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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.

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]

1 Roster changes
2 Roster
3 Schedule
4 Team players drafted into the WNBA
5 Awards and honors
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

Roster changes [edit]

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 freshman joined the team, Ashley Valley, younger sister of Morgan Valley and Stacey Marron. Although Marron had received scholarship offers from other schools, she choose to apply to UConn and attempt to make the team as a walk-on. She succeeded, and eventfully earned a full scholarship, the first Connecticut walk-on to earn a basketball scholarship.^[4]

Two other players are not new to the program, but will be playing in 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. Battle applied for a medical hardship, often called a redshirt.^[5] Jessica Moore also joined the team in the prior year, but elected not to play her first year.^[6]

Roster [edit]

Source^[7]

Sort
Number	Name	Height	Position	Class
2	Valley Ashley Valley	695-9	Guard	1 Freshman
3	TaurasiDiana Taurasi	726-0	Guard/Forward	2 Sophomore
5	Conlon Maria Conlon	695-9	Guard	2 Sophomore
10	BirdSue Bird	695-9	Guard	4 Senior
12	MarronStacey Marron	695-9	Guard	1 Freshman
15	JonesAsjha Jones	746-2	Forward/Center	4 Senior
20	ValleyMorgan Valley	726-0	Guard	2 Sophomore
22	BattleAshley Battle	726-0	Forward	1 Redshirt Freshman
31	MooreJessica Moore	756-3	Center	1 Redshirt Freshman
32	CashSwin Cash	746-2	Forward	4 Senior
34	WilliamsTamika Williams	746-2	Forward	4 Senior

Schedule [edit]

Source^[8]

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Record
Regular Season
November 09*	Fairfield	#1	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion • Storrs, CT	CPTV	W 93–50	1–0
November 11*	Florida Int’L	#1	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion • Storrs,CT	CPTV	W 91–47	2–0
November 15*	North Carolina	#1	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion • Storrs,CT	CPTV	W 94–74	3–0
November 18*	Vanderbilt	#1	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion • Storrs,CT	CPTV	W 69–50	4–0
November 24*	Rhode Island	#1	XL Center • Hartford, CT	CPTV	W 84–38	5–0
November 26*	Wake Forest	#1	Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum • Winston-Salem,NC	CPTV	W 88–38	6–0
November 30*	Ball State	#1	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion • Storrs,CT	CPTV	W 103–69	7–0
December 04	St. John's	#1	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion • Storrs,CT	CPTV	W 88–28	8–0
December 06*	Holy Cross	#1	XL Center • Hartford,CT	CPTV	W 97–54	9–0
December 09*	La Tech	#1	XL Center • Hartford,CT	ESPN2	W 74–50	10–0
December 22*	Oklahoma	#1	XL Center • Hartford,CT	ESPN2	W 86–72	11–0
December 27*	Cal State–Northridge	#1	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion • Storrs,CT	CPTV	W 101–44	12–0
December 29*	Old Dominion	#1	Ted Constant Convocation Center • Norfolk,VA	CPTV	W 84–70	13–0
December 31*	Wright State	#1	Nutter Center • Dayton,OH	CPTV	W 97–39	14–0
January 02	Pittsburgh	#1	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion • Storrs,CT	CPTV	W 112–43	15–0
January 05*	Tennessee	#1	Thompson-Boling Arena • Knoxville,TN	CBS	W 86–72	16–0
January 09	St. John's	#1	Carnesecca Arena • Queens,NY	CPTV	W 84–43	17–0
January 12	Miami	#1	Veterans Memorial Coliseum • Hartford,CT	CPTV	W 96–50	18–0
January 15	Georgetown	#1	McDonough Gymnasium • Washington,DC	CPTV	W 85–41	19–0
January 19	Villanova	#1	The Pavilion • Villanova,PA	CPTV	W 93–60	20–0
January 21	Notre Dame	#1	XL Center • Hartford,CT	ESPN	W 80–53	21–0
January 26	Boston College	#1	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion • Storrs,CT	CPTV	W 79–56	22–0
January 29	Virginia Tech	#1	Cassell Coliseum • Blacksburg,VA	CPTV	W 59–50	23–0
February 03	Providence	#1	Providence ,RI	BETV	W 85–61	24–0
February 06	Seton Hall	#1	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion • Storrs,CT	CPTV	W 92–40	25–0
February 10	Virginia Tech	#1	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion • Storrs,CT	CPTV	W 77–42	26–0
February 13	Syracuse	#1	Syracuse,NY	CPTV	W 85–55	27–0
February 20	Providence	#1	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion • Storrs,CT	CPTV	W 106–41	28–0
February 23	Rutgers	#1	Louis Brown Athletic Center • Piscataway,NJ	CPTV	W 80–42	29–0
February 26	West Virginia	#1	Morgantown,WV	CPTV	W 89–60	30–0
2002 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament
March 03	Seton Hall	#1	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion • Storrs,CT	CPTV	W 78–48	31–0
March 04	Villanova	#1	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion • Storrs,CT	BETV	W 83–39	32–0
March 05	Boston College	#1	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion • Storrs,CT	ESPN2	W 96–54	33–0
2002 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
March 16*	St. Francis (Pa)	#1	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion • Storrs,CT		W 86–37	34–0
March 17*	Iowa	#1	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion • Storrs,CT	ESPN	W 86–48	35–0
March 23*	Penn State	#1	U.S. Cellular Arena • Milwaukee,WI	ESPN2	W 82–64	36–0
March 25*	Old Dominion	#1	U.S. Cellular Arena • Milwaukee,WI	ESPN2	W 85–64	37–0
March 29*	Tennessee	#1	Alamodome • San Antonio,TX	ESPN	W 79–56	38–0
March 31*	Oklahoma	#1	Alamodome • San Antonio,TX	ESPN	W 82–70	39–0
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Team players drafted into the WNBA [edit]

