Uconn Women S Basketball

The Huskies' Record Winning Streak Ends At 111 Games

... Four matchup between the Huskies and Mississippi State with the Bulldogs coming out with a 66-64 overtime win on a buzzer-beating jumper from Morgan William. MSU will now face South Carolina in the national championship game, ending UConn's four-year title run. What did we just witness? #WFinal Four. 5-foot-5 Morgan William comes up BIG! @Hail State WBK __link__/0 I 4 e YDe IEy. — NCAA Women's BKB (@ncaawbb) April 1, 2017. Before Friday's setback, UConn's 111-game winning streak was a dominating journey filled with countless blowouts against stiff competition. UConn set the DI basketball record with its 91 st straight win over SMU on Jan. 14. Here are some mind-boggling numbers to come out of UConn's streak. 867: Days between UConn losses. The Huskies' streak started with a 96-60 win over Creighton in Storrs, Connecticut on Nov. 23, 2014. UConn would finish 38-1 that banner season. 108: Double-digit wins during the streak. That leaves just three victories that came down to the wire for the Huskies. It was a lot of smooth sailing. 81: Wins while ranked No. 1 in the AP Top 25. ...

Uconn’s Collier, Samuelson Named To Ap All-america Women’s Basketball Team

... I didn’t play to my potential last year, there were a lot of factors to it,” said Collier, who also leads UConn in rebounding and blocked shots. “Everybody is so much bigger and stronger than in high school and it is such a big learning curve. I knew I could play better so I worked harder this season to get stronger, get more confident on the ball.”. UConn junior forward Gabby Williams was named a second-team All-American. She is third on the team in scoring at 13.8 points per game, leads the Huskies with 185 assists and 94 steals and is second in rebounding. Williams could become the first UConn player with at least 200 rebounds and assists in the same season. “It is not something I thought about,” Williams said. “You rarely think about individual awards, it just kind of comes. We are focusing on how do ...

Mississippi State Women’s Basketball Coach Impressed With Uconn’s Defense

... our way to get into transition.”. With 366 steals, the Huskies likely won’t hit 400 this season but considering how few of the steals have taken place in the backcourt, it is an impressive number. The Huskies also don’t have somebody like Breanna Stewart, Kiah Stokes or Stefanie Dolson to provide the threat of a dominant shot blocker, which has resulted in the perimeter players jumping into the passing lane less frequently than in the past few years. Napheesa Collier and Gabby Williams have combined for 123 blocks but many of them have come in 1 on 1 defensive assignments. UConn coach Geno Auriemma has played zone at times, especially earlier in the season when undersized post players Williams and Collier got into early foul trouble on multiple occasions. Lately, he has been encouraging his players to be more aggressive in going after the steals. “The advantage with us is we can all switch and we are all interchangeable like that and when you have players like ...

Washington's Kelsey Plum And Uconn's Geno Auriemma Take Ap Honors

... Auriemma take AP honors. Select a division. Mark D. Smith | USA TODAY Sports Images. All-time leading scorer Kelsey Plum received AP player of the year honors Thursday. Women's basketball: Washington's Kelsey Plum and UConn's Geno Auriemma take AP honors. Doug Feinberg | The Associated Press. Last Updated - Mar 30, 2017 17:52 EDT. Contact | Archive | RSS. DALLAS — Kelsey Plum had a historic season for Washington while Geno Auriemma did one of his best coaching jobs at UConn. Both were overwhelming choices as The Associated Press women's basketball player and coach of the year in awards announced Thursday. Geno Auriemma and Kelsey Plum are the AP National Coach and Player of the Year! #WFinal Four __link__/Y 0 Zq VFmbvl. — NCAA Women's BKB (@ncaawbb) March 30, 2017. Plum broke the career NCAA scoring mark, topping Jackie Stiles' ...

The Huskies' Record Winning Streak Ends At 111 Games

... Here are some mind-boggling numbers to come out of UConn's streak. 867: Days between UConn losses. The Huskies' streak started with a 96-60 win over Creighton in Storrs, Connecticut on Nov. 23, 2014. UConn would finish 38-1 that banner season. 108: Double-digit wins during the streak. That leaves just three victories that came down to the wire for the Huskies. It was a lot of smooth sailing. 81: Wins while ranked No. 1 in the AP Top 25. The Huskies were never ranked lower than No. 3 during the streak. 80: Consecutive wins in AAC play. UConn still hasn't lost in conference play since the AAC was formed in 2013-14 — a year before the winning streak started. 65: Largest margin of victory during the streak. UConn's biggest blowout came in a 103-37 shellacking against No. 20 South Florida on Jan. 10. That victory gave the Huskies their 90 th straight, tying the all-time record. 61: Victories by at least 40 points. ...

Dak Prescott, Russell Wilson, Condoleezza Rice And Other Celebs Gather At Final Four

... Player in the Stockton Region after cutting down the nets to clinch a spot in the Final Four. He's not the only NBA great paying attention either. Thanks VC! I appreciate it. Good luck the rest of the way! __link__/EUi Rh Ku 5 JE. — Antonio Davis (@Espnantoniod) March 31, 2017. Thanks man! She's been telling me since she was 10 she's Reggie and not me or Dale! __link__/b 8 yc Uj UNFT. — Antonio Davis (@Espnantoniod) March 30, 2017. Two-time NCAA champion and four-time Olympian Sue Bird was in the building and took some pregame pictures next to the trophy with fans. Her UConn Huskies play in Friday's second game against Mississippi State. She drank her milk! 4 time olympian, player of the year, 2 time ncaa champ #UConn Sue Bird. Thanks @Chesapeak UPSers #WBRG ! __link__/65 g Knh EFv B. — amelia laytham (@amelia 102) April 1, 2017. Speaking of Mississippi State, the reigning NFL Rookie of the Year and former Bulldog Dak Prescott was also in attendance. The Dallas ...

