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Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Moore finishes in style

Somewhere between being honored before her final regular season game, being inducted into the Huskies of Honor and also being recognized for her academic achievements, Maya Moore had a little thing like helping UConn wrap up another perfect run through the Big East season to tend to.

Fittingly enough, Moore matched her uniform number with 23 points in an 82-47 win.

Speaking of the Huskies of Honor, here is what she had to say about becoming the 13th women's player in that select group.

"It's kind of hard to describe. I think it's kind of like when I was on the World Championship team. I looked up to them all like I was the little kid. I was just trying to follow the footsteps and be a part and learn from all the pros that I was around. I view the women up there as big sisters. The rich history that they've created here, I just want to make them proud the rest of the season here. When I'm done playing here, I'll be able to maybe have a different feeling about it. Since I'm still playing, I want to make sure that I continue to represent well and do the things that they did to be great and to continue to do the things I'm doing."

On Tuesday, another honor came her way as she earned her record eighth Big East Player of the Week honor. It was also her 12th career POW selection, tying the record held by former UConn star Rebecca Lobo and matched by Louisville's Angel McCoughtry.

Now that UConn wrapped up its ninth perfect Big East season, it's time to revisit where Maya Moore ranks in the record books.

While Moore has scored more points (2,851) than any other player in Big East, the conference recognizes only performances in Big East regular season games in its career scoring charts. Moore finished with 1,270 points in 64 career Big East games which places her fifth on the all-time list. Boston College's Sarah Behn scored a record 1,546 points from 1989-1993. Louisville's Angel McCoughtry (1,322), BC's Holly Porter (1,311) and Providence's Tracy Lis (1,296) rank second, third and fourth.

Moore did become the first UConn player to lead the Big East in scoring (again counting only conference games) since Nykesha Sales in the 1997-98 season.

UConn led the Big East in scoring offense (averaging 74.8 points in 16 games) for the 17th straight season, in scoring margin (23.8) for the 19th year in a row and in scoring defense (50.9) for the third year in a row. The Huskies finished first in 13 categories including field goal percentage offense and defense, rebounding margin, assists, assist/turnover ratio and the most important of all - win/loss record.

Next up is the Big East tournament. As the top seed, UConn won't play until the third day of the five-day event. The Huskies will play whoever emerges out of Seton Hall, Syracuse and Georgetown at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Here is the bracket:
2011 BIG EAST Women’s Basketball Championship Field

Friday, March 4 - First Round
Game 1 Noon #12 Pittsburgh vs. #13 USF
Game 2 2 p.m. #9 Syracuse vs. #16 Seton Hall
Game 3 6 p.m. #10 West Virginia vs. #15 Cincinnati
Game 4 8 p.m. #11 Providence vs. #14 Villanova

Saturday, March 5 - Second Round
Game 5 2 p.m. #5 Marquette vs. Game 1 winner
Game 6 12 p.m. #8 Georgetown vs. Game 2 winner
Game 7 6 p.m. #7 St. John’s vs. Game 3 winner
Game 8 8 p.m. #6 Louisville vs. Game 4 winner

Sunday, March 6 - Quarterfinals (ESPNU)
Game 9 Noon #4 Rutgers vs. Game 5 winner
Game 10 2 p.m. #1 Connecticut vs. Game 6 winner
Game 11 6 p.m. #2 DePaul vs. Game 7 winner
Game 12 8 p.m. #3 Notre Dame vs. Game 8 winner


Monday, March 7 - Semifinals (ESPNU)
Game 13 6 p.m. Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner
Game 14 8 p.m. Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner

Tuesday, March 8 - Championship (ESPN)
Game 15 7 p.m. Game 13 winner vs. Game 14 winner


For those interested in such things, here are the broadcasting teams.

Beth Mowins, Brooke Weisbrod and Allison Williams will call Sunday's first two quarterfinals with Bob Picozzi, Kayte Christensen being joined by Williams to the other two quarterfinals. Mowins, Weisbrod and Williams will call both semifinals while Mowins and Weisbroad will be joined by Rebecca Lobo for Tuesday's championship game.


Single-session tickets are currently on sale. An all-session ticket goes for $99. Tickets are $20 for doubleheaders on Friday afternoon and evening and Saturday afternoon and evening. The price is bumped up to $25 for the quarterfinals, it's $30 for Monday' semifinals and $30 for Tuesday's championship game.

To charge tickets by phone, call Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000. In addition, tickets can be purchased online by logging on to the XL Center website at www.xlcenter.com or the Ticketmaster website at www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets can be purchased through all Ticketmaster outlets or at the XL Center ticket office.

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1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Considering all the turnovers UConn had this season, it is amazing how team play allowed the Huskies to still lead the Big East in assist/turnover ratio.

12:49 PM 

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