Thanks for posting. Interesting interview, particularly the explanation of Geno's reaction to Kaleena's 3 and it's psychological benefit to the team. His thinking seems to be so far ahead of any other coach.Not the press conference but a few mins with the ESPN crew
http://espn.go.com/espnw/video/12098284/geno-uconn-win
Not sure if there's been an article about that question yet, but yes, it appears to have been a long long time, and I think the last time it happened in the regular season a few of the Huskies might not have been born yet."It's been a long time since we played the number one team in the country at Gampel Pavilion," Geno Auriemma, 12/29/2014
Appreciate the research. No matter how you measure, #1 has played at Gempel many, many times but damn few have not been UConn.Not sure if there's been an article about that question yet, but yes, it appears to have been a long long time, and I think the last time it happened in the regular season a few of the Huskies might not have been born yet.
From the record books, it appears the last time UConn had a home game against a #1 team it was with Baylor on 2/18/2013, but that was at the XLS in Hartford and was a loss.
And last game at Gampel against the #1 appears to go back to Bird at the Buzzer, 0n 3/06/2001 in the 78-76 BET championship game win over Notre Dame.
And it appears that the last time a #1 team came into Gampel during the regular season before a conference championship goes back to the first meeting with UTenn on 1/16/1995 with a 77-66 Uconn win.
Now it's still a ways to the game with USCar and they may not be #1 then, but if it does happen, yes it will have been a very long time.