Women's Basketball

University of Connecticut

- Storrs, CT - 06269
Team Office: Tel: (860) 486-3531 Fax: (860) 486-5085
Team website: www.uconnhuskies.com/

Founded in 1881, the University of Connecticut originally served as a school of agriculture. Currently, the school ranks among the best research universities, having a Carnegie Level 1 status. The university conveys undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees with Bachelor degrees in over 100 different fields, nearly 70 Master's, and over 50 PhD's. Majors offered include Theatre Design and Technology, Real Estate, Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Landscape Architecture, and Crop Science. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Connecticut 64th among national institutions.

The campus is located in suburban Storrs (pop.11k) outside of Hartford, midway between New York and Boston.

School website
www.uconn.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

22,000

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult. SAT 25/75: 1090-1290

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$18,000
Out-of-State: ~$31,000

Most Popular Majors

Business - Social Sciences - Health

Misc. Information

Head coach Gene Auriemma enters his 22nd season at UCONN in 2007-08. When Auriemma inherited the team, the Huskies had one winning season in the previous 11 years and averaged a paltry 8 wins per season. Except for Auriemma's first year, UCONN has had a winning season every year since. During the 90's, UCONN averaged an incredible 30 wins per season, won two national championships, dominated the Big East with a 159-17 record, and went to the NCAA tourney every year. Auriemma's overall record of 621-120 ranks him first among active D1 coaches in winning percentage. He is the second fastest coach to win 500 games. Auriemma was a 1981 graduate of West Chester where he majored in Political Science. Auriemma broke into the coaching ranks at his high school alma mater, Bishop Kenrick, and later served as an assistant coach at the University of Virginia before coming to UCONN in 1985-86. In 2006-07, the Huskies went 32-4 and made it to the NCAA Elite 8 before being upended by LSU.

Team Name	Huskies
Colors	Blue and White
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record	713-282 (.716)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	32-4	32-5	25-8	175-9 (.951)
Conference	16-0	14-2	13-3	77-3 (.962)
Conf. Finish	1	2	3	1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Post Appear.	Elite 8	Elite 8	Swt 16	NCAA 5x
Final 25 Rank	#4	#8	#10	5x

Coaches

Head Coach	Geno Auriemma
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Connecticut	1985-86
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	621-120 (.838)
Record at Connecticut	621-120 (.838)
Coaching Awards	Big East COTY 6x, Victor Award 3x, Naismith COTY 4

Asst. Coaches	Chris Dailey, Tonya Cardoza, Jamelle Elliott

Recruiting Coordinator

Chris Dailey, Ph. (860) 486-4756, dailey@athletics.ath.uconn.edu

Conference and Schedule

UCONN plays in the Big East which is now comprised of 17 teams. The Big East currently represents the majority of the large, athletically competitive private Catholic schools. League play, which consists of 16 games, starts after the first of the year. UCONN will play three opponents twice, 10 once, and 3 none at all. (This will change in 2007-08; Big East teams will play everyone once and three teams twice.) The season concludes with the Big East tourney with the winner being an automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament.

Conference Opponents

St. John's, Providence, Villanova, Syracuse, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Seton Hall, South Florida, Marquette, DePaul, Cincinnati, Georgetown, West Virginia, Rutgers, and Louisville

Facilities

Gampel Pavillion
Capacity 10,000 Average attendance (?)

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, Connecticut was ranked #15 scoring defense, limiting opponents to 55.6 ppg. In 2006-07, UCONN was ranked 15th at 55.2. They were also ranked 8th in offense at 77.3 ppg.