Block Party and Breanna Stewart Lead 2016 UConn to 76-39 Blowout Over 2005 LSU

LSU, a 2005 Final Four team and the only LSU women's team ever to go undefeated in SEC play, put up a great defensive fight to stay within 32-25 early in the second half. But even then, UConn was even better defensively, throwing a block party led by reserve

Napheesa Collier, who came off the bench with three early blocks. Her teammates added five more by halftime.

However, Breanna Stewart then took over, finishing with 22 points and 11 rebounds as UConn pulled away for a 76-39 victory. Stewart would go on to finish in the top three in WNBA MVP voting seven consecutive years and average 20 points and eight rebounds over her WNBA career. Nine of the 10 players on UConn's 2016 roster went on to play in the WNBA.

This UConn class was the only one in women's college basketball history to win four consecutive national championships, including an incredible 116-1 record over its final three seasons together, culminating in the 2016 title.

UConn had previously suffered an upset in our all-time tournament, dropping to No. 8 in our all-time ratings. But this enormous, lopsided victory should send the Huskies shooting back up the rankings.

Below are the box score and photos of the two team sheets at the beginning of the game. The coins indicate which player receives the ball on each roll of the eight-sided die. Reading from left to right, rolls of 1 through 5 go to the players in the order of their coins. For rolls of 6, 7 or 8, start again from the left, but count only the dimes.

Pos	UConn 2016 - Champs	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Ht	Pts,Reb,Ast
1-PG	Katie Lou Samuelson (wnba)	7	1	2	0	0	2	2	0	1	6'3	11.0, 3.4, 2.2
2-SG	Kia Nurse (wnba)	3	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	6'0	9.3, 1.9, 2.7
3-SF	Moriah Jefferson (wnba)	20	0	10	0	0	7	1	0	2	5'7	12.6, 2.5, 5.5
4-PF	Morgan Tuck (wnba)	6	0	3	0	0	9	0	2	1	6'2	13.7, 5.7, 3.5
5-C	Breanna Stewart (wnba)	22	1	6	7	8	11	0	3	4	6'4	19.4, 8.7, 4.0
1-PG	Courtney Ekmark	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'0	2.0, 1.1, 0.7
2-SG	Saniya Chong (wnba)	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5'8	3.7, 1.3, 1.0
3-SF	Napheesa Collier (wnba)	6	0	3	0	0	6	0	3	1	6'2	6.8, 5.2, 0.9
4-PF	Gabby Williams (wnba)	4	0	2	0	0	4	0	1	1	5'11	8.8, 5.6, 1.3
5-C	Natalie Butler	4	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	6'5	5.6, 4.0, 0.8
	11 Turnovers	76	2	31	8	10	45	4	9	14
Pos	LSU 2005 - Final 4	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Ht	Pts,Reb,Ast
1-PG	Temeka Johnson (wnba)	2	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	2	5'3	10.4, 3.3, 7.7
2-SG	Scholanda Dorrell (wnba)	5	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	5'10	8.9, 2.5, 2.1
3-SF	Seimone Augustus (wnba)	10	0	4	2	2	10	1	0	1	6'1	20.1, 4.6, 2.1
4-PF	Wendlyn Jones	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	6'1	4.7, 5.1, 0.8
5-C	Sylvia Fowles (wnba)	10	0	3	4	6	7	0	1	3	6'6	11.8, 9.0, 0.3
1-PG	RaShonta LeBlanc	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5'7	1.5, 1.2, 1.0
2-SG	Quianna Chaney (wnba)	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5'11	4.8, 0.9, 0.8
3-SF	Florence Williams	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	6'1	2.9, 2.4, 0.4
4-PF	Tillie Willis	2	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	3	6'3	3.1, 3.6, 0.4
5-C	Crystal White (wnba)	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'5	1.8, 2.2, 0.2
	16 Turnovers	39	1	15	6	8	32	7	1	15

Statis-Pro Wrap Before It's All-Time College Basketball Again

 After a lapse is posts we are ready to return to our all-time college women's basketball tournament.

However, we did want to do one last look back at the 6 months we spend on the Statis-Pro baseball season.

In the NL, the runner up in both Statis-Pro and the real season, was the Los Angeles Dodgers.

