2009 national championship: undefeated .2839.E2.80.930.29 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball
the players, coaches, , other staff of 2008–09 uconn huskies, winners of 2009 national championship, honored @ white house president barack obama on april 27, 2009.
for third consecutive year uconn recruited top ranked high school player in elena delle donne, shortly before enrolling @ uconn delle donne requested release scholarship, giving basketball in order stay closer home , play volleyball @ university of delaware; delle donne play basketball @ delaware, having great college career culminated in #2 pick @ 2013 wnba draft. despite losing delle donne huskies ranked #1 in preseason polls, having returned 10 players 2008 final 4 team (including all-americans maya moore, renee montgomery , tina charles), in addition kalana greene recovered knee injury.
uconn finished regular season undefeated 5th time in school history 30–0 record. won 17th big east regular season title , 15th big east tournament title beating louisville cardinals. huskies advanced 10th final 4 83–64 victory on arizona state, , 6th ncaa championship game in program history defeating stanford, score of 83–64. in championship game uconn defeated louisville 76–54 behind charles 25 points , 19 boards, ending season perfect 39–0 record (with every victory @ least 10 points, record of own) , sixth national title.
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