional final to end the season with a 324 record. UConn trailed for the entire game and lost for the first time since their April 6, 2008 Final Four appearance (also against the Cardinal). Andy Wittry has written for Stadium, SI.com, Sporting News, the Indianapolis Star, Louisville Courier-Journal and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 7 seed Old Dominion 64No. 1 seed UConn 98, No. ", No. "I think our character came out the most when they cut it to two," Taurasi said. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Tennessee and North Carolina both have rich histories in women's basketball. . After the end of the NCAA tournament, the Associated Press selects a Most Outstanding Player. 14 UConn mens basketball at Villanova | 7:30 p.m. [66], The 20172018 season was very similar to the previous one. 9 seed Saint Joseph's 52No. The Huskies kick off the postseason at Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday at noon against the winner of Butler and Georgetown. : Michigan State was involved in two overtime games, winning in the first round against Portland then losing in overtime in the second round against North Carolina. The No. : UConn advanced to the Final Four and outscored rival Tennessee in the semifinals by 23 points. "There comes a time when you just have to play," Lobo told reporters, according to the AP. Tennis. Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 1997 NCAA Tournament. Since 1995, UConn has had the AP National Player of the Year 12 times. Patterson, a McDonald's All-American, went viral last year for dunking. : [87] During this period, UConn won five national titles, while making the Final Four seven of the ten years. The 200405 season was marked with sloppy play and ragged offense; UConn lost 8 games and failed to win the Big East regular season crown for the first time since 1993. Shes averaged 16.3 points and 8.8 rebounds per game which rank fifth and fourth, respectively, in the Big East along with 11 double-doubles and 12 contests with 20+ points.

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