In the World Series, the AL champion was the Tampa Bay Rays and in both Statis-Pro and actual MLB play the Rays lost.

So of the top three teams, the only difference was that the Philadelphia Phillies won the Statis-Pro World Series while our hometown Milwaukee Brewers won the actual World Series.

So we pulled the WAR ratings for most of the major players from the Brewers and Phillies to see why it was the Brewers who seemed better - and will have the better projected cards in Statis-Pro for next year vs the Brewers. And it's pretty clear as overall the major Brewers players were worth more that 13 additoinal wins in 2026 vs 2025 which would have been the strongerest impact on the cards. Obviously almost half of that is Misiorowski, who had control problems in his rookie 2025 and thus lots of walks on his cards, while in 2026 he was untouchable - thus worth 6.4 wins above replacement vs just 0.5 in 2025.

Three other Milwaukee players were worth about 3 more wins in 2026 than 2025, and there were also two Phillies starters and the closer who were worth about 3 more wins.

However, the biggest drop for the Phillies was Trea Turner actually going from being worth 5.5 wins in 2025 to almost no value in 2026 - so he was the big collapse costing the team almost as much as the Brewers benefitted from Jacob's improvement.

Brewers Player	Pos	2026	2025	Improve
Jacob Misiorowski	SP	6.4	0.5	5.9
Garrett Mitchell*	CF	3.5	0	3.5
Jackson Chourio	LF	4.9	2.2	2.7
Jake Bauers*	1B	3.3	0.6	2.7
Joey Ortiz	IF	2.6	0.2	2.4
Brice Turang*	2B	7.3	5.5	1.8
Cooper Pratt	SS	1.7	0	1.7
DL Hall*		1.9	0.6	1.3
Andrew Vaughn	1B	1.5	1.3	0.2
Trevor Megill	CL	1.7	1.6	0.1
Chad Patrick	RP	1.7	2	-0.3
Abner Uribe	RP	2.3	2.7	-0.4
Aaron Ashby*	RP	1.2	1.9	-0.7
William Contreras	C	2.9	3.8	-0.9
Christian Yelich*	DH	0.1	3	-2.9
Sal Frelick*	RF	-0.5	2.9	-3.4
13-14 games better				13.7
Phillies Player	Pos	2026	2025	Improve
Aaron Nola	SP	3.1	-0.3	3.4
Jesús Luzardo*	SP	6.5	3.8	2.7
Jhoan Duran	CL	3.4	0.9	2.5
Zack Wheeler	SP	6.1	5.1	1
Bryce Harper*	1B	3.1	3.1	0
Cristopher Sánchez*	SP	8.1	8.1	0
Bryson Stott*	2B	1.8	2.2	-0.4
José Alvarado*	RP	-0.4	0.4	-0.8
Orion Kerkering	RP	0.1	0.9	-0.8
Brandon Marsh*	LF	0.4	1.6	-1.2
Edmundo Sosa	UT	0.9	2.3	-1.4
Alec Bohm	3B	-0.2	1.4	-1.6
Kyle Schwarber*	DH	2.6	4.6	-2
Tanner Banks*		-0.4	1.6	-2
J.T. Realmuto	C	0	2.5	-2.5
Trea Turner	SS	-0.1	5.4	-5.5
8-9 Wins Worse				-8.6

1st UConn Champ Survived Single-Figure Win at Stanford

If you look at our all-time women's rankings you will see this match-up looks closer than our spread and seedings showed. While the UConn 1995 team that started the dynasty with the school's first title featured two top 40 all-time players in Nykesha Sales and Nykesha Sales but Stanford counters with our #24 best college player of all-time in Nneka Ogwumike - whose incredible front court included her sister Chiney Ogwumike and the female star of the legendary Tinkle family in Joslyn Tinkle.

Every player on both courts scored in the double figures and this game was much closer than the spread we posted indicated, with Tinkle coming on strong down the stretch to cut it to 57-55 with 12 possessions to play, 73-69 with three possessions to play.

This Stanford team wsa one of hte heartbreaks of all time. This team was their 5th straight to make the Final 4 but they did not get a title until years later. They also capped a third straight undefeated Pac-12 season - 18-0 each year for a 54-0 conference mark.

