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Author: Terese Karmel
Publisher: Insiders' Guide (CT)
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780762735013
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A collection of great moments in the history of UConn's women's basketball by a veteran sportswriter.
Author: Jeff Goldberg
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2015-03
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 0803274408
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →For twelve years the women's basketball rivalry between UConn and Tennessee was the most iconic matchup in women's sports. Even now, twenty years since the annual series started, the competition between these two storied programs still provokes heated argument and bitter resentment. Led by Hall of Fame coaches Geno Auriemma and Pat Summitt, UConn and Tennessee combined for nine national championships, with the UConn Huskies winning five--including four against the Tennessee Lady Vols. In all, UConn won thirteen of twenty-two matchups during the rivalry, and along the way the two coaches--with distinctive and brash personalities and a shared determination to rule their sport--clashed privately and publicly, generating enough heat to make women's basketball relevant in the national sports landscape as never before. On the court, the two teams produced a series of memorable games, from overtime thrillers to timeless classics that defined the sport. Off the court, the coaches' encounters were often marked by their seemingly genuine dislike for each other, until the conflict reached a breaking point in 2007 and Summitt stunned the basketball world by canceling the series for reasons neither side has ever revealed. Now, eight years after the last game, Unrivaled uncovers the on-court and behind-the-scenes story of this intensely personal rivalry between coaches, players, and the two most passionate fan bases women's sports has ever known.
Author: Hartford Courant
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9781582619019
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Jim Shea
Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780679448877
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Shea details exactly how the UConn Huskies women's team went from being perennial losers to national champions and the men's team has achieved one of the most elite basketball programs in the country, winning three years in a row in the Big East. of photos.
Author: John Walters
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780971699908
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Peter F. Burns
Publisher: UPNE
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 533
ISBN-13: 1555537936
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →How Jim Calhoun made the University of Connecticut a basketball powerhouse and became the greatest coach of his generation
Author: Jeff Goldberg
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2011-03-01
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 0803235402
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →On March 6, 2001, the top two women’s college basketball teams in the nation, UConn and Notre Dame, played what was arguably the greatest game in the history of the sport. When UConn’s Sue Bird hit a twelve-foot pull-up jumper at the buzzer over national player of the year Ruth Riley in the Big East Tournament championship game, it marked the end of an epic contest that featured five future Olympians and eight first-round WNBA selections. Bird at the Buzzer re-creates this unique season with a detailed account of the games that led up to—and beyond—the tournament finale; profiles of the two coaches, UConn’s Geno Auriemma and Notre Dame’s Muffet McGraw; close-ups of the players who made the year so memorable; and, finally, an in-depth recap of the game worthy of being designated ESPN’s first-ever women’s basketball “Instant Classic.” Author Jeff Goldberg shows us the drama on the court and behind the scenes as the big game pitted Riley and the upstarts from Notre Dame against what many believed was the most talented team in UConn history, under Hall of Fame coach Auriemma. A see-saw affair in which neither team led by more than eight points, the 2001 Big East championship game encapsulates the quintessential inside story of the individual talents and skills, team spirit and smarts, and the moment-by-moment realities of college athletics that made this season a snapshot of sports at its finest.
Author: Thomas Carothers
Publisher: SportsZone
Published: 2018-09
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781641852821
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Learn more about coach Geno Auriemma and the record-breaking University of Connecticut women's basketball program. The title features informative sidebars, a timeline, a glossary, and team file filled with awards and records held by team members.
Author: Geno Auriemma
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2008-12-14
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 044655491X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Controversial, confrontational, and driven, Coach Geno Auriemma is a force to be reckoned with -- and the most accomplished male coach in women's basketball today. In his relentless quest for excellence at the University of Connecticut, he has led the Huskies to five national championships. Yet his soul never rests. For Auriemma, life affords only the briefest moments of happiness -- a good round of golf, forty minutes of great basketball, a day at the beach with his family, a nice glass of wine -- while disaster is seemingly always waiting to strike. It's a fatalistic philosophy, a remnant of his hardscrabble early years, but it's an outlook that has driven him to unparalleled success. In this deeply personal memoir, Geno Auriemma reveals for the first time the man behind the legend. He talks candidly about his coaching style, famed for being one of the most demanding in all the sports world. He spills the beans about his stormy dealings with other coaches such as his archrival, Pat Summitt, of the University of Tennessee. And with warmth and a genuine love for his champions, he writes openly about Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird, Nykesha Sales, Rebecca Lobo, Swin Cash, and all of his other UConn stars who have gone on to stellar WNBA careers. You get a courtside seat to all of the action -- including an epilogue on the 2004-05 season, as well as interviews with the team's most celebrated players. A rare look inside the soul of a true competitor, GENO is the story of how one passionate man overcame his own fears to achieve an extraordinary record of success.
Author: Aaron Torres
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2011-12-13
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781466363496
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Entering the 2011 college basketball season, the only expectations on the UConn Huskies basketball team were no expectations at all. Just two years after reaching the Final Four, the club was young, mired in an NCAA investigation, and seemingly at the bottom of the college basketball barrel. Not only were they picked to finish tenth in their own conference, UConn didn't receive a single vote in either preseason poll. A once proud program had hit rock-bottom. Fortunately, no one told superstar Kemba Walker or his young teammates. From the beginning, this group of Huskies was different. They were hungry. They played for the name on the front of the jersey, instead of the back. They cared only about wins and losses, not ancillary stats in the box score. And it showed as the Huskies took their fans, and the college basketball world as a whole on a wild six-month ride. It started with an epic win at the prestigious Maui Invitational, through a historic five wins in five days at the Big East Tournament, and eventually culminating with a National Championship to end the year. Join author Aaron Torres as he takes you through the ups and downs of a college basketball season, and team that will resonate among fans forever. The 2011 UConn Huskies may not go down as the greatest team in the history of college basketball. But they just might be the best story ever.