Uconn Women's Basketball Saving Net Cutting For Championship Game

... It is amazing, and it just shows what they’re doing is right. The biggest thing they do is try to recruit the right group of people and try to make sure everyone is willing to be a part of this program and is willing to be fully committed and fully excited no matter who is doing what. You’re still here for the team.”. The latest Final Four berth is UConn’s 18 th, tying Tennessee for the most. The Lady Vols had an 18-9 lead on the Huskies after winning their eighth NCAA title in 2008. Auriemma also passed the late Tennessee coach Pat Summitt in NCAA Tournament wins with his 113 th Monday night. “Obviously, this is a special one for us,” UConn guard Kia Nurse said. “For us to be in this position when people didn’t think we were going to be, and for us to have played as well as we did tonight to get there, it’s a good feeling.”. Regional Most ...

Samuelson Sisters Final Four Showdown Still In Play

... about Mallory Mc Gwire, the daughter of former NFL quarterback Dan Mc Gwire and niece of baseball legend Mark Mc Gwire. The Huskies never really made a run at Mc Gwire who landed at Oregon. Now she is a freshman starter meaning that two former stars from the Reno, Nevada area will be squaring off in the Elite Eight on Monday night. “We would text all the time, we were cool,” Williams said. “I didn’t get to watch her much in her last years of high school and to see where she is at now, it’s cool to watch somebody develop like that and be on this stage. “Reno’s kind of small so everybody kind of knows everybody.”. Williams has started all 35 games this season and is only Husky to play in all the games in the current 110-game winning streak. Mc Gwire has started the last 23 games for the Ducks. “Not a lot of kids come out of northern Nevada so it is awesome,” Mc Gwire said. “Gabby has been on a pedestal for years now.”. The two squared off early on in Mc Gwire’s high school career before injuries shortened Williams’ final two high school seasons before she headed off to UConn. “My sister is the same age as her so I got to see my sister playing her my freshman and ...

Numbers Work Better Than Words When Trying Gauge Uconn Women's Dominance

... has made. The 'unselfish' Stanford Cardinal remind head coach Tara Van Derveer of 1992 National Championship team. Oh, and there's the big one on the horizon, five NCAA championships in a row, which is what UConn can accomplish with two victories this weekend in the Women's Final Four in Dallas. The Huskies open with Mississippi State on Friday, the second game after South Carolina meets Stanford. The winners meet for the championship Sunday. Sometimes with UConn, and with records falling like so many dominoes, the dominance takes on a life of its own. Where do the comparisons begin? Maybe with John Wooden and the UCLA dynasty on the men's side, but that's merely the same sport, not the same game, and separated by more than 40 years. "Watching them play and what coach Auriemma has done is incredible. It truly is," said Oregon coach Kelly Graves, whose team lost to UConn by 38 in the Bridgeport Regional finals. "You know, I hear people say all the time, 'Oh, their dominance isn't good for the sport.' Really? I ...

Uconn Women's Basketball Fans Bought So Many Tickets That Their Opponents Got Locked Out

... the tournament bracket had even been unveiled. “Knowing that the NCAA allotment would not satisfy our demand, UConn secured as many additional tickets as we could from the arena, an additional 500,” the university said in a note on its website. “Unfortunately, our demand exceeded the supply.”. Now, a team like Maryland, just a six-hour drive from Bridgeport, can’t have fan support for its Sweet 16 matchup against Oregon because, well, there aren’t any tickets. And a team like UCLA, slated to play against UConn on “neutral” territory, is hardly getting a “neutral” game. Oregon, traveling across the country for its Sweet 16 showdown, has offered to sell its tickets, but the price point is steep: a $265 face value plus an additional $125 donation to the university’s athletic department. Other tickets are available on the secondary market, but according to The Washington Post , those ...

Uconn Women’s Basketball Team Interest Tamed At Stamford Campus

... students consider themselves Huskies super-fans. “It wasn’t a selling point,” said Andre Hristu , 20. “I’m not even a fan of basketball.”. Hristu, who studies economics, commutes to Stamford from Easton. He plans to transfer to finish his degree in Storrs. “At the Storrs campus, you’re there all the time,” he said. “Here, most people are working and they come here after work, so no one really has time to unite like they do at Storrs.”. Anthony Santiago , an 18-year-old city resident who is majoring in finance, said the Huskies have a following on the Stamford campus, “but definitely not as much as Storrs, probably. I feel like there you’re just in that kind of environment.”. All ages. Sitting next to the players in classrooms at Storrs also fosters team spirit, said Jessica Thornbury , a ...

Gov. Malloy Proclaims ‘husky Weekend’ In Connecticut To Honor Uconn Women’s Basketball Team

... — Governor Dannel Malloy announced Thursday he is proclaiming Friday, March 31 through Sunday, April 2, 2017 as “Husky Weekend” in the State of Connecticut in recognition of the UConn women’s basketball team playing in the NCAA Final Four tournament on Friday night. This will be the team’s tenth consecutive appearance in the Final Four. “There has never been a team in all of sports history that has been as dominant, strong, and fierce as UConn women’s basketball,” Governor Malloy said. “The women on the team have been inspirational, not only to young athletes here in Connecticut, but to millions of people throughout the country, having gained prominence for their exceptional athletic abilities and positive sportsmanship both on and off the court. Connecticut could not have better role models representing our state on the national stage, and we are incredibly proud of everything they have achieved.”. The Governor is urging all Connecticut residents to show their Husky pride this weekend by wearing UConn Huskies gear, displaying UConn ...