The reason this team had dropped so far in our all-time rankings was just a stunning upset loss against the 1999 Colorado State team in our game. We adjust based on each score in our all-time games, with a formula similar to KenPom.

 

Pos	Connecticut 1995	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Ht	Points, Reb, Ast
1-PG	Jennifer Rizzotti	12	3	1	1	1	2	6	0	2	5'5	12.5P,2.8R,4.6A,pro
2-SG	Nykesha Sales	6	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	6'0	11.4P,4.6R,2.1A,pro
3-SF	Jamelle Elliott	13	1	4	2	2	6	0	0	2	6'0	10.9P,8.1R,2.8A
4-PF	Rebecca Lobo	17	0	8	1	2	7	0	2	2	6'4	17.1P,9.8R,3.7A,pro
5-C	Kara Wolters	16	0	8	0	0	4	0	3	3	6'7	15.2P,6.2R,1.2A,pro
Pos	Bench	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Ht	Points, Reb, Ast
1-PG	Pam Webber	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	5'6	4.6P,2.6R,4.1A
2-SG	Kim Better	6	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	5'7	4.8P,2.8R,1.5A
3-SF	Carla Berube	4	0	2	0	2	3	0	0	1	6'0	8.5P,4.8R,1.9A
4-PF	Kelley Hunt	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'2	2.2P,1.8R,0.4A
5-C	Brenda Marquis	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'3	2.6P,1.2R,0.1A
	Turnovers 15	80	4	32	4	7	31	7	5	15
Pos	Stanford 2012	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Ht	Points, Reb, Ast
1-PG	Toni Kokenis	10	1	2	3	3	2	3	0	1	5'11	9.5P,3.2R,3.6A
2-SG	Amber Orrange	5	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	5'7	4.8P,2.7R,3.0A
3-SF	Joslyn Tinkle	12	2	2	2	2	7	0	0	2	6'3	8.7P,5.4R,1.3A,pro
4-PF	Nneka Ogwumike	12	0	6	0	0	6	1	2	2	6'2	22.5P,10.2R,1.8A,pro
5-C	Chiney Ogwumike	16	0	7	2	2	8	0	0	1	6'4	15.0P,10.1R,1.4A,pro
Pos	Bench	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Ht	Points, Reb, Ast
1-PG	Lindy La Rocque	5	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	5'8	3.6P,1.1R,2.3A
2-SG	Jasmine Camp	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	5'7	3.6P,2.0R,2.1A
3-SF	Bonnie Samuelson	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'3	4.6P,1.2R,0.4A
4-PF	Taylor Greenfield	5	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	6'3	3.6P,1.9R,1.3A
5-C	Sarah Boothe	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'5	3.0P,1.8R,0.7A
	Turnovers 16	71	6	23	7	7	35	6	4	12

Here is the scoresheet with the running score to show you how close it was throughout.

Despite Bad Call Causing Cardoso to Foul Out, South Carolina Dominates

We finally had another chance to play a Value Add Basketball Game, and even though it was #6 South Carolina 2024 at #59 Arizona 2021 according to our ranking of the 64 all-time great women's Value Add Basketball Game teams we thought this might give us our first chance at an upset.  

