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1 NC State in the NCAA women's basketball tournament Elite Eight matchup at Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport, Conn. Monday, March 28, 2022. Three weeks later, the Huskies were 4-2 and unranked when they defeated No. The tournament featured 48 teams. CT proposal causes confusion, concern. We probably wouldnt have gone to the Final Four. How would it have affected the teams to come? Oklahoma State faced Michigan State in a game that would go to three overtimes. Nobody knew us. Zero. These days, a Final Four berth is the norm for the UConn women's basketball team. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. March 31, 2002UConn 82, Oklahoma 70Alamodome, San Antonio Opens in new window. Connecticut's Paige Bueckers holds her crutches while watching in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game between Baylor and Michigan, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill). Instead, he just remembers being in awe at the building that was light years ahead of UConns old home, the Hugh Greer Field House. Said Auriemma that day: There are people I dont even know up there.. Orly Grossman-Cohen, who came to UConn from Israel suffered the worst from it. The Huskies are appearing in their 12th Final Four this weekend in Indianapolis. . Azzi Fudd warms up before UConn's . Davis had 17 points. In 1991, UConn hadn't even won an NCAA Tournament game. Going to Philadelphia is a sweet, lingering memory for the Huskies because they got to play at The Palestra before family and many friends in the Sweet 16 against a heavily favored North Carolina State team. We won, which is really cool, but I really remember vividly how bright it was and how curious the people on campus were to see what was going on.. Four years later, Lobo was part of the schools first national championship team. Sometimes that happens when youre sick. UConn's up-and-down year featuring more gutting injuries and historic losses. Lori Riley is a reporter for the Hartford Courant. Im like, Thats such a bullshit call. It was so detrimental to our team that she had to sit down in the first half., Bascom Poliquin: Obviously the two non-fouls just changed the whole game for me as far as my approach, how aggressive I was. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, UConn's Lou Lopez Senechal (11) celebrates with Azzi Fudd (35) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Georgetown in the quarterfinals of the Big East Conference tournament at Mohegan Sun Arena, Saturday, March 4, 2023, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill), Georgetown's Kennedy Fauntleroy (10) fouls UConn's Nika Muhl (10) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the quarterfinals of the Big East Conference tournament at Mohegan Sun Arena, Saturday, March 4, 2023, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill), UConn's Caroline Ducharme is hit in the head by teammate Aaliyah Edwards as Edwards comes down with a rebound against Georgetown's Brianna Scott, left, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the quarterfinals of the Big East Conference tournament at Mohegan Sun Arena, Saturday, March 4, 2023, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill), UConn's Azzi Fudd (35) slaps hands with teammate Ines Bettencourt (21) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Georgetown in the quarterfinals of the Big East Conference tournament at Mohegan Sun Arena, Saturday, March 4, 2023, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill), Georgetown's Kennedy Fauntleroy (10) passes under pressure from UConn's Nika Muhl and Dorka Juhasz (14) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the quarterfinals of the Big East Conference tournament at Mohegan Sun Arena, Saturday, March 4, 2023, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill), UConn's Caroline Ducharme (33) holds her head after a collision with teammate Aaliyah Edwards during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Georgetown in the quarterfinals of the Big East Conference tournament at Mohegan Sun Arena, Saturday, March 4, 2023, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill), UConn's Azzi Fudd (35) shoots over Georgetown's Victoria Rivera (3) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the quarterfinals of the Big East Conference tournament at Mohegan Sun Arena, Saturday, March 4, 2023, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill), UConn's Aaliyah Edwards (3) shoots over Georgetown's Ariel Jenkins during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the quarterfinals of the Big East Conference tournament at Mohegan Sun Arena, Saturday, March 4, 2023, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill), Georgetown's Ariel Jenkins (21) blocks a shot by UConn's Ines Bettencourt (21) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the quarterfinals of the Big East Conference tournament at Mohegan Sun Arena, Saturday, March 4, 2023, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill), UConn's Lou Lopez Senechal (11) shoots over Georgetown's Graceann Bennett (33) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the quarterfinals of the Big East Conference tournament at Mohegan Sun Arena, Saturday, March 4, 2023, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill), UConn's Aaliyah Edwards (3) shoots over the defense of Georgetown during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the quarterfinals of the Big East Conference tournament at Mohegan Sun Arena, Saturday, March 4, 2023, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill), UConn's Azzi Fudd, right, smiles toward teammates Paige Bueckers, left, and Jana El Alfy, center, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the quarterfinals of the Big East Conference tournament at Mohegan Sun Arena, Saturday, March 4, 2023, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill). Return to Top; Players. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Bascom Poliquin: I remember the shot, I remember where I was. 44 Sarah Northway F Jr. 6-1 First season eligible at UConn. Its been eight years since Pitt last beat UConn. