What do these teams have in common?

[Vowelguy]

ACC: Clemson, Duke, UNC, notre dame, Louisville, NC State, Virginia
SEC: LSU, Tenn, Vandy
Oth: Iowa St, LaSalle, Stanford

 

[triaddukefan]

Can i answer, or should i wait a few minutes ?

 

[Vowelguy]

Can i answer, or should i wait a few minutes ?

Knock yourself out.

 

[UConnChapette]

ACC: Clemson, Duke, UNC, notre dame, Louisville, NC State, Virginia
SEC: LSU, Tenn, Vandy
Oth: Iowa St, LaSalle, Stanford

Oh! I see what you did there

 

[Vowelguy]

Oh! I see what you did there

actually nothing intentional about that. was hard to go back and correct the lack of caps on my ipad.

 

[triaddukefan]

I was gonna say all are teams that have been eliminated by UCONN in the WCBB tournament... but then I thought about it... wasnt sure if you guys got revenge on Iowa State after the 1999 defeat.

 

[UConnCat]

I was gonna say all are teams that have been eliminated by UCONN in the WCBB tournament... but then I thought about it... wasnt sure if you guys got revenge on Iowa State after the 1999 defeat.

Yes indeed. Sweet sixteen 2010: UConn 74 Iowa State 36.

 

[triaddukefan]

Yes indeed. Sweet sixteen 2010: UConn 74 Iowa State 36.

Did yall beat Florida State in the regional final that year ? Or was that 2009

 

[Vowelguy]

I was gonna say all are teams that have been eliminated by UCONN in the WCBB tournament...

Perhaps true, but not what we're going for.

 

[UcMiami]

Too easy - they are all inferior to Uconn in WCBB.
Next!

 

[triaddukefan]

Too easy - they are all inferior to Uconn in WCBB.
Next!

 

[Vowelguy]

Too easy - they are all inferior to Uconn in WCBB.
Next!

Let me rephrase:

What do these teams - and only these teams - have in common?

 

[Icebear]

They all beat UCONN in the NCAAs.

 

[Vowelguy]

They all beat UCONN in the NCAAs.

Correct!
These are the ONLY schools to ever beat UConn in the NCAAs.

 

[triaddukefan]

Correct!
These are the ONLY schools to ever beat UConn in the NCAAs.

In what sport ?

 

[Icebear]

Tiddlywinks

 

[triaddukefan]

I remember all of those losses except for Vandy, Louisville, Clemson, and Lasalle.. I assume Clemson was in the early 1990s..... Vanderbilt in the same time period... Lasalle ??

 

[Vowelguy]

I remember all of those losses except for Vandy, Louisville, Clemson, and Lasalle.. I assume Clemson was in the early 1990s..... Vanderbilt in the same time period... Lasalle ??

LaSalle - 1989
Clemson - 1990
Virginia - 1991
Vandy - 1992
Louisville - 1993

 

[msf22b]

.. Lasalle ??

Tom Gola?

 

[Vowelguy]

Louisville - 1993

That was the last time UConn was less than a 3 seed. (#6)
And the lowest seed to ever beat UConn (#11)

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

LaSalle - 1989
Clemson - 1990
Virginia - 1991
Vandy - 1992
Louisville - 1993

Gosh, Clemson in 1990 probably still had Annie Tribble as their coach.

 

[Icebear]

Gosh, Clemson in 1990 probably still had Annie Tribble as their coach.

Then came the trouble with Tribble and we know how that plays out.

 

[Ozzie Nelson]

Tom Gola?

great memory....thanks

 

[loneycafe]

Correct!
These are the ONLY schools to ever beat UConn in the NCAAs.

That 1998 win, which sent the Wolfpack Women to its 1st Final Four, was special to Kay Yow, and she used it to encourage Goestenkors. Yow talked about the 1998 win and that 1991 loss to UConn in this interview before she died.

What are some of your most memorable moments at NC State?
 Our first victory against UNC was in my first year (the 1975—76 season). It was in January at home. It was the first televised women’s game in the state of North Carolina. We won that game, and it was our first really big game. Along the way, we beat some teams that were ranked No. 1 in the nation. Anytime we beat a team ranked No. 1, that is a memorable experience. I remember the tournament victories most of all. In 1980 we won our first ACC championship. In 1985, we won. In 1987. In 1991. That 1991 team, talentwise, was probably the best team we ever had. But when we were in the Sweet 16, we had one bad game, and it probably cost us going to the Final Four and having the chance to win the national championship. That loss lingered over us for a long time. It was a terrible loss.

What do you tell a team after a loss like that?
 What is delayed is not denied. Connecticut had beat us that game in 1991, and that win over us is one of the things that thrust their program forward. Then, in 1998, it was Connecticut we beat to go to the Final Four. Of course, we were very much the underdog and weren’t supposed to beat them. It was a great thrill. Somehow it helped everybody on the 1991 team.

 

[wallman]

Great memories, thanks VG.