Pos	South Carolina 2024	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Ht	Pts, Reb, Ast, pro?
1-PG	Te-Hina Paopao	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	5'9	11.0P,2.6R,3.7A,pro
2-SG	Raven Johnson	23	0	9	5	6	5	4	0	1	5'8	8.1P,5.2R,4.8A,pro
3-SF	Bree Hall	9	1	3	0	0	2	1	0	1	6'0	9.2P,2.9R,1.5A,pro
4-PF	Ashlyn Watkins	10	0	5	0	0	7	0	0	1	6'3	9.2P,7.4R,1.1A
5-C	Kamilla Cardoso	7	0	3	1	1	4	1	1	5	6'7	14.4P,9.7R,2.0A,pro
Pos	Reserves	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Ht	Pts, Reb, Ast, pro?
1-PG	MiLaysia Fulwiley	11	2	1	3	3	1	1	1	1	5'10	11.7P,2.9R,2.2A
2-SG	Tessa Johnson	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'1	6.6P,1.7R,1.1A
3-SF	Chloe Kitts	4	0	1	2	2	4	0	1	1	6'2	9.1P,5.9R,1.4A
4-PF	Sania Feagin	6	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	6'3	6.7P,3.8R,1.0A,pro
5-C	Sakima Walker	4	0	2	0	0	5	1	0	2	6'4	2.0P,1.3R,0.1A
		80	3	30	11	12	33	8	3	18
Pos	Arizona 2021	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Ht	Pts, Reb, Ast, pro?
1-PG	Aari McDonald	15	0	5	5	6	3	2	0	1	5'6	20.6P,5.4R,4.0A,pro
2-SG	Bendu Yeaney	8	0	4	0	0	2	0	1	4	5'10	4.1P,3.1R,1.5A
3-SF	Sam Thomas	2	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	2	6'0	7.3P,3.4R,1.5A,pro
4-PF	Trinity Baptiste	4	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	6'0	8.6P,6.1R,1.0A
5-C	Cate Reese	13	0	5	3	7	7	0	2	2	6'2	10.9P,5.1R,0.6A
Pos	Reserves	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Ht	Pts, Reb, Ast, pro?
1-PG	Derin Erdogan	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5'6	1.0P,0.5R,0.4A
2-SG	Shaina Pellington	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	5'8	5.8P,1.9R,1.0A
3-SF	Helena Pueyo	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'0	3.7P,3.5R,1.3A
4-PF	Lauren Ware	4	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	6'5	3.9P,3.8R,0.3A
5-C	Semaj Smith	2	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	6'6	0.9P,1.2R,0.1A
		54	0	23	8	13	33	3	3	17

Yes, Dawn Staley's South Carolina team was undefeated and taking their 2nd title in three years, but the 2021 Arizona team had stunned UConn in the Final 4 and then come within one point of stunning Stanford or the national title. The home advantage for Arizona did result in a bad call that resulted in Kamilla Cardoso fouling out with 7:40 to play, and prior to that Arizona was within 43-38 with 16 minutes to play.

But Raven Johnson was the surprise hero with 23 points but more importantly for disrupting the Arizona offense for a 20-9 turnover edge. Next up we have back-to-back UConn games with #7 UConn 1995 and #8 UConn 2016 on the road as we continue to make the higher seeds play in opposing gyms, menaing the other team has the choice to change a 66 to 36 roll (creating a foul on a bad call) or a 36 to 66 (meaning the ref misses a call).Here is the whole first round.

7	Connecticut	1995	Rebecca Lobo	1-0, Score/Allow: 81-57, Rating: 10.8
58	Stanford	2012	Nneka Ogwumike	0-1, Score/Allow: 58-81, Rating: -9
				Connecticut 20 point favorite
8	Connecticut	2016	Breanna Stewart	1-1, Score/Allow: 80-64.5, Rating: 10.8
57	LSU	2005	Seimone Augustus	0-1, Score/Allow: 63-72, Rating: -8.2
				Connecticut 19 point favorite

1982 La Tech champs pull away late over 2012 Sweet 16 Penn State for 78-51 win

Based on our rankings the 11th best women's college basketball player ever (Pam Kelly) and future all-time coach (Kim Mulkey) led the 5th best women's college basketball team ever to a win over a scrappy Sweet 16 team from 2012 that featured a dominant center (Nikki Greene, 12 rebounds in our game) and disruptive point guard (Alex Bentley who came up with 7 steals) with a third future WNBA player in between (Maggie Lucas). They kept this game really close against our Louisiana Tech team that was the all-time runner up when we had our tournament of the first 32 teams but who we have moved a couple of UConn and Tennessee teams in front of since expanding to 64 teams).  The box score is at the bottom.

The 2012 Penn State team used the 7 steals by Alex Bentley and 12 rebounds by Nikki Greene to play an even 1st half - 32-32 - then still within 60-48 with 4 minutes left.

But then the 21-point favorite and our 5th ranked all time team Louisiana Tech 1982 took over for a 12-0 run in the final 2 minutes 15 seconds to actually cover the spread with a 78-51 win.

The great Pam Kelly led all scorers with 23 points including 6 in that final stretch.

