2001–02 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team

2001–02 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball
2001–02 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball
NCAA tournament National Champions ; Big East tournament champions ; Big East regular season champions
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	39–0 (16–0 Big East)
Head coach	Geno Auriemma (17th season);
Associate head coach	Chris Dailey
Assistant coaches	Tonya Cardoza; Jamelle Elliott;
Home arena	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2000–01 2002–03 →

2001–02 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Connecticut †	16	–	0	1.000	39	–	0	1.000
Notre Dame	13	–	3	.813	20	–	10	.667
No. 21 Boston College	12	–	4	.750	23	–	8	.742
Villanova	12	–	4	.750	20	–	11	.645
Miami (FL)	10	–	6	.625	19	–	12	.613
Virginia Tech	9	–	7	.563	21	–	11	.656
Syracuse	9	–	7	.563	18	–	13	.581
Providence	7	–	9	.438	13	–	15	.464
Seton Hall	6	–	10	.375	15	–	14	.517
West Virginia	6	–	10	.375	14	–	14	.500
Rutgers	5	–	11	.313	9	–	20	.310
Georgetown	4	–	12	.250	12	–	16	.429
Pittsburgh	3	–	13	.188	8	–	19	.296
St. John's	0	–	16	.000	3	–	24	.111


† 2002 Big East Tournament winner As of April 1, 2002 Rankings from AP poll

The 2001–02 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2001–2002 NCAA Division I basketball season. Coached by Geno Auriemma, the Huskies played their home games at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and on campus at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut, and are a member of the Big East Conference. At the Big East women's basketball tournament, the Huskies won the championship by defeating Boston College 96–54. The Huskies won their third NCAA championship by defeating the Oklahoma Sooners, 82–70. The starting five of Sue Bird, Swin Cash, Asjha Jones, Tamika Williams, and Diana Taurasi are generally considered the greatest starting lineup in Women's College Basketball history.

On December 29, 2011, the team was recognized as one of the greatest in the program's history by induction into the Huskies of Honor.^[1]

Roster changes

Five players from the 2000–01 team (Shea Ralph, Svetlana Abrosimova, Kelly Schumacher, Christine Rigby, and Marci Czel) were seniors and are no longer part of the team.^[2] One sophomore player, Kennitra Johnson, decided to leave UConn to be closer to her mother, and transferred to Purdue.^[3] Two freshmen joined the team: Ashley Valley, younger sister of Morgan Valley, and Stacey Marron. Although Marron had received scholarship offers from other schools, she chose to apply to UConn and attempt to make the team as a walk-on. She succeeded, and eventually earned a full scholarship, the first Connecticut walk-on to earn a basketball scholarship.^[4]

Two other players were not new to the program, but 2001-2002 was their first full season. Ashley Battle was a freshman in the prior year, but sustained an elbow injury in the fifth game of the season, and did not play the remainder of the season.^[5] Battle applied for a medical hardship, often called a redshirt. Jessica Moore also joined the team in the prior year, but elected not to play her first year.^[6]

Roster

Source^[7]

2001–02 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	2	Ashley Valley	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Rice Memorial	Colchester, Vermont
G/F	3	Diana Taurasi	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Don Lugo	Chino, California
G	5	Maria Conlon	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Seymour	Derby, Connecticut
G	10	Sue Bird (C)	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Christ the King	Syosset, New York
G	12	Stacey Marron	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	La Cueva	Albuquerque, New Mexico
F/C	15	Asjha Jones	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Piscataway	Piscataway, New Jersey
G	20	Morgan Valley	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Rice Memorial	Colchester, Vermont
F	22	Ashley Battle	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Fr	The Linsly School, WVA	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
C	31	Jessica Moore	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Fr	Colony	Palmer, Alaska
F	32	Swin Cash (C)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	McKeesport	McKeesport, Pennsylvania
F	34	Tamika Williams	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Chaminade-Julienne	Dayton, Ohio

Head coach

Geno Auriemma

Assistant coach(es)