Round	Pick	Player	NBA 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

^[9]

Awards and honors [edit]

Sue Bird, Naismith Award ^[10]
Sue Bird, Wade Trophy
Sue Bird, Nancy Lieberman Award
Sue Bird, Lowe's Senior CLASS Award^[11]
Sue Bird Sportswoman of the Year Award^[12]
Sue Bird Big East Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year
Sue Bird Honda Sports Award, basketball^[13]
Swin Cash, Tournament Most Outstanding Player^[14]
Asjha Jones, Most Outstanding Player, Big East Women's Basketball Tournament
Geno Auriemma Naismith College Coach of the Year^[15]
Geno Auriemma WBCA National Coach of the Year^[16]

References [edit]

^ Altavilla, John (December 29, 2011). "Auriemma Has High Praise For His 2001-02 Champions". Hartford Courant (Tribune Corporation). Archived from the original on December 29, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
^ EAGAN, MATT (February 23, 2001). "St. John's At No. 3 Uconn". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 05 Jan 2013.
^ Elliott, Rich (December 24, 2009). "KJ, Svet Back In The House". Hearst Communications Inc. Retrieved 05 Jan 2013.
^ Wheelock, Helen. "Stacey Marron – University of Connecticut". Unintentional Journalist. Retrieved 05 Jan 2013.
^ "Ashley Battle". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 05 Jan 2013.
^ GOLDBERG, JEFF (February 22, 2005). "Moore: Forged By Mother's Strength". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 05 Jan 2013.
^ "2001-2002 Women's Basketball Roster". University of Connecticut. Retrieved 31 Dec 2012.
^ "Connecticut Women's Basketball". University of Connecticut. Retrieved 05 Jan 2013.
^ http://www.insidehoops.com/wnba/wnba-draft-history.shtml
^ http://www.naismithawards.com/History/NaismithTrophy/tabid/58/Default.aspx
^ "Sue Bird". Retrieved 05 Jan 2013.
^ "Sportswoman of the Year". Women’s Sports Foundation. Retrieved 05 Jan 2013.
^ "Past Honda Sports Award Winners". Collegiate Women Sports Awards. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
^ http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/2004/03/ncaa-tournament-mvp-most-outstanding-player-mop-men-women-march-madness/
^ "Naismith College Coach of the Year". Atlanta Tipoff Club. Retrieved 05 Jan 2013.
^ "Past RUSSELL ATHLETIC/WBCA National Coaches of the Year". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved 05 Jan 2013.

External links [edit]

Official Site

Connecticut Huskies of Honor

Men's basketball

Players:	Ray Allen Wes Bialosuknia Bill Corley Walt Dropo Rudy Gay Richard Hamilton Tony Hanson Toby Kimball Donyell Marshall Emeka Okafor Worthy Patterson Art Quimby Clifford Robinson Chris Smith Corny Thompson Kemba Walker Vin Yokabaskas

Coaches:	Jim Calhoun Dee Rowe Hugh Greer

Women's basketball

Players:	Svetlana Abrosimova Kerry Bascom Sue Bird Swin Cash Tina Charles Rebecca Lobo Renee Montgomery Maya Moore Shea Ralph Jennifer Rizzotti Nykesha Sales Diana Taurasi Kara Wolters

Coaches:	Geno Auriemma

Teams:	1994–95 1999–2000 2001–02

Division of Athletics

Athletic Directors:	John Toner

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