Maya Moore helped the Huskies get back to the Final Four after Connecticut lost 13 games over three seasons and failed to advance past the Elite Eight. Maya Moore is the UConn all-time leading scorer.
Moore is the most prolific scorer in UConn history and ranks second in rebounds, fourth in steals and fourth in made 3-pointers. Additionally, she is second in assists, third in made 3-point shots and 13th in blocks. Taurasi is one of eleven players in program history to score over 2,000 career points and she ranks ninth all-time in points scored. Taurasi was awarded the Wade Trophy in her junior season. Taurasi took up the mantle of best player in women’s college basketball by winning championships in her junior and senior seasons while also taking home two Naismith Awards and two Honda Sports Awards. Diana Taurasi won three straight national titles in her collegiate career.ĭiana Taurasi was a sophomore starter alongside Sue Bird during their championship-winning season in 2002. Taurasi won both the Naismith Award and the Honda Sports Award as a junior and repeated for those honors as a senior. As a senior, Bird won additional big individual awards: Player of the Year, Wade Trophy, Honda Sports Award, and Naismith Award.īird’s ranks 36th in UConn scoring history, sixth in assists and 13th in steals. In her sophomore season, Bird was awarded the inaugural Nancy Lieberman award, given to the nation’s top point guard, and subsequently won the award in the next two seasons. Bird amassed a 114-4 record throughout her college career including a 39-0 season. Sue Bird tore her ACL eight games into her freshman year and then went on to win three Big East regular-season and conference titles, reach the Final Four three times and win two national championships.
Sue Bird shot 49 percent on 3-pointers in her sophomore season. 5 Connecticut Huskies:īird was awarded the inaugural Nancy Lieberman award as a sophomore. Here’s the all-time starting five for the No. At Swish Appeal, we are taking a look at the best all-time starting lineups for each of those programs. Last season, the top five women’s basketball teams in the nation were the South Carolina Gamecocks, Oregon Ducks, Baylor Lady Bears, Maryland Terrapins and UConn Huskies.
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