Pos	Louisiana Tech 1982 champs	Pts	Reb	Stl	Ht	Season stats
1-PG	Kim Mulkey	6	4	4	5'4	5.6 Pts, 1.6 Reb, 5.6 Ast
2-SG	Angela Turner	11	3	3	5'8	10.4 Pts, 4.9 Reb
3-SF	Janice Lawrence	8	8	1	6'3	14.7 Pts, 7.0 Reb
4-PF	Lori Scott	12	11	0	5'10	7.9 Pts, 5.1 Reb
5-C	Pam Kelly - 11th best ever	23	7	1	6'0	20.3 Pts, 9.1 Reb
Pos	Reserve	Pts	Reb	Stl	Ht	Season stats
1-PG	Julie Wilkerson	4	1	1	5'8
2-SG	Jennifer White	2	1	0	5'9	3.8 Pts, 1.0 Reb
3-SF	Pam Gant	4	1	0	5'7	4.3 Pts, 1.3 Reb
4-PF	Tia Sossamon	2	1	0	6'2	6.1 Pts, 3.6 Reb
5-C	Debra Rodman	6	1	0	6'3	9.1 Pts, 7.9 Reb
		78	38	10
Pos	Penn State 2012 Sweet 16	Pts	Reb	Stl	Ht	Season stats
1-PG	Alex Bentley (wnba)	12	1	7	5'7	14.1 Pts, 2.7 Reb, 4.7 Ast
2-SG	Zhaque Gray	4	1	1	5'8	10.6 Pts, 2.8 Reb, 1.7 Ast
3-SF	Maggie Lucas (wnba)	10	4	0	5'10	19.5 Pts, 4.7 Reb, 2.8 Ast
4-PF	Mia Nickson	7	3	0	6'2	8.5 Pts, 7.8 Reb, 1.0 Ast
5-C	Nikki Greene (wnba)	3	12	0	6'4	9.8 Pts, 7.8 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Pos	Reserve	Pts	Reb	Stl	Ht	Season stats
1-PG	Gizelle Studevent	2	1	0	5'11	1.9 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 0.6 Ast
2-SG	Ariel Edwards	5	4	0	6'3	7.0 Pts, 4.3 Reb, 1.1 Ast
3-SF	Marisa Wolfe	2	1	0	6'2	3.6 Pts, 2.4 Reb, 0.4 Ast
4-PF	Tori Waldner	2	1	0	6'5	2.0 Pts, 2.2 Reb, 0.5 Ast
5-C	Talia East	4	5	0	6'3	3.4 Pts, 5.2 Reb, 0.2 Ast
		51	33	8

1st Ever Undefeated Women's Champ Texas 1986 That Beat Cheryl Miller in Her Last Game Ever

You can watch the first-ever undefeated women’s national champion, the 1986 Texas Longhorns, in this video, ending Cheryl Miller’s chance at a third national championship in decisive 97–81 fashion.

It was the last game Miller ever played. The knee injury that would ultimately keep her from ever playing professionally held her to 2-of-11 shooting in the championship game.

Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil came off the bench to score 24 points and grab 14 rebounds in just 24 minutes. She went on to become National Player of the Year during her college career and is ranked as our 40th-greatest college player ever, despite playing only one season professionally—ironically under coach Cheryl Miller, who we ranked as the 9th greatest woman's college basketball team of all time.

In this game, Texas was traveling to Purdue 2003 in the Value Add Basketball Game, trying to maintain its all-time ranking as the fourth-greatest team of all time. Here is the box score, as the Longhorns easily won at Purdue, 76–52, in the Value Add Basketball Game.

Texas was a 22-point favorite, and in our next game, all-time #5 Louisiana Tech will be a 21-point favorite against Penn State as each game pits slightly more evenly matched teams against each other.

The spreads we initially listed were all three points more lopsided before we decided to make all favorite teams play on the road, where the home team can change rolls of 36 to 66, or vice versa, to get away with a missed foul or have a foul called on the visiting team that was not a foul.

The 1986 Texas team was not included at first because we did not have enough stats until a couple of years later. Originally, we only had enough stats for Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil’s senior year, when she made our all-time top 40 players list, but that Texas team was actually not very good. That team was later replaced in the game by the undefeated 1986 national championship team.

Purdue 2003 is likewise a strong team, BUT we didn’t have enough stats for any of Purdue’s championship teams from previous decades—so this is likely a bit of a mismatch when we roll the first dice.

