UConn Women's Basketball

The men and women basketball teams in UConn are constantly ranked in and near the top 10 teams of the nation in the relevant divisions.

For UConn, winning every championship is very important. The growth of the women’s basketball program can be understood with the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Night of AllStars basketball doubleheader. The coaches of UConn women’s basketball team builds a passion in the minds of the player’s right from the beginning. For example, they consider the failure in a third straight conference championship as an ultimate motivational tool, which will lead to NCAA tournament.

When UConn Women’s basketball team made records of consecutive victories in women’s basketball of NCAA division I, the team was tensed. For less than one year, they were removed from a season in which most of the UConn rivals were finished in the first few minutes of the game. These last contests which were played against Virginia Tech, Tennessee, Seton Hall and, finally, Georgetown were real contests. The strong fan support, alumni, and students for UConn’s men’s basketball teams assisted the Huskie’s women’s basketball team to lure Geno Auriemma as the coach. With the professional guidance of Auriemma, UConn became one of the schools, which continuously competed for the women’s basketball national title. Huskies are considered to be one of the fiercest rivals as far as women’s college sports are concerned.

Winning 55 games continuously is no easy task. In the Division 1 basketball, it was achieved only two times before and both the times, it was men’s teams. UCLA won 88 games from 1971 to 1974 and University of San Francisco won 60 games in 1955 to 1957. With parity becoming the buzzword amidst TV broadcasters, the increasing fan base of college basketball for women continues to reap the advantages of more talented and equally distributed player pool and meets skilled coaching ranks.