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1999–2000 Connecticut Huskies Women's Basketball Team
The 1999–2000 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut (UConn) during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by the Hall of Fame head coach Geno Auriemma in his 15th season at UConn, played their home games at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion and the Hartford Civic Center, and were members of the Big East Conference. UConn finished the regular season with a record of 27–1 and went 16–0 in the Big East to win the regular season conference championship. They also won the Big East tournament. Then, they won the NCAA Tournament, defeating Tennessee in the finals to win their second national championship. Roster Listed are the student athletes who were members of the 1999–2000 team. Schedule , - !colspan=12 style="", Regular Season , - !colspan=12 style="", , - !colspan=12 style="", Awards * Geno Auriemma ** WBCA National Coach of the Year ** Naismith Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big East Conference (1979–2013)
The Big East Conference was a List of college athletic conferences, collegiate athletics conference that consisted of as many as 16 universities in the eastern half of the United States from 1979 to 2013. The conference's members participated in 24 National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA sports. The conference had a history of success at the national level in college basketball, basketball throughout its history, while its shorter (1991 to 2013) football program, created by inviting one college and four other "associate members" (their football programs only) into the conference, resulted in two College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS, national championships. In college basketball, basketball, Big East teams made 18 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship#Final Four, Final Four appearances and won 7 NCAA championships as Big East members through 2013 (UConn with three, Georgetown, Syracuse, Louisville and Villanova with one each). Of the Big E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swin Cash
Swintayla Marie Cash Canal (born September 22, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player. She played in college for the University of Connecticut and professionally for 15 years in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and overseas leagues. Since 2019, she has served as vice president of basketball operations and team development for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association. A prolific scorer and rebounder, as well as a capable ball handler and defender, she helped lead the UConn Huskies to national titles in 2000 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, 2000 and 2002 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, 2002. She was drafted second overall in the 2002 WNBA draft by the Detroit Shock, and helped lead the team to championships in 2003 WNBA Finals, 2003 and 2006 WNBA Finals, 2006. She won a third championship with the Seattle Storm in 2010 WNBA Finals, 2010, and also played for the Chicago Sky and New York Libert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney's Wide World Of Sports Complex
The ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex is a multi-purpose sports complex located at Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, United States, near Orlando. The complex allows families to combine tournaments and competition with a visit to vacation destinations in the area. The complex includes nine venues and hosts numerous professional and amateur sporting events throughout the year. In reference to the weekly ABC Sports television show, '' Wide World of Sports'' (Disney bought ABC in 1996), the complex was originally known as Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex from 1997 until 2010, when it was rebranded with the name of the Disney-owned ESPN. The complex is a part of the sports tourism emerging market. The complex is mainly used for AAU tournaments; however, many prominent professional sporting events have taken place here, including the 2020 NBA Bubble, MLS is Back Tournament, 2016 Invictus Games, Pro Bowl skills competition from 2017 to 2020, 1997 U.S. Men's Clay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois Fighting Illini Women's Basketball
The Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Big Ten Conference. Home games are played at Assembly Hall (Champaign), State Farm Center, located on University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign's campus in Champaign, Illinois, Champaign. Season-by-season results Sources: * B1G 2014–2015 Standings * B1G Record Book * Big Ten Women's Basketball Statistics , -style="background: #ffffdd;" , colspan="8" align="center" , Big Ten Conference Postseason results NCAA tournament results The Fighting Illini have appeared in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament ten times. Their overall combined record is 9–10. WBIT results The Fighting Illini have played in the Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT) one time, winning it in 2024 Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament, 2024. Their combined record is 5–0. Coachin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storrs, Connecticut
Storrs ( ) is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in the New England town, town of Mansfield, Connecticut, Mansfield in eastern Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The village is part of the Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, Capitol Planning Region. The population was 15,979 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Storrs is dominated economically and demographically by the main campus of the University of Connecticut and the associated Connecticut Repertory Theatre. History Storrs was named after Charles and Augustus Storrs, two brothers who founded the University of Connecticut (originally called the Storrs Agricultural College) by giving the land () and $6,000 in 1881. In the aftermath of September 2005's Hurricane Katrina, ''Slate (magazine), Slate'' named Storrs "America's Best Place to Avoid Death Due to Natural Disaster." Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the community has an area of 14.9 km (5.7 mi2), of which 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pepperdine Waves Women's Basketball
The Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, United States. The school's team currently competes in the West Coast Conference. The team's last appearance in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament was in 2006. Their home arena is the Firestone Fieldhouse, a multi-purpose facility that hosts basketball, volleyball, and many other athletic and university events. They share this facility with the Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team. Postseason Results The Waves have made the NCAA Tournament four times (2000, 2002, 2003, 2006) and the WNIT six times (1999, 2001, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2019). As of the end of the 2015–16 season, the Waves had an all-time record of 622–579. NCAA tournament results The Waves have appeared in the NCAA tournament four times. NIT results The Waves have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) is an annua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Dominion Lady Monarchs Basketball
The Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball team (formerly the Lady Monarchs) represents Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. The team currently competes in the NCAA Division I as a member of the Sun Belt Conference. The ODU Monarchs women's basketball team contributed to the initial rise in popularity of women's intercollegiate basketball in the United States in the 1970s. Women's college basketball was organized under the auspices of the AIAW in the early 1970s, at a time when competitive power was distributed among small colleges that had established a niche (such as Immaculata University, Immaculata, Delta State University, Delta State, West Chester University, West Chester State, Wayland Baptist and Stephen F. Austin State University, Stephen F. Austin). ODU won two AIAW national championships in 1979 and 1980 in dominating fashion with star players, Nancy Lieberman and Anne Donovan. Led by Medina Dixon and Tracy Claxton, ODU won the 1985 NCAA Division I women's bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The city, located in Hartford County, Connecticut, Hartford County, had a population of 121,054 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Hartford is the most populous city in the Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, Capitol Planning Region and the core city of the Greater Hartford metropolitan area with 1.17 million residents. Founded in 1635, Hartford is among the oldest cities in the United States. It is home to the country's oldest public art museum (Wadsworth Atheneum), the oldest publicly funded park (Bushnell Park), the oldest continuously published newspaper (the ''Hartford Courant''), the second-oldest secondary school (Hartford Public High School), and the oldest school for deaf children (American School for the Deaf), founded by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet in 1817. It is the location of the Mark Twain House, in which the author Mark Twain wrote his most famous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kentucky Wildcats Women's Basketball
The Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represents the University of Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference. The Wildcats have four Elite Eight appearances and seventeen appearances in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. They have won the SEC women's basketball tournament, SEC tournament twice and SEC regular season championship once. The first University of Kentucky women's basketball team was organized in 1902, and competed for the first time on Feb. 21, 1903. However, in 1924, despite a perfect 10-0 season, the University Senate passed a bill to abolish women's basketball in part because, according to state politicians, "basketball had proven to be a strenuous sport for boys and therefore was too strenuous for girls." After 50 years, women's basketball was granted varsity status in 1974, and most of the official records maintained by the university only reflect games since that time. The team, coached by Sue Feamster, was given the nickname "Lady Kats", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iowa City, Iowa
Iowa City is the largest city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States, and its county seat. At the time of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census the population was 74,828, making it the state's List of cities in Iowa, fifth-most populous city. The Iowa City metropolitan area, which encompasses Johnson and Washington County, Iowa, Washington counties, has a population of over 171,000. The metro area is also a part of a combined statistical area with the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Cedar Rapids metro area known as the Iowa City-Cedar Rapids region which collectively has a population of nearly 500,000. Iowa City is the home of the University of Iowa. It was the second capital of the Iowa Territory and the first capital city of the State of Iowa; the Iowa Old Capitol Building, Old Capitol building is a National Historic Landmark in the center of the University of Iowa campus. The University of Iowa Art Museum and Plum Grove Historic House, Plum Grove, the home of the first governor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carver–Hawkeye Arena
The Carver–Hawkeye Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Iowa City, Iowa. Opened in 1983, it is the home court for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes men's and women's basketball teams, as well as the university's wrestling and gymnastics teams. It was named for the late industrialist Roy J. Carver of Muscatine, Iowa, a prominent statewide booster who donated $9.2 million to the University of Iowa before his death in 1981.''Carver–Hawkeye Arena: Celebrating 25 Years.'' University of Iowa, 2008. Prior to the arena's opening, Iowa's athletic teams played at the Iowa Field House. History Prior to playing in Carver–Hawkeye Arena, Iowa teams played in Close Hall (1902–1905) and then the first Iowa Armory (1905–1922). The first Armory was at the site of the current UI Communications Center building currently sits, across from the Library on the East Side of the Iowa River. Iowa teams moved to the second Iowa Armory (1922–1926), and then to the adjoining Iowa F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