Chris Dailey
Tonya Cardoza
Jamelle Elliott

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2013-08-23

Schedule

Source^[8]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
November 9, 2001* CPTV	No. 1	Fairfield	W 93–50	1–0	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027) Storrs, Connecticut
November 11, 2001* CPTV	No. 1	Florida International	W 91–47	2–0	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027) Storrs, CT
November 15, 2001* CPTV	No. 1	North Carolina	W 94–74	3–0	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027) Storrs, CT
November 18, 2001* CPTV	No. 1	No. 3 Vanderbilt	W 69–50	4–0	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027) Storrs, CT
November 24, 2001* CPTV	No. 1	Rhode Island	W 84–38	5–0	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, Connecticut
November 26, 2001* CPTV	No. 1	at Wake Forest	W 88–38	6–0	Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum (1,137) Winston-Salem, North Carolina
November 30, 2001* CPTV	No. 1	Ball State	W 103–69	7–0	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027) Storrs, CT
December 4, 2001 CPTV	No. 1	St. John's	W 88–28	8–0 (1-0)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027) Storrs, CT
December 6, 2001* CPTV	No. 1	Holy Cross	W 97–54	9–0	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT
December 9, 2001* ESPN2	No. 1	No. 8 Louisiana Tech	W 74–50	10–0	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT
December 22, 2001* ESPN2	No. 1	No. 3 Oklahoma	W 86–72	11–0	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT
December 27, 2001* CPTV	No. 1	Cal State–Northridge	W 101–44	12–0	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027) Storrs, CT
December 29, 2001* CPTV	No. 1	at No. 23 Old Dominion	W 84–70	13–0	Ted Constant Convocation Center (5,236) Norfolk, Virginia
December 31, 2001* CPTV	No. 1	at Wright State	W 97–39	14–0	Nutter Center (4,762) Dayton, Ohio
January 2, 2002 CPTV	No. 1	Pittsburgh	W 112–43	15–0 (2-0)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027) Storrs, CT
January 5, 2002* CBS	No. 1	at No. 2 Tennessee	W 86–72	16–0	Thompson–Boling Arena (24,611) Knoxville, Tennessee
January 9, 2002 CPTV	No. 1	at St. John's	W 84–43	17–0 (3-0)	Carnesecca Arena (2,014) Queens, New York
January 12, 2002 CPTV	No. 1	Miami	W 96–50	18–0 (4-0)	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT
January 15, 2002 CPTV	No. 1	at Georgetown	W 85–41	19–0 (5-0)	McDonough Gymnasium (2,146) Washington, DC
January 19, 2002 CPTV	No. 1	at Villanova	W 93–60	20–0 (6-0)	Finneran Pavilion (5,127) Villanova, Pennsylvania
January 21, 2002 ESPN	No. 1	Notre Dame	W 80–53	21–0 (7-0)	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT
January 26, 2002 CPTV	No. 1	No. 24 Boston College	W 79–56	22–0 (8-0)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027) Storrs, CT
January 29, 2002 CPTV	No. 1	at No. 23 Virginia Tech	W 59–50	23–0 (9-0)	Cassell Coliseum (6,069) Blacksburg, Virginia
February 3, 2002 BETV	No. 1	at Providence	W 85–61	24–0 (10-0)	Alumni Hall (2,574) Providence, Rhode Island
February 6, 2002 CPTV	No. 1	Seton Hall	W 92–40	25–0 (11-0)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027) Storrs, CT
February 10, 2002 CPTV	No. 1	No. 23 Virginia Tech	W 77–42	26–0 (12-0)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027) Storrs, CT
February 13, 2002 CPTV	No. 1	at Syracuse	W 85–55	27–0 (13-0)	Carrier Dome (3,328) Syracuse, New York
February 20, 2002 CPTV	No. 1	Providence	W 106–41	28–0 (14-0)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027) Storrs, CT
February 23, 2002 CPTV	No. 1	at Rutgers	W 80–42	29–0 (15-0)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (7,223) Piscataway, New Jersey
February 26, 2002 CPTV	No. 1	at West Virginia	W 89–60	30–0 (16-0)	WVU Coliseum (1,394) Morgantown, West Virginia
2002 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament
March 3, 2002 CPTV	No. 1	vs. Seton Hall Big East Tournament - Quarterfinals	W 78–48	31–0	Louis Brown Athletic Center (5,332) Piscataway, NJ
March 4, 2002 BETV	No. 1	vs. Villanova Big East Tournament - Semifinals	W 83–39	32–0	Louis Brown Athletic Center (3,533) Piscataway, NJ
March 5, 2002 ESPN2	No. 1	vs. No. 20 Boston College Big East Championship Game	W 96–54	33–0	Louis Brown Athletic Center (4,278) Piscataway, NJ
2002 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
March 16, 2002*	No. 1	(16) St. Francis (Pa)	W 86–37	34–0	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027) Storrs, CT
March 17, 2002* ESPN	No. 1	Iowa	W 86–48	35–0	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027) Storrs, CT
March 23, 2002* ESPN2	No. 1	No. 24 Penn State	W 82–64	36–0	U.S. Cellular Arena (7,123) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
March 25, 2002* ESPN2	No. 1	vs. No. 15 Old Dominion	W 85–64	37–0	U.S. Cellular Arena (6,997) Milwaukee,WI
March 29, 2002* ESPN	No. 1	No. 6 Tennessee	W 79–56	38–0	Alamodome (29,619) San Antonio, Texas
March 31, 2002* ESPN	(1 ME) No. 1	(1 W) No. 4 Oklahoma National championship	W 82–70	39–0	Alamodome (29,619) San Antonio, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Team players drafted in the 2002 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	WNBA Club
1	1	Sue Bird	Seattle Storm
1	2	Swin Cash	Detroit Shock
1	4	Asjha Jones	Washington Mystics
1	6	Tamika Williams	Minnesota Lynx

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Additionally, Diana Taurasi was also the first overall pick in the 2004 WNBA draft. In the 2005 WNBA draft, Jessica Moore was selected 24th overall, and Ashley Battle was selected 25th overall.

Awards and honors

Sue Bird, Naismith Award^[11]
Sue Bird, Wade Trophy^[12]
Sue Bird, Nancy Lieberman Award
Sue Bird, Lowe's Senior CLASS Award^[13]
Sue Bird Sportswoman of the Year Award^[14]
Sue Bird Big East Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year
Sue Bird Honda Sports Award, basketball^[15]
Swin Cash, Tournament Most Outstanding Player^[16]
Asjha Jones, Most Outstanding Player, Big East women's basketball tournament
Geno Auriemma Naismith College Coach of the Year^[17]
Geno Auriemma WBCA National Coach of the Year^[18]

References

^ Altavilla, John (December 29, 2011). "Auriemma Has High Praise For His 2001-02 Champions". Hartford Courant. Tribune Corporation. Archived from the original on May 25, 2024. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
^ EAGAN, MATT (February 23, 2001). "St. John's At No. 3 Uconn". Hartford Courant. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
^ Elliott, Rich (December 24, 2009). "KJ, Svet Back In The House". Hearst Communications Inc. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
^ Wheelock, Helen (September 8, 2008). "Stacey Marron – University of Connecticut". Unintentional Journalist. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
^ Eagan, Matt. "Huskies May Lose Battle". Hartford Courant. Hartford Courant. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
^ GOLDBERG, JEFF (February 22, 2005). "Moore: Forged By Mother's Strength". Hartford Courant. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
^ "2001-2002 Women's Basketball Roster". University of Connecticut. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
^ "Connecticut Women's Basketball" (PDF). University of Connecticut. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 23, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
^ "2001–02 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball stats" (PDF). UConn Huskies.
^ "WNBA Draft History".
^ "Naismith Awards - Naismith Trophy". Archived from the original on March 2, 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
^ "The Wade Trophy". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
^ "Sue Bird". Retrieved January 5, 2013.
^ "Sportswoman of the Year". Women's Sports Foundation. Archived from the original on October 31, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
^ "Past Honda Sports Award Winners". Collegiate Women Sports Awards. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
^ "NCAA Tournament MVP | MOP List: March Madness Most Outstanding Player…". Archived from the original on July 14, 2011.
^ "Naismith College Coach of the Year". Atlanta Tipoff Club. Archived from the original on March 2, 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
^ "Past Russell Athletic/WBCA National Coaches of the Year". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2014.

[CourantHoH0102Team-1] Altavilla, John (December 29, 2011). "Auriemma Has High Praise For His 2001-02 Champions". Hartford Courant. Tribune Corporation. Archived from the original on May 25, 2024. Retrieved December 29, 2011.

[Seniors-2] EAGAN, MATT (February 23, 2001). "St. John's At No. 3 Uconn". Hartford Courant. Retrieved January 5, 2013.

[KJ-3] Elliott, Rich (December 24, 2009). "KJ, Svet Back In The House". Hearst Communications Inc. Retrieved January 5, 2013.

[Marron-4] Wheelock, Helen (September 8, 2008). "Stacey Marron – University of Connecticut". Unintentional Journalist. Retrieved January 5, 2013.

[5] Eagan, Matt. "Huskies May Lose Battle". Hartford Courant. Hartford Courant. Retrieved November 26, 2020.

[JMo_redshirt-6] GOLDBERG, JEFF (February 22, 2005). "Moore: Forged By Mother's Strength". Hartford Courant. Retrieved January 5, 2013.

[2002_Roster-7] "2001-2002 Women's Basketball Roster". University of Connecticut. Retrieved December 31, 2012.

[Media_Guide-8] "Connecticut Women's Basketball" (PDF). University of Connecticut. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 23, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2013.

[9] "2001–02 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball stats" (PDF). UConn Huskies.

[10] "WNBA Draft History".

[11] "Naismith Awards - Naismith Trophy". Archived from the original on March 2, 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2013.

[Wade_Trophy-12] "The Wade Trophy". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved June 30, 2014.

[Senior_Class_Award-13] "Sue Bird". Retrieved January 5, 2013.

[Sportswoman-14] "Sportswoman of the Year". Women's Sports Foundation. Archived from the original on October 31, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2013.

[Honda_Sports_Award-15] "Past Honda Sports Award Winners". Collegiate Women Sports Awards. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2013.

[16] "NCAA Tournament MVP | MOP List: March Madness Most Outstanding Player…". Archived from the original on July 14, 2011.

[Naismith-17] "Naismith College Coach of the Year". Atlanta Tipoff Club. Archived from the original on March 2, 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2013.

[WBCA_COY-18] "Past Russell Athletic/WBCA National Coaches of the Year". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2014.

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2001–02 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team

Roster changes

Roster

Schedule

Team players drafted in the 2002 WNBA draft

Awards and honors

References

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