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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 2401013, member: 6927"] Since Adia Barnes was hired at her alma mater, I've heard multiple times that she continues to hold the program's all-time scoring record. My curiosity was piqued by this, and I recently took a bit of a dive into the history books of the Arizona WBB program. U of A has known precious little success in women's basketball. But a 5'11" undersized post player named Adia Barnes, playing under coach Joan Bonvicini, led the program to what remains its greatest success to date. In Barnes's sophomore year in 1996, Arizona won the WNIT, and in the following year made its first NCAA tournament appearance, losing in the 2nd round. In 1998, her senior year, Arizona finished the regular season at 21-6 and 14-4 in the Pac-10. Barnes was named Pac-10 POY and a USBWA All-American (the only time an Arizona player has won either honor, as far as I can tell). Arizona received a #3 seed in the NCAA tournament and advanced to the Sweet 16, where they played #2 seed UConn in Dayton. This was the first—and still to this day the only—time that these two programs have met. Thanks to the wonderful uconnhuskygames site, it was thrill to watch this blast from the past. The starting lineup for UConn: [ATTACH=full]25877[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]