2000 national championship Connecticut Huskies women's basketball
motivated previous disappointing season, uconn came in 1999–2000 clear goal of reaching championship level again. led upperclassmen shea ralph, kelly schumacher, svetlana abrosimova , tass force (the k dropped when keirsten walters had give basketball due knee problems), uconn went through regular season 27–1 record, loss being single-point defeat tennessee @ home—uconn had beaten tennessee earlier in season in knoxville, , first year teams met twice. huskies advanced first final 4 since 1996 , beat penn state in semifinals, reaching lady vols championship game in auriemma s hometown of philadelphia. despite 2 regular season meetings being close battles, uconn used tenacious defense , backdoor cuts overwhelm tennessee 71–52 second national championship. connecticut s final season record 36–1 , shea ralph named final 4 s mvp.
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