2004-05 CONNECTICUT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2003-04 SEASON IN REVIEW ...... 71-102 Table of Contents ...... 2-3 2003-04 Season Notes & Highlights ...... 72-75 This is UConn Basketball...... 4-5 2003-04 Results ...... 76 2004 National Champions ...... 6-7 2003-04 Overall & BIG EAST Stats...... 77 2003 National Champions ...... 8-9 2003-04 BIG EAST Tournament Stats ...... 78 2002 National Champions...... 10-11 2003-04 NCAA Tournament Stats ...... 79 2000 National Champions...... 12-13 2003-04 Season Superlatives ...... 80 1995 National Champions...... 14-15 2003-04 Team Game-by-Game ...... 81 National Attention ...... 16-17 2003-04 Game-by-Game Starters ...... 82 Pipeline to the WNBA ...... 18-19 2003-04 Game-by-Game Individual Highs ...... 83 UConn & USA Basketball...... 20-21 2003-04 BIG EAST Review ...... 84 Home Court Advantage...... 22-23 2003-04 BIG EAST Individual Stat Leaders...... 85 Head Coach Geno Auriemma ...... 24-25 2003-04 BIG EAST Team Stat Leaders ...... 86 Connecticut All-Americans ...... 26-27 2003-04 Week-by-Week Associated Press Polls ...... 87-88 Behind The Scenes ...... 28 2003-04 Week-by-Week ESPN/USA Today Polls ...... 89-90 2003-04 Boxscores ...... 91-102 2004-05 SEASON PREVIEW...... 29-36 2004-05 Quick Facts & Factsheet ...... 30 CONNECTICUT RECORD BOOK ...... 103-122 2004-05 Schedule ...... 31 Single Season Team Records ...... 104-105 2004-05 Roster...... 32 Single Game Team Records ...... 106-107 2004-05 TV/Radio Chart ...... 33 Individual Career Records...... 108-109 2004-05 Season Preview ...... 34-36 Individual Single Season Records ...... 110-111 Individual Single Game Records ...... 112-113 Single Game Milestones ...... 114-115 COACHING STAFF...... 37-48 2,000/1,000 Points Club ...... 116-117 Year-by-Year Statistical Leaders ...... 118-119 Head Coach Geno Auriemma ...... 38-42 Year-by-Year Individual Leaders By Class ...... 120-122 UConn Alumni on Geno Auriemma ...... 43 Associate Head Coach Chris Dailey ...... 44 Q&A with Chris Dailey ...... 45 CONNECTICUT HONOR ROLL ...... 123-134 Assistant Coach Tonya Cardoza...... 46 Connecticut Honor Roll ...... 124-128 Assistant Coach Jamelle Elliott...... 47 National Players of the Year ...... 129-131 Director of Basketball Operations Jack Eisenmann ...... 48 Academic All-America Hall of Fame ...... 132 2004-05 CONNECTICUT HUSKIES ...... 49-70 Connecticut Academic Honor Roll...... 133-134 Ashley Battle...... 50-51 HOME OF CHAMPIONS Stacey Marron ...... 52-53 The University of Connecticut Division of Athletics is truly the "Home Jessica Moore ...... 54-55 of Champions." The most tangible evidence of this came early last Ashley Valley ...... 56-57 April when on consecutive days, UConn won both the NCAA Division I Willnett Crockett ...... 58-59 men's and women's basketball championships. Ann Strother...... 60-61 The phrase "Home of Champions" means much more. For decades, UConn teams have been winning national and conference champi- Barbara Turner...... 62-63 onships while the Division of Athletics has asserted itself as one of the Nicole Wolff...... 64-65 finest in the country. Rashidat Sadiq ...... 66 More importantly, UConn student-athletes have been champions in Charde Houston ...... 67 the classroom and in the community. Thousands of former Huskies Ketia Swanier ...... 68 have now graduated and moved out into the world in every vocation Mel Thomas ...... 69 imaginable. Current UConn student-athletes dedicate hours of their free time to charitable and community organizations around the state. Brittany Hunter ...... 70 It's all part of the UConn Division of Athletics - the "Home of Champions." 2 2004-05 UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS

NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY...... 135-160 ALL-TIME RESULTS...... 205-232 All-Time NCAA Tournament Results ...... 136 Year-by-Year All-Time Results ...... 206-214 Connecticut at Home in the NCAA Tournament ...... 137 National Championship Team Photos ...... 215 Individual NCAA Records ...... 138 All-Time Records vs. Opponents ...... 216-224 Team NCAA Records ...... 139 All-Time Records vs. Conferences ...... 225-226 Year-by-Year NCAA Tournament Recaps/Boxscores ...... 140-160 All-Time Associated Press Final Rankings ...... 227-228 All-Time Week-by-Week Associated Press Rankings ...... 229-230 All-Time vs. Ranked Opponents ...... 231 THE BIG EAST CONFERENCE...... 161-180 Connecticut Coaching History...... 232 The BIG EAST Story ...... 162-163 UConn BIG EAST History ...... 164 UConn BIG EAST Honors ...... 165 UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT ...... 233-278 UConn BIG EAST Tournament History ...... 166 The UConn Story ...... 234-237 All-Time BIG EAST Tournament Results ...... 167-168 21st Century UConn ...... 238-239 New to the BIG EAST ...... 169 President Philip E. Austin...... 240-241 UConn BIG EAST Tournament Championships ...... 170-180 Top Ten Reasons To Attend UConn ...... 242-243 Academic Offerings ...... 244-245 Prominent UConn Alumni ...... 246-247 ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS ...... 181-198 Campus Map/Directions ...... 248-249 All-Time Letterwinners Career Stat List ...... 182-189 State of Connecticut ...... 250-251 All-Time Uniform Numbers ...... 190-191 The “State of UConn” ...... 252-253 State-by-State All-Time Roster...... 192-193 City of Hartford and the Greater Hartford Area ...... 254-255 Where Are They Now? ...... 194-198 Close to Storrs...... 256-257 Mansfield Downtown Partnership ...... 258 2003-04 Athletics Year in Review ...... 259-261 HOME COURT HISTORY ...... 199-204 Director of Athletics Jeffrey A. Hathaway ...... 262-263 Gampel Pavilion ...... 200 Athletics Administrative Staff...... 264 Gampel Pavilion Highs & Lows ...... 201 UConn Head Coaches ...... 265 Hartford Civic Center ...... 202 CPIA Director Bruce Cohen/Athletic Trainer Rosemary Ragle...... 266 Home Postseason Success ...... 203 Strength and Conditioning Program...... 267 National Leaders in Attendance...... 204 A Husky Tradition of Excellence ...... 268 UConn Traditions...... 269 J. Robert Donnelly Sports Museum ...... 270 CREDITS The Mark R. Shenkman Training Center...... 271 The 2004-05 University of Connecticut Women’s Basketball Media Gampel Pavilion ...... 272 Guide was written, laid out and designed by Assistant Athletic Gampel Pavilion Seating Chart ...... 273 Communications Director Randy Press on Quark Express 5.0 with Hartford Civic Center ...... 274 assistance from GO Media. Covers designed by Chad Turner of GO Hartford Civic Center Seating Chart ...... 275 Media. UConn Athletic Facilities ...... 276-277 The UConn Club ...... 278 Special thanks to Chad Turner, Luanne Dunstan, Michael Enright, Leigh Torbin, Kyle Muncy, Courtney Walerius, Jillian Jakuba, Sarah Darras, Robyn Danahy, Bridget Bearden, Sheri Bonnell, Lauren Stowell MEDIA INFORMATION ...... 279-288 McKenzie Lirsin and Andrea Press. Media Services/Policies...... 280 Printing by: AM Lithography of Chicopee, Mass. Athletic Communications Staff ...... 281 Media Outlets/Dining/Lodging ...... 282-283 Photography by: Stephen Slade, Bob Stowell, Jerry Margolis, University Opponent SID Directory ...... 284-285 Communications, NCAA Photos, USA Basketball, Getty Photos, NBA Radio Coverage ...... 286 Entertainment, University of Connecticut Photo Services, The Hartford Television Coverage ...... 287 Courant, New Haven Register, USA Today, New Orleans Times Travel Information ...... 288 Picayune, The BIG EAST Conference, Winstanley Associates (Lenox, Mass.), The Sherry Group, Journal-Inquirer, New London Day, Basketball Hall of Fame, The White House Office of Public Liaison.

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The 2004-05 Connecticut Huskies: (left to right, front row) Barbara Turner, Mel Thomas, Ashley Valley, Geno Auriemma, Ashley Battle, Stacey Marron, Ketia Swanier (left to right, back row) Jack Eisenmann, Jamelle Elliott, Rashidat Sadiq, Nicole Wolff, Ann Strother, Jessica Moore, Brittany Hunter, Willnett Crockett, Charde Houston, Chris Dailey, Tonya Cardoza.

Sarah Darras Robyn Danahy Peggy Myers Bill Sehl Neal Kearney Program Aide Program Aide Program Aide Gampel Pavilion Engineer Cheerleading

Chris Konow Jason Boothroyd Natalie Pedroza Krista Ross Head Manager Manager Manager Manager 28 2004-05 UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE