The Huskies won on Sunday night against St. John's at Madison Square Garden.
The University of Connecticut women's basketball team rolled over St. John's 85-49 on Sunday night at Madison Square Garden. With the win, head coach Geno Auriemma's team finished off a perfect regular season at 31-0 and a perfect Big East season at 20-0.
The Huskies are the No. 1 seed in the Big East Conference tournament, which you can learn about here. The program is going for its second consecutive national title.
On the game itself
The following comes from our own Jami Leabow, who covered the game at UConn Roundtable:
Even with a 43-20 halftime lead, the Huskies came out of the locker room at 100% intensity, likely urged by head coach Geno Auriemma.
Heading into the half, Auriemma told TNT Sports his team could have played better to close out the second quarter.
“I thought the last maybe three or four minutes were kind of sloppy,” he said. “I thought we did a lot of dumb things, a lot of opportunities gone that we threw away. Mindless, careless mistakes we gotta clean up. “We're getting a lot of opportunities here in transition and we're just leaving a lot of points on the table.”
Auriemma did praise his team’s defense, which was stellar, as always.
The Red Storm turned the ball over 22 times and were out-rebounded 32-22. UConn stole the ball 15 times, six of them from Sarah Strong.
Auriemma makes bold claim
After the game, Auriemma praised the environment at MSG, which is often called the 'Mecca of Basketball.'
Per Jake McCreven:
Geno Auriemma is “hoping” for the Final Four to one day be in Madison Square Garden.
Called it “the world’s biggest stage.”
When you think about it, it's actually shocking that Madison Square Garden has not held a Final Four. The event used to hold the men's Final Four, but is no longer eligible because of seating requirements.
After this year’s (2023) festivities, Garden officials hope to make the East Regional a staple of the venue’s future. And while MSG is no longer eligible to host a men’s Final Four given its meager 20,000-seat capacity, it would be interested in hosting a women’s Final Four, Fisher confirmed.
Where has the Final Four been held?
Since 2000, the following places have hosted the Final Four on the women's side:
2000 - Philadelphia
2001 - St. Louis
2002 - San Antonio
2003 - Atlanta
2004 - New Orelans
2005 - Indianapolis
2006 - Boston
2007 -Cleveland
2008 - Tampa
2009 - St. Louis
2010 - San Antonio
2011 - Indianapolis
2012 - Denver
2013 - New Orleans
2014 - Nashville
2015 - Tampa
2016 - Indianapolis
2017 - Dallas
2018 - Columbus
2019 - Tampa
2020 - ppd (COVID)
2021 - San Antonio
2022 - Minneapolis
2023 - Dallas
2024 - Cleveland
2025 - Tampa
2026 - Phoenix
2027 - Columbus
2028 - Indianapolis
2029 - San Antonio
2030 - Portland
2031 - Dallas
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