In this game, Davis came off the bench as a freshman to score a game-high 20 points.

Pos	Texas 1986	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Ht	Season stats
1-PG	Kamie Ethridge	6	0	3	0	0	2	4	0	2	5'5	5.2 Pts, 2.6 Reb, 6.1 Ast
2-SG	Beverly Williams	11	1	4	0	0	5	1	0	1	5'8	11.6 Pts, 4.1 Reb, 3.0 Ast,wnba
3-SF	Fran Harris	12	0	6	0	0	4	0	0	4	6'0	13.8 Pts, 3.6 Reb, 1.5 Ast
4-PF	Andrea Lloyd-Curry	9	0	3	3	5	7	0	0	4	6'2	9.2 Pts, 7.5 Reb, 2.6 Ast,wnba
5-C	Annette Smith	8	0	4	0	0	5	0	1	2	5'11	10.4 Pts, 4.1 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Pos	Reserve	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Ht	Season stats
1-PG	Audrey Smith	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5'7	3.8 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 1.5 Ast
2-SG	Yulonda Wimbish	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	5'9	7.4 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 0.5 Ast
3-SF	Gay Hemphill	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5'11	7.2 Pts, 3.2 Reb, 0.7 Ast
4-PF	Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil	20	2	7	0	0	5	0	0	2	6'3	13.5 Pts, 7.7 Reb, 0.5 Ast,wnba
5-C	Cara Priddy	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'2	4.9 Pts, 2.1 Reb, 0.2 Ast
		76	3	32	3	5	32	5	1	19
Pos	purdue 2003	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Ht	Season stats
1-PG	Erika Valek	11	1	3	2	2	2	3	1	1	5'6	14.0 Pts, 3.8 Reb, 4.9 Ast
2-SG	Beth Jones	2	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	1	5'9	8.7 Pts, 2.4 Reb, 2.5 Ast
3-SF	Lindsey Hicks	10	0	4	2	4	4	0	0	1	6'1	7.4 Pts, 4.4 Reb, 1.7 Ast
4-PF	Shereka Wright	14	0	5	4	6	4	1	0	3	5'10	18.9 Pts, 6.3 Reb, 2.7 Ast,wnba
5-C	Mary Jo Noon	5	0	2	1	2	8	0	1	1	6'5	11.0 Pts, 4.9 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Pos	Reserve	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Ht	Season stats
1-PG	Sharika Webb	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	5'9	2.8 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 1.4 Ast
2-SG	Carol Duncan	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'1	1.9 Pts, 2.1 Reb, 0.2 Ast
3-SF	Missy Taylor	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'3	1.7 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 0.3 Ast
4-PF	Sabrina Keys	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'3	1.3 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 0.1 Ast
5-C	Emily Heikes	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	6'0	6.0 Pts, 5.3 Reb, 0.4 Ast
		52	1	20	9	14	27	8	2	13

Taurasi & Bird Lead 2002 UConn to No. 1 All-Time with 94-45 Trashing at UVa

 The greatest professional woman's player of all time Diana Taurasi her six fellow future WNBA players inclding four of the top six picks that year led the 2002 UConn team to a 94-45 demolition of the 2018 UVa team in Charlottesville. 

In our all-time rankings, which are almost the same as www.kenpom.com expect we reward 3 extra points to the winning team and cap the "perfect" Game Score at +25, UConn 2002 passes Pat Summitt's 1998 Tennessee team as the top college women's team of all time.

Here is our new all-time Top 10 teams with their rating to the far right - these three teams are all at least four points better than the next best team so far.

 

Rank	Team	Year	Before	New Tournament Result	W	L	Rate
1	Connecticut	2002	15.5	won at 2018 UVa 94-45 (GS +25)	2	0	17.4
2	Tennessee	1998	18.4	won at 2009 Auburn 69-52 (GS +9)	5	0	17.2
3	Tennessee	2007	14.7	won at 2013 Delaware 76-42 (GS +25)	2	0	16.8
4	Texas	1986		at 2003 Purdue, needs 29pt win for +25	1	0	12.5
5	Louisiana Tech	1982		at 2012 Penn St, needs 21pt win for +25	3	1	12.4
6	South Carolina	2024		at 2021 AZ, needs 30pt win for +25	1	0	12
7	Connecticut	2016		at 2005 LSU, needs 28pt win for +25	1	1	10.8
7	Connecticut	1995		at 2012 Stanford, needs 24pt win for +25	1	0	10.8
9	Notre Dame	2018		at 2007 UNC, needs 23pt win for +25	3	1	9.9
10	Connecticut	2010		at Long Beach St, needs 22pt win for +25	2	1	9.3

