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Feb. 8, 2010
Game #24... No. 1/1 Connecticut (23-0, 10-0 BIG EAST) at DePaul (16-8, 5-5 BIG EAST) Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Tipoff: 8:00 p.m. (ET) Site: Chicago, Ill. Arena: McGrath Arena (3,000) TV: The UConn-DePaul game will be televised live on CPTV with Bob Picozzi (play-by-play) and Meghan Culmo (color) on the call. Radio/Web: The UConn-DePaul game will be broadcast live on 96.5 FM WTIC with Bob Joyce (play-by-play) and Kara Wolters (color) on the call. Up Next: UConn will return to Gampel Pavilion for the final time this season as it plays host to St. John’s on Saturday, Feb. 13 in a 5:00 p.m. (ET) tip that will be televised on CPTV.
NO. 1/1 CONNECTICUT CONTINUES ROADSWING AT DEPAUL: No. 1/1 Connecticut will be playing its second straight road game and its second of three in a nine-day stretch as it travels to Chicago for a showdown with DePaul on Wednesday night in an 8:00 p.m. (ET) tip at McGrath Arena. The Huskies will be making their first trip to DePaul since March 1, 2008 - when UConn managed to escape with a 77-76 victory. UConn has won its last 23 "true" road games entering Wednesday’s clash with DePaul - dating back to a March 5, 2008 loss at Rutgers. Connecticut will be looking to run its record to a perfect 24-0 for the second consecutive season and enters having won each of its last 131 games against unranked opponents. The Huskies are also looking to run its BIG EAST record to 11-0 for the second consecutive season and ninth time in the program’s history. UConn leads the all-time series with DePaul 6-1 and have won each of the last six meetings in the series by an average of 11.3 ppg. The Huskies are a perfect 2-0 on the road vs. the Blue Demons. The Huskies lone loss against DePaul came in the very first meeting between the programs on Dec. 28, 1983 - by a 70-64 margin at the Masonic Classic in Miami. UConn has won 142 of its last 150 games against Big East opponents in the regular season, including its last 33 overall entering Wednesday’s game at DePaul. The Huskies have won 62 consecutive games entering Wednesday’s meeting with DePaul - the second-longest winning streak in NCAA history.
The Huskies have not lost back-to-back road games since the 1992-93 season when it lost at Miami (2/14) and Pittsburgh (2/24). THE LAST 100: Over their last 100 games, the Huskies have posted a mark of 98-2.* * - first game of last 100 was a 98-35 win vs. Stony Brook on Nov. 11, 2007. BEST CLASS EVER?: The current UConn junior class, which includes Maya Moore and Lorin Dixon, is within grasp of becoming the fastest class in NCAA Division I women’s basketball history to reach 100 wins. Dixon and Moore currently boast a career mark of 98-2 entering Wednesday’s game at DePaul. If the Huskies win each of their next two games, the duo will surpass the current record-holder - the UConn class of Diana Taurasi, Maria Conlon and Morgan Valley - which needed 103 games to reach 100 victories. LONGEST EVER AT NO. 1: Connecticut was ranked No. 1 for the 38th consecutive week with the release of the Associated Press Poll on Feb. 8 - marking the longest-ever run at the top spot in the history of the poll. UConn’s 38-week run surpasses Louisiana Tech’s 36-week hold that spanned from 1980-82. 20 WINS AGAIN: Connecticut has racked up 23 wins this season entering Wednesday’s game at DePaul - marking the 17th consecutive season and the 21st in the program’s history in which the Huskies have notched at least 20 victories. LAST OF THE UNDEFEATED: UConn enters play Wednesday as one of two remaining undefeated teams nationally. The Huskies are joined by Nebraska. THE WINNING STREAK: UConn enters Wednesday’s game at DePaul having won 62 consecutive games - the second-longest winning streak in NCAA Women’s Basketball Division I history. Longest NCAA Division I Win Streak 70 Connecticut (2001-03) 62 Connecticut (2008-present) 54 Louisiana Tech (1980-82) 46 Tennessee (1996-98) HUSKIES AT 24-0: Connecticut will be seeking to open the season 24-0 for the second straight time and the fifth time since 1994-95. STIFLING DEFENSE: Connecticut enters play Wednesday well on pace to shatter the program’s scoring record for fewest points allowed per game, with its current total of 44.3 ppg allowed - through 23 games - which leads the nation The UConn record is 51.4 ppg allowed in 2004-05. In addition UConn also is the national leader in opponent field goal percentage at .300 - well on pace to break the previous top mark in program history of .315 (1994-95). Connecticut has held its opponents to a field goal percentage of less than .300 in 10 games this season and less than .400 in 22 of 23 games overall.
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