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The Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team represents the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut in NCAA women's basketball competition. They currently play in the American Athletic Conference, the successor to the Big East Conference, and are the last original member of the conference to remain in the new conference. The Huskies have won 10 NCAA Division I national championships, advanced to 16 Final Fours, and won over 40 Big East/AAC regular season and tournament championships. UConn has also been one of the leaders in women's basketball attendance and has produced numerous Olympians and WNBA All-Stars. The team plays its home games at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut and the XL Center in Hartford. The UConn Huskies also own the longest win streak in college basketball at 90 games. They went 39-0 during the 2008–09 season, winning their 6th national championship, and followed it up in 2009–10 with another 39-0 season and their 7th national title. Their winning streak went to 90 games, lasting until a 71-59 loss to Stanford on December 30, 2010.〔(Jeanette Pohlen, Cardinal end Huskies' 90-game winning streak )〕 Therefore, the UConn Huskies have the longest winning streak in NCAA college basketball (men’s or women’s) history.〔()〕 ==1991 Dream Season== Auriemma's early years showed steady signs of progress. After going 12–15 in his first season in 1985–1986, Auriemma would lead UConn to winning seasons in 1987 and 1988. Auriemma pulled off one of his biggest and most important early recruiting successes in 1988 when he convinced an All American from New Hampshire, Kerry Bascom, to come to UConn. Bascom made an immediate impact on the UConn program. In 1989, Bascom won the Big East Player of the Year award as a sophomore and led UConn to its first ever NCAA tournament appearance. UConn would also win its first Big East Regular Season and Tournament Championship. It would be Bascom's first of three Big East Player of the Year awards. With Bascom and role players Laura Lishness, Megan Pattyson, Wendy Davis, and Debbie Baer, UConn made the NCAA Tournament in 1989 and 1990, losing in their first round both years. In Auriemma's 6th season in 1991, the program broke through in a surprising way on the national scene. UConn went 29–5 record, again capturing the Big East regular season and Tournament titles. UConn earned its highest seed in the NCAA Tournament up to then when seeded third in the East. UConn won a thrilling opening round game against Toledo at Gampel Pavilion, 81–80. UConn moved on to the regionals at The Palestra in Auriemma's hometown of Philadelphia. UConn upset heavily favored ACC power NC State in the Sweet 16 and then defeated Clemson 60–57 to advance to their first ever Final Four, also a first for any Big East school. UConn's dream season would end in the National Semi Finals at Lakefront Arena in New Orleans with a 61-55 loss to top seeded Virginia. Bascom was hit with early foul trouble and Virginia held off a late UConn rally. Bascom's career would come to an end, having set UConn's scoring record, a record that would later be broken by the controversial Nykesha Sales lay up in 1998. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Connecticut Huskies women's basketball」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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