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Auriemma wouldve built a national championship contender with or without Gampel Pavilion. Did Rebecca [Lobo] play with you? I always tell people, We were the very first team to go to the Final Four, thats the one thing that that team can hang our hats on. We were just a bunch of country bumpkins. Both teams were so much alike. Sophomore guard Caroline Ducharme suffered an apparent head injury at 3:10 in the second quarter. James Madison earned an 8 seed and beat the 9 seed, Kentucky in a first round match-up. You guys did that as a team, ESPN followed you around, I was doing photo shoots for the All-American stuff, I was doing the banquets. In the first two rounds, the higher seed was given the opportunity to host the first-round game. . Toledo nearly spoiled those plans. We were talking, Meghan, Wendy and Debbie [(Baer) Fiske] and I, during a radio interview. The coach decided to stress defense and it helped, but Penn State held a 4129 lead at halftime. The Final Four event was hosted by the University of New Orleans, and held at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans. 2022-23 Media Guide. She said the only thing the outcome of that season changed was it forced the next group to aim higher. Preview: No. Yolett McPhee-McCuin says she loves coaching the Rebels, who secure back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time in 18 years with a 74-52 victory over Kentucky. April 2, 2000UConn 71, Tennessee 52First Union Center, Philadelphia Bascom Poliquin, the teams leading scorer, picked up two fouls in the first 2 minutes, 20 seconds. Player Stats not available for this season. At that moment, the womans son jumped up and said, Oh my God. The past 15 months for UConn womens basketball have been unprecedented, to say the least. They had made only two appearances in the first nine years of the event, losing 72-63 to La Salle at Greer Fieldhouse in 1989 and losing 61-59 to Clemson at Gampel Pavilion in 1990. We've tried a lot of things and none of them have really seemed to work," associate head coach Chris Dailey said on Thursday night. All rights reserved. Juhsz breaks her left thumb against Texas on Nov. 14. Theres nothing that youre going to see that you havent seen before, whereas back then you might have worked harder, longer hours and had less free time because you were so wrapped up in your job, because every day you were seeing something you had never seen before., Back then, he said, he wouldnt care if the team was snowed in at Pittsburgh for a few days after a win over the Panthers, because Man, we just beat Pittsburgh.. Schedule not available for this season. Learn more and register, College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. It was so bright, the ceiling panels were so white, everything was so brand new that from the outside, it actually looked like a spaceship had landed in the middle of campus and just sat here.. Ill take it 100 times over. * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). "We did what we wanted to do defensively. Coming out here for the game, its not that there were a lot of people in the seats but the concourse was full of people just leaning over the railing going What the hell is going on here? They mightve been walking by, heard about it or seen all the lights and gone What the hell is going on in this building, and walked in and stood all the way around the concourse, looking down on the court and watching us play, he said. 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If that would have gone a different way, where would UConn be today?. Coach didnt get choked up too often. Im sure its the norm now but for us, it was like, Whoa. Why CT waits for $95 million from OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma. Without that victory, its unlikely the Huskies wouldve ever reached the heights they did in the 30 years since. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, UConn's Nika Muhl (10) is helped off the court by athletic trainer Janelle Francisco, left, and teammate Paige Bueckers, right, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Princeton, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Storrs, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill), Connecticut's Paige Bueckers stumbles injured as Connecticut's Nika Mhl and head coach Geno Auriemma looks on the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Notre Dame, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021, in Storrs, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill). The game was inconsequential (good luck finding stats for it) so much so that Geno Auriemma cant recall anything about it. 3 seed, the Huskies defeated Toledo at Gampel Pavilion before reaching the regional in Philadelphia. What?'. Archives. We would be a pretty decent team that would play in obscurity, win some games and nobody would take serious, Auriemma said. In a game identified in 2009 as one of the top ten games in UConn history, Tonya Cardoza scored 16 points for the Cavaliers, including four three throws in the final second to help Virginia defeat Connecticut 6155. I was really happy for her because she was like the first really big recruit.. Genos mom held the phone up to the TV in her home in Norristown [Pennsylvania]. Some might tell you it started with Rebecca Lobo and Jennifer Rizzotti; others argue that Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird made the Huskies what they are; and some point to the arrival of coach Geno Auriemma 26 years ago. The Huskies werent just a mid-major that made a Cinderella run to New Orleans. The core featured seniors Bascom and Laura Lishness along with juniors Debbie Baer, Wendy Davis and Meghan Pattyson (now Meghan Culmo). Seventeen conferences had more than one bid, or at least one win in NCAA Tournament play:[7], Seven conferences went 0-1: Big Sky Conference, MAAC, North Star Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, Southern Conference, and WAC[7]. For all that Bascom's friends knew she was going to Yukon, an Arctic territory in Canada. Gabriel sits out UConns Sweet 16 matchup against Indiana due to an academic commitment. Around 300 UConn fans showed up to watch the game at Lakefront Arena in New Orleans. Auriemma: Everything for those kids was like a dream come true. Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media. Now that hes an old man, he probably does. A CT bill would expand it. F 6-2 McKeesport, Pa. 25 Svetlana Abrosimova So.