Coming into this new 64-team tournament, the 1998 Vols were 4-0 and had a rating of +18.4, meaning we calculated the would beat teh average team in the game by 18.4 points. However, they got a scare traveling to play 2009 Auburn team and teh 69-52 win fell well short of expectations and lowered their new rating to 17.2. 

The 2007 Tennessee team won more impressively with a 76-42 win over Delaware to improve from 14.7 to just below the other two teams at 16.8, just 0.6 points behind the 1998 Vols.

 

But UConn 2002, which is the team to ever put seven future WNBA playres on the roster besides the 2016 UConn team (which had eight) then rolled into Charlottesville and scored on their first seven possessions and went from the starting 20-20 score to 35-22 and never looked back. Here are the stats.

 

Pos	UConn 2002	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Ht	Season stats
1-PG	Sue Bird	21	3	4	4	4	2	2	0	3	5'9	14.4 Pts, 3.4 Reb, 5.9 Ast, WNBA
2-SG	Swin Cash	17	0	6	5	6	7	2	1	2	6'2	14.9 Pts, 8.6 Reb, 2.2 Ast, WNBA
3-SF	Diana Taurasi	19	1	8	0	0	3	1	0	1	6'0	14.5 Pts, 4.1 Reb, 5.3 Ast, WNBA
4-PF	Asjha Jones	5	0	2	1	2	9	1	0	2	6'2	14.0 Pts, 6.6 Reb, 1.7 Ast, WNBA
5-C	Tamika Williams	9	0	4	1	1	5	1	2	1	6'2	10.1 Pts, 6.9 Reb, 1.3 Ast, WNBA
Pos	Reserve	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Ht	Season stats
1-PG	Maria Conlon	8	0	2	4	6	1	0	0	3	5'9	4.1 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 1.8 Ast
2-SG	Ashley Valley	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5'9	2.9 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 1.1 Ast
3-SF	Morgan Valley	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'0	3.6 Pts, 2.6 Reb, 0.9 Ast
4-PF	Ashley Battle	6	0	2	2	2	5	1	0	1	6'0	5.4 Pts, 4.7 Reb, 1.3 Ast, WNBA
5-C	Jessica Moore	5	0	2	1	4	5	0	0	1	6'3	5.4 Pts, 3.9 Reb, 0.8 Ast, WNBA
		94	4	32	18	25	39	8	3	16
Pos	Virginia 2018	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Ht	Season stats
1-PG	J'Kyra Brown	8	0	2	4	4	2	1	0	4	5'11	9.5 Pts, 3.5 Reb, 2.4 Ast
2-SG	Dominique Toussaint	4	0	1	2	2	2	1	0	5	5'9	11.4 Pts, 3.5 Reb, 3.7 Ast
3-SF	Aliyah Huland El	7	1	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	6'1	10.1 Pts, 3.2 Reb, 1.4 Ast
4-PF	Jocelyn Willoughby	6	0	2	2	2	6	1	1	2	6'0	9.6 Pts, 5.4 Reb, 1.0 Ast, WNBA
5-C	Felicia Aiyeotan	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	1	6'9	7.4 Pts, 6.9 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Pos	Reserve	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Ht	Season stats
1-PG	Brianna Tinsley	10	0	3	4	4	2	0	0	3	5'7	4.1 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 1.5 Ast
2-SG	Khyasia Caldwell	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5'5	0.9 Pts, 0.1 Reb, 0.1 Ast
3-SF	Mone Jones	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'3	0.5 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.4 Ast
4-PF	Lauren Moses	2	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	4	6'2	7.2 Pts, 4.8 Reb, 0.9 Ast
5-C	Lisa Jablonowski	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'3	2.3 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 1.2 Ast
		45	1	15	12	12	26	4	4	23

Here are the scoresheets at the beginning and end of the campaign.