Top 5 historic wins

[HuskyNan]

I appreciate that CBS Sports is spending time talking about women’s hoops and UConn but there are more significant games than some listed in the article below and one, the 2016 championship, misses the historic point. I would have a different list, except for #1. While CBS Sports posts important wins, my list is for historic dates

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1. 4/2/95 vs Tennessee. David defeats Goliath, jump starts rivalry that grew the game. Any arguments with this choice?
2. 11/4/16 vs Florida State. UConn wins its 111th consecutive game. This is an astonishing record that, IMO, will never be broken
3. 4/5/16 vs Syracuse. This championship game gave the Huskies their fourth consecutive chamipionship. Only Tennessee and UConn had as many as three. The graduating class of Stewie, Moriah, and Morgan had an NCAA record 151 wins (and 5 losses) in their college careers and Stewie had a record 4 NCAA Tourney MOPs
4. 12/30/10 vs Stanford. Stanford ended the other UConn undefeated run, a 90 game stretch that included two undefeated national championships. I’m pretty sure this record is safe, too
5. 2/8/23 vs Marquette. This game, a loss, marked the end of a nearly 30 year run in which the Huskies had not lost consecutive games. 30 years!

There are others as well, these are just the ones that immediately popped into my head. What’s your list of historic UConn games?

 

[BBallF]

1. Definitely agree with 4/2/95 as #1.
2. Definitely agree as to 11/4/16.
3) 04/06/04- Diana's threepeat.
4) Definitely agree as to 04/05/16.
5) 01/16/95- the most important game in the history of womens college basketball.

 

[Vowelguy]

• The 2003 NC game -- the remarkable end to a season absolutely no one expected.
• (also the OT win over Tenn and SF win over Tex that season).
• I'd add the 2000 NC whipping of Tenn. When you've won only 1, there's doubts about if you can do it again. Doing so in emphatic fashion over the Vols established that the Huskies were for real.
• 2024 regional final over USC. given the injury devastation that year, a truly incredible return to the F4

 

[Centerstream]

1. 2/8/23 vs Marquette. This game, a loss, marked the end of a nearly 30 year run in which the Huskies had not lost consecutive games. 30 years!

There are others as well, these are just the ones that immediately popped into my head. What’s your list of historic UConn games?

You truly, IMO, are a fantastic Husky fan, HuskyNan. I haven't followed UConn WBB nearly as long as most BYers, so I am not going to offer a list. But it takes a special type of fan to include a loss in their top 5 historic UConn games even though I understand your reasoning.

 

[Gus Mahler]

• The 2003 NC game -- the remarkable end to a season absolutely no one expected.
• (also the OT win over Tenn and SF win over Tex that season).
• I'd add the 2000 NC whipping of Tenn. When you've won only 1, there's doubts about if you can do it again. Doing so in emphatic fashion over the Vols established that the Huskies were for real.
• 2024 regional final over USC. given the injury devastation that year, a truly incredible return to the F4

I agree with bullet #3. I think UConn became UConn with the win over TN in the 2000 NC game. The four in a row story is the bomb, but the 2000 NC was the first of four out of five, a nifty feat in its own right. And what if Shea and Svet hadn't gotten hurt?

 

[Puppy Love]

I don’t if it was ‘historic’, but the blizzard game is near the top of my list of UConn memories. When 15,000 people, all of whom should have had the sense to stay home (myself included), come out in a raging snowstorm for a basketball game, it’s pretty special.