2013 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Media Guide by American Athletic Conference

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The American Athletic Staff Mike Aresco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . commissioner@theamerican.org

Patrick Colbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Director of Sport Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pcolbert@theamerican.org

Donna DeMarco Egan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Associate Commissioner (Administration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ddemarco@theamerican.org

Michael Coyne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Director of Broadcast Scheduling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mcoyne@theamerican.org

Nicholas V. Carparelli, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Associate Commissioner (Football and Marketing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ncarparelli@theamerican.org

Terry McAulay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coordinator of Football Officiating

Paul Brazeau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Associate Commissioner (Men’s Basketball) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pbrazeau@theamerican.org Thomas Odjakjian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Associate Commissioner for Broadcasting and Digital Content . . . todjakjian@theamerican.org Danielle Donehew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Commissioner (Women’s Basketball) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ddonehew@theamerican.org James Siedliski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Commissioner (Olympic Sports) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . jsiedliski@theamerican.org Barbara Jacobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Commissioner for Women’s Basketball Officiating . . . . . . . . . . . . . bjacobs@theamerican.org Mark A. Hodgkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Director of Digital Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mhodgkin@theamerican.org Susan Eaton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Business Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . seaton@theamerican.org Chuck Sullivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . csullivan@theamerican.org Robert Weygand, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Sport Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bweygand@theamerican.org Kristen Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Basketball Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kbrown@theamerican.org Michael Costa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Football and Video Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mcosta@theamerican.org

Jamie Corun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Digital Communications Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . jcorun@theamerican.org Catherine Carmignani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Branding and Sport Administration Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ccarmignani@theamerican.org John Larson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Financial Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . jlarson@theamerican.org Lois DeBlois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Administrative Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ldeblois@theamerican.org Wanda Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Administrative Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . wfactor@theamerican.org Kathy Kirkpatrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Receptionist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kstone@theamerican.org Linda Yates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Administrative Assistant for Officiating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lyates@theamerican.org Lisa Zanecchia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant to the Commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lzanecchia@theamerican.org Jordan Ozer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communications Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . jozer@theamerican.org Megan Erbes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communications Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . merbes@theamerican.org Allison White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Digital Network Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . awhite@theamerican.org

CONTENTS 2011-12 Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 About the American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Commissioner Mike Aresco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 American Athletic Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8 2013-14 Composite Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10 2013-14 Television Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Media Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2014 Tournament Schedule/Bracket . . . . . . . 13 Tournament Site – Mohegan Sun Arena . . . 14

MEET THE TEAMS UCF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-21 Cincinnati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-27 Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-33 Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-39 Louisville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-45 Memphis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-51 Rutgers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-57 USF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58-63 SMU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64-69 Temple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-75 All-Time Coaches’ Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

HISTORY The American in the NCAA Championship 78-81 The American in the WNIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 The American Players in the WNBA . . . . . . . . . . 83 The American Players in the Olympics . . . . . . . 84

CREDITS The 2013-14 American Athletic Conference Media Guide was written and edited by Sara Naggar and Megan Erbes. Designed by The ON3 Group, Greenwich, Conn and Jim Murphy. Covers designed by Megan Erbes and Sara Naggar.

PHOTO CREDITS Special thanks