The Huskies visited President Obama and the White House for the 2nd year in a row to celebrate their 2nd straight undefeated season this afternoon. President Obama gushed about how much he thinks of the Huskies saying, "I was telling them Michelle and I work out in the morning -- see, we got a little gym here in the White House -- and we just watch 'SportsCenter,' I know you'll be surprised that we don't watch the news shows. But -- this is really true. You know, during the entire season, I just kept on repeating -- and I truly believe -- this was the best team in all of sports, any sport, any gender, by far."

Today UConn All-American Maya Moore picked up another National Player of the Year award. Moore picked up the 2010 Honda Award for Women's College Basketball and is now eligible for the 2010 Honda-Broderick Cup honoring the Top Female Athlete in all of women's college sports. The 2010 Honda-Broderick Cup winner will be announced some time in June.

Today UConn All-American Tina Charles won the prestigous 2010 John R. Wooden Award edging out last year's winner and UConn teammate Moore by one point (the closest margin ever). Both Charles and Moore were named to the 2009-10 John R. Wooden All-American Team along with Nebraska's Kelsey Griffin and Stanford's Jayne Appel and Nnemkadi Ogwumike.

And with the 13th Overall Pick in the 2010 WNBA Draft the New York Liberty select....

Kalana Greene from the University of Connecticut!!!!

Congrats, KG...you deserve it!!!

And with the 1st Overall Pick in the 2010 WNBA Draft the Connecticut Sun select....

Tina Charles from the University of Connecticut!!!!

She joins former UConn teammate Renee Montgomery along with former UConn star Asjha Jones and becomes the 3rd UConn player to be selected as the #1 Overall Draft Pick (Sue Bird - '02 and Taurasi - '04). Congrats, Tina Baby...you deserve it!!!

1-seed (1/1) Connecticut Huskies (39-0, 19-0 BE)

Results: Connecticut 53, Stanford 47
Player of the Game: Jr. W Maya Moore (23p, 11r, 1a, 37m)
Defensive Player of the Game: Sr. C Tina Charles (9dr, 1s, 6b, 38m)
Freshman Player of the Game: Fr. G Kelly Faris (7r, 2s, 25m)
Stat of the Game: FT Shooting: UConn 9-22 (41%), Stanford 3-4 (75%)

2009-10 NCAA Women's Basketball National Champions!!!

2010 Final Four All-Tournament Team:
Sr. C Tina Charles, Connecticut
Jr. W Maya Moore, Connecticut (Most Outstanding Player)
So. F Nnemkadi Ogwumike, Stanford
Jr. W Kayla Pedersen, Stanford
Jr. G Danielle Robinson, Oklahoma

Game notes (pdf) for today's NCAA National Championship game vs. 1-seed (2/2) Stanford Cardinal (36-1).

Event: 2010 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament
Location: Alamodome (San Antonio, TX)
Time: 8:32pm (ET)
TV: ESPN
Radio: WTIC/NewsTalk 1080
Internet: ESPN3
Live Stats: Gametracker

Still rolling in...

The Atlanta Tipoff Club announced today that Connecticut's Tina Charles was named winner of the 2009-10 Naismith National Player of the Year Trophy in Women's College Basketball presented by AT&T. The 2009-10 BIG EAST Player of the Year becomes the 5th UConn player to win the Naismith Trophy (Lobo - '95; Bird - '02; Taurasi - '03,'04; Moore - '09).

1-seed (1/1) Connecticut Huskies (38-0, 19-0 BE)

Results: Connecticut 70, Baylor 50
Player of the Game: Jr. W Maya Moore (34p, 12r, 1a, 2s, 1b, 39m)
Defensive Player of the Game: Sr. C Tina Charles (8dr, 1s, 2b, 39m)
Freshman Player of the Game: Fr. G Kelly Faris (2r, 6a, 27m)
Stat of the Game: 2nd Chance Pts.: UConn 16, Baylor 0

Game notes (pdf) for today's NCAA Final 4 game vs. 4-seed (14/18) Baylor Lady Bears (27-9).

Event: 2010 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament
Location: Alamodome (San Antonio, TX)
Time: 9:34pm (ET)
TV: ESPN
Radio: WTIC/NewsTalk 1080
Internet: ESPN360
Live Stats: Gametracker

And they haven't stopped rolling in....

Today UConn's Sr. C Tina Charles was named the 2009-10 Associated Press Women's National Player of the Year. Charles received 33 out of the 40 possible votes and her UConn teammate Maya Moore finished 2nd in the voting with 4 votes.  Charles becomes the 7th UConn player ever to win the award after a stellar senior year and will have her name hang high above the Gampel Pavilion court in Storrs, Conn., with past winners Rebecca Lobo, Kara Wolters, Diana Taurasi, Jennifer Rizzotti, Moore, and Sue Bird. UConn Head Coach Auriemma finished 2nd in the voting with 10 out of the 40 possible votes (Nebraska Head Coach Connie Yori won the 2009-10 AP National Coach of the Year after receiving 28 votes).

The 2009-10 State Farm All-America Team was announced today as well as the recipient of the prestigious 2010 State Farm Wade Trophy. For the 2nd consecutive season, the winner of the Wade Trophy is UConn's Super Star Maya Moore. She becomes only the third player to ever win the Wade Trophy twice(Nancy Lieberman and Seimone Augustus), which is the highest player of the year honor in women's college basketball. Congratulations Maya, you deserve it!!!

