1999–2000 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team

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1999–2000 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball
Connecticut Huskies wordmark.svg
NCAA tournament National Champions
Big East tournament champions
Big East regular season champions
Conference Big East
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
APNo. 1
Record36–1 (16–0 Big East)
Head coach
Associate head coach Chris Dailey
Assistant coaches
Home arena Harry A. Gampel Pavilion
Hartford Civic Center
Seasons
  1998–99
2000–01  
1999–2000 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Connecticut160 1.000361  .973
No. 9 Notre Dame 151 .938275  .844
No. 8 Rutgers 124 .750268  .765
No. 17 Boston College 124 .750269  .743
Georgetown 97 .5631713  .567
Pittsburgh 79 .4381613  .552
Villanova 79 .4381515  .500
Miami (FL) 79 .4381415  .483
Seton Hall 511 .3131116  .407
St. John's 511 .3131118  .379
Providence 511 .3131017  .370
Syracuse 313 .1881018  .357
West Virginia 115 .063622  .214
2000 Big East Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 1999–2000 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut (UConn) during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by the Hall of Fame head coach Geno Auriemma in his 15th season at UConn, played their home games at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion and the Hartford Civic Center, and were members of the Big East Conference. UConn finished the regular season with a record of 27–1 and went 16–0 in the Big East to win the regular season conference championship. They also won the Big East tournament. Then, they won the NCAA Tournament, defeating Tennessee in the finals to win their second national championship. [1]

Contents

Roster

Listed are the student athletes who were members of the 1999–2000 team. [2]

Name
Stacy Hansmeyer
Paige Sauer
Svetlana Abrosimova
Marci Czel
Shea Ralph
Christine Rigby
Kelly Schumacher
Sue Bird
Swin Cash
Asjha Jones
Keirsten Walters
Tamika Williams
Kennitra Johnson

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite
city, state
Regular Season
11/21/1999*
No. 1 at  Iowa W 111–39 1–0
Carver–Hawkeye Arena  (3,260)
Iowa City, IA
11/24/1999*
No. 1 Kentucky
Coaches vs. Cancer Challenge
W 68–62 2–0
Hartford Civic Center  (15,777)
Hartford, CT
11/26/1999*
No. 1 Old Dominion W 109–66 3–0
Hartford Civic Center (15,817)
Hartford, CT
11/28/1999*
No. 1 Pepperdine W 101–58 4–0
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion  (10,027)
Storrs, CT
11/30/1999*
No. 1 Illinois W 100–79 5–0
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027)
Storrs, CT
12/05/1999*
No. 1 vs. No. 11  Penn State
Honda Elite 4 Classic
W 87–74 6–0
Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex  (3,700)
Bay Lake, FL
12/08/1999
No. 1 at  Seton Hall W 88–45 7–0
(1–0)
Walsh Gymnasium  (1,811)
South Orange, NJ
12/23/1999*
No. 1 UCLA W 106–64 8–0
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027)
Storrs, CT
12/29/1999*
No. 1 at  Oklahoma W 84–68 9–0
Lloyd Noble Center  (10,713)
Norman, OK
01/02/2000*
No. 1 Louisiana Tech W 90–63 10–0
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027)
Storrs, CT
01/04/2000
No. 1 at  Georgetown W 87–48 11–0
(2–0)
McDonough Gymnasium  (1,175)
Washington, D.C.
01/08/2000*
No. 1 at No. 2  Tennessee
Rivalry
W 74–66 12–0
Thompson–Boling Arena  (23,385)
Knoxville, TN
01/12/2000
No. 1 West Virginia W 75–35 13–0
(3–0)
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027)
Storrs, CT
01/15/2000
No. 1 Pittsburgh W 88–36 14–0
(4–0)
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027)
Storrs, CT
01/17/2000
No. 1 Rutgers
Rivalry
W 65–50 15–0
(5–0)
Hartford Civic Center (16,294)
Hartford, CT
01/20/2000*
No. 1 at  Holy Cross W 89–51 16–0
Hart Center  (4,000)
Worcester, MA
01/22/2000
No. 1 at  Villanova W 79–46 17–0
(6–0)
The Pavilion  (4,059)
Villanova, PA
01/26/2000
No. 1 Boston College W 84–77 18–0
(7–0)
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027)
Storrs, CT
01/29/2000
No. 1 at  Miami W 84–36 19–0
(8–0)
Miami Arena  (9,276)
Miami, FL
02/02/2000*
No. 1 No. 4 Tennessee
Rivalry
L 71–72 19–1
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027)
Storrs, CT
02/05/2000
No. 1 Seton HallW 86–34 20–1
(9–0)
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027)
Storrs, CT
02/08/2000
No. 1 MiamiW 93–46 21–1
(10–0)
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027)
Storrs, CT
02/12/2000
No. 1 at Rutgers
Rivalry
W 49–45 22–1
(11–0)
Louis Brown Athletic Center  (8,579)
Piscataway, NJ
02/15/2000
No. 1 at  St. John's W 85–43 23–1
(12–0)
Carnesecca Arena  (1,625)
New York, NY
02/18/2000
No. 1 Syracuse W 100–74 24–1
(13–0)
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027)
Storrs, CT
02/23/2000
No. 1 at West VirginiaW 100–28 25–1
(14–0)
WVU Coliseum  (1,213)
Morgantown, WV
02/26/2000
No. 1 Notre Dame
Rivalry
W 77–59 26–1
(15–0)
Hartford Civic Center (16,294)
Hartford, CT
02/29/2000
No. 1 at  Providence W 102–68 27–1
(16–0)
Providence Civic Center [4]  (5,497)
Providence, RI
Big East tournament
03/05/2000
No. 1 St. John's
Quarterfinals
W 85–41 28–1
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027)
Storrs, CT
03/06/2000
No. 1 Boston College
Semifinals
W 79–54 29–1
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027)
Storrs, CT
03/07/2000
No. 1 Rutgers
Championship/Rivalry
W 79–59 30–1
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027)
Storrs, CT
NCAA tournament
03/17/2000*
(1) No. 1 (16)  Hampton
First Round
W 116–45 31–1
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027)
Storrs, CT
03/19/2000*
(1) No. 1 (9)  Clemson
Second Round
W 83–45 32–1
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027)
Storrs, CT
03/25/2000*
(1) No. 1 vs. (5) Oklahoma
Sweet Sixteen
W 102–80 33–1
Siegel Center  (5,702)
Richmond, VA
03/27/2000*
(1) No. 1 vs. (3)  LSU
Elite Eight
W 86–71 34–1
Siegel Center (5,872)
Richmond, VA
03/31/2000*
(1) No. 1 vs. (2) Penn State
Final Four
W 89–67 [5]  35–1
First Union Center  (20,060)
Philadelphia, PA
04/02/2000*
(1) No. 1 vs. (1) Tennessee
Championship/Rivalry
W 71–52 36–1
First Union Center (20,060)
Philadelphia, PA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in EST.

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