SEATTLE — The No. 25 Washington Huskies women's basketball team had a disappointing result against the Illinois Fighting Illini on Sunday at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle.

The Huskies fell to the Fighting Illini 75-66. UW cut its deficit down to two possessions several times in the second half but was unable to make the final push to complete a comeback.

Even with the defeat, Washington is in a good position to make a run at the NCAA Tournament. In addition to being ranked 25th in the country, the Huskies are 17-5 on the season and 7-4 in Big Ten play.

This year's team has the potential to be one of the best in recent memory but Sunday was also about honoring the greatest team in the history of the program.

During halftime against Illinois on Sunday, Washington celebrated the 10th anniversary of the 2015-16 women's basketball team that advanced to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament.

The players in attendance Sunday for the halftime celebration were: guard Mackenzie Wieburg, center Deja Strother, guard Kelly Kingma, forward Katie Collier and forward Talia Walton.

The head coach of the 2016 team, Mike Neighbors, was also in attendance.

Although she wasn't in attendance, the Huskies also received a message from multi-time WNBA champion and All-Star Kelsey Plum.

The 2016 NCAA Tournament team remains the only one in program history that has advanced to the Final Four.

The '16 team finished the regular season 20-9 and made it to the semifinals of the postseason Pac-12 tournament. In the NCAA tourney, Washington beat Penn 65-53, beat No. 5 Maryland 74-65, downed No. 12 Kentucky 85-72, raced past No. 13 Stanford by a score of 85-76 and ultimately had its season end at the hands of No. 14 Syracuse 80-59.

"(Me and Neighbors) had an opportunity to go over before the game began. (It) was really fun (getting) to see everybody," current Huskies head coach Tina Langley said in a postgame interview Sunday. "I've known Mike for years. He was a tremendous coach and person. It was fun to catch up and talk with him."

The '16 team, together with the '17 teams were also the last Washington teams to make consecutive NCAA Tournaments. The Huskies spent the better part of a decade trying to rebuild the team and failed to make the national tournament until the '24-25 season in Langley's fourth year as head coach.

If the current team makes the tournament, they would join the legendary '16-17 teams as the only ones to make the dance multiple years in a row.

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