2009-10 State Farm Wade Trophy Winner:
Jr. W Maya Moore, Connecticut
 

2009-10 State Farm All-America Team:
Sr. C Jayne Appel, Stanford
Sr. C Tina Charles, Connecticut
Jr. F Victoria Dunlap, Kentucky
Sr. F Kelsey Griffin, Nebraska
RJr. F Amber Harris, Xavier
Jr. C Jantel Lavender, Ohio State
Jr. W Maya Moore, Connecticut
So. F Nnemkadi Ogwumike, Stanford
Jr. G Danielle Robinson, Oklahoma
Sr. G Monica Wright, Virginia

And the awards have started...

Today Connecticut's Super Star Sr. C Tina Charles won her first National Player of the Year award as she was named the 2009-10 USBWA National Player of the Year. Charles and UConn teammate Maya Moore were named to the 2009-10 USBWA All-America Team.

2009-10 USBWA National Player of the Year:
Sr. C Tina Charles, Connecticut
2009-10 USBWA National Coach of the Year:
Connie Yori, Nebraska
2009-10 USBWA National Freshman of the Year:
Fr. C Brittney Griner, Baylor

2009-10 USBWA All-America Team:
Sr. C Jayne Appel, Stanford
Sr. C Tina Charles, Connecticut
Sr. F Alysha Clark, Middle Tenn State
Jr. F Victoria Dunlap, Kentucky
Sr. F Kelsey Griffin, Nebraska
Jr. C Jantel Lavender, Ohio State
Jr. W Maya Moore, Connecticut
So. F Nnemkadi Ogwumike, Stanford
Jr. G Jasmine Thomas, Duke 
Sr. G Monica Wright, Virginia

San Antonio here we come....

Party on the RiverWalk @ the 2010 NCAA Women's Final Four!!!

National Semifinals:
Sunday, April 4, 2010

1 Stanford vs. 3 Oklahoma, ESPN 7:00 pm
1 Connecticut vs. 4 Baylor, ESPN 9:30 pm

1-seed (1/1) Connecticut Huskies (37-0, 19-0 BE)

Results: Connecticut 90, Florida State 50
Player of the Game: Sr. C Tina Charles (20p, 14r, 3a, 4b, 28m)
Defensive Player of the Game: Sr. C Tina Charles (9dr, 4b, 28m)
Freshman Player of the Game: Fr. G Kelly Faris (4p, 3r, 4a, 3s, 18m)
Stat of the Game: Pts. in the Paint: UConn 38, FSU 14

It's Unanimous...

For the 3rd consecutive season UConn's Maya Moore was named an AP First Team All-American, and for the 2nd year in a row she was a unanimous pick (receiving all 200 total votes from the 40-member panel). However, this time she wasn't the only unanimous pick as she was joined on the First Team by unanimous selection and UConn teammate Tina Charles. Today both were named to the 2009-10 Associated Press All-America Teams along with teammate Kalana Greene who was named All-American Honorable Mention.

2009-10 AP All America Teams:
First Team:
Sr. C Tina Charles, Connecticut*
Sr. F Kelsey Griffin, Nebraska
Jr. C Jantel Lavendar, Ohio State
Jr. W Maya Moore, Connecticut*
Sr. G Monica Wright, Virginia 

Second Team:
Sr. C Jayne Appel, Stanford
Sr. F Alysha Clark, Middle Tenn State
Fr. C Brittney Griner, Baylor
So. F Nnemkadi Ogwumike, Stanford
Sr. G Andrea Riley, Oklahoma State

Third Team:
Fr. F Elena Delle Donne, Delaware
Jr. F Victoria Dunlap, Kentucky
Sr. F Amber Harris, Xavier
Jr. G Danielle Robinson, Oklahoma
Jr. G Jasmine Thomas, Duke

* unanimous pick

Game notes (pdf) for today's NCAA Elite 8 game vs. 3-seed (11/11) Florida State Seminoles (29-5).

Event: 2010 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament
Location: UD Arena (Dayton, OH)
Time: 7:04pm (ET)
TV: ESPN
Radio: WTIC/NewsTalk 1080
Internet: ESPN360
Live Stats: Gametracker

1-seed (1/1) Connecticut Huskies (36-0, 19-0 BE)

Results: Connecticut 74, Iowa State 36
Player of the Game: Jr. W Maya Moore (25p, 6r, 3a, 3s, 20m)
Defensive Player of the Game: Fr. G Kelly Faris (2dr, 1s, 2b, 21m)
Freshman Player of the Game: Fr. G Kelly Faris (16p, 4r, 2a, 1s, 2b, 21m)
Stat of the Game: Fast Break Pts.: UConn 20, Iowa State 0

Game notes (pdf) for today's NCAA Sweet 16 game vs. 4-seed (16/16) Iowa State Cyclones (25-7).

Event: 2010 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament
Location: UD Arena (Dayton, OH)
Time: 12:04pm (ET)
TV: ESPN
Radio: WTIC/NewsTalk 1080
Internet: ESPN360
Live Stats: Gametracker

Great Recruiting News!!!

Today 5'9 Jr. G Brianna Banks (Newnan, GA) verbally committed to the Huskies becoming the 2nd member of next year's class. Banks is the 28th-ranked player (overall) and 7th-ranked guard by HoopGurlz.  Banks received a scholarship offer a few weeks ago while on an unofficial visit to campus and chose UConn over LSU. Welcome to Storrs, Brianna!!