Uconn Women S Basketball

Fans Gather At Rally To See Uconn Women's Basketball Off To Final Four

... left, and Saniya Chong greet fans outside Gampel Pavilion in Storrs on Tuesday as they prepare to board a bus to depart for the Final Four of the NCAA college basketball tournament in Dallas. Fans gather at rally to see UConn women's basketball off to Final Four Associated Press |. STORRS — University of Connecticut freshman Larissa Compio was among about 200 fans who braved the drizzle and cold on Tuesday to cheer on the school's women's basketball team as it boarded a bus for a 10 th consecutive trip to the Final Four. The 18-year-old biology major from Washingtonville, New York, said she's been a fan of the women's team since she was a little girl and it was huge reason she chose to attend the school. Their 111-game winning streak has given the campus, and especially female students, a sense of pride and identity, she said. “These women are ...

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

... other celebs gather at Final Four. Anthony Chiusano | __link__. Contact | Archive | RSS. Dallas was a celebrity hub Friday night, as many gathered in American Airlines Center to take in the Women's Final Four. Family pride was evident come opening tip-off for Stanford and South Carolina, as the cameras flashed on Super Bowl-winning quarterback Russell Wilson, of the Seattle Seahawks, as he cheered on his younger sister Anna Wilson of the Cardinal. — Madisn Ristovski (@madisun_1) April 1, 2017. Meanwhile, former NBA player Antonio Davis continued his tour this tournament season following his daughter Kaela Davis and the Gamecocks. Kaela was named Most Outstanding 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 ...

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

... 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' 16-year-old record in style with a 57-point effort on her senior night. "If you had told me that all this stuff would have happened to me personally, I would have laughed at you," Plum said. "Not the sense that I didn't believe in myself or anything like that. But it's not something that you think about. I'm the all-time leading scorer in college basketball and it's something I never dreamed about.". Kelsey Plum becomes the first player in program history to earn AP women's college basketball Player of the Year. — Washington WBB (@UW_WBB) March 30, 2017. Auriemma did laugh before the season at the notion his Huskies, who lost three All-Americans to graduation, would be undefeated this year. He thought there was no way that the team's 75-game winning streak would continue that much longer. Not with ...

The Huskies' Record Winning Streak Ends At 111 Games

... 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. USF wasn't alone in being simply overmatched. 46: Win streak before UConn's last loss before this year's Final Four. The Huskies' second-to-last defeat came on Nov. 17, 2014 in an overtime thriller against long-time rival Stanford. That ended a respectable 46-game run. 38:  Consecutive road victories during the stretch. The Huskies boast the three best road streaks in women's basketball ...

The Huskies' Record Winning Streak Ends At 111 Games

... stretch. The Huskies boast the three best road streaks in women's basketball history. Their current mark — which doesn't include neutral site play — surpassed the 34 straight road victories achieved by the program from 2000-04. The streak also passed the men's record (36), which was achieved by Kansas from 1924-28. 29: Ranked teams beaten during this streak. With all these games against elite foes with equal Final Four aspirations at the end of each respective season, there had to be at least one setback right? Not until Friday night. 23: More wins than the men's record. The UCLA men's team, led by coach John Wooden, won 88 straight games from 1970-74.  UConn now has two separate win streaks that surpass that total. 11: Ranked teams beaten this season. UConn's nonconference schedule was unforgiving to open the season, but that didn't stop the No. 1 Huskies. UConn knocked off No. 12 Florida State, No. 2 Baylor, No. 15 De Paul, No. 14 Texas, No. ...

The Huskies' Record Winning Streak Ends At 111 Games

... 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. USF wasn't alone in being simply overmatched. 46: Win streak before UConn's last loss before this year's Final Four. The Huskies' second-to-last defeat came on Nov. 17, 2014 in an overtime thriller against long-time rival Stanford. That ended a respectable 46-game run. 38:  ...

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

... The Huskies had recorded at least 400 steals on nine occasions highlighted by a six-year stretch when that feat was accomplished every season by Nykesha Sales and Rita Williams establishing the tone and piling up steals. Svetlana Abrosimova moved into that role when she arrived from her native Russia. Now a new generation of Huskies are displaying a gift of grab. “You want your defense to translate to your offense and that is exactly what we did,” UConn junior guard Kia Nurse said. “I think we did a great job, that was 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 ...

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

... in program history, trailing only the numbers Tamika Williams put up in her final three seasons. Collier’s scoring average jumped 13.64 points this season, the second largest one-year improvement in UConn history, and among current Division I women’s players, she trails only South Dakota’ Allison Arens, Cassie Broadhead of BYU and Army’s Madison Hovren. “I feel like 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 ...

Thibault, Big Name In Connecticut Women’s Basketball, Devising Plan To Derail Uconn

... year, the. UConn women's basketball team crushed Mississippi State by 60 points in what was the biggest margin of victory in an NCAA Tournament game. But the Bulldogs, unbowed after that March 25, 2016, loss, are back. And this time coach Vic Schaefer has guided them to their first Final Four. Last year, the UConn women's basketball team crushed Mississippi State by 60 points in what was the biggest margin of victory in an NCAA Tournament game. But the Bulldogs, unbowed after that March 25, 2016, loss, are back. And this time coach Vic Schaefer has guided them to their first Final Four. (LORI RILEY). "She has a fair amount of self-confidence and part of it comes from when she was younger, having to prove herself a little bit," he said. "She was told, 'You're not a Div. I player,' by a lot of people. So she set out to prove people wrong. She helps players get through stuff. Having played, she knows everybody goes through times when you struggle. She's close enough in their age, has been through it recently and has their perspective. "She knew what she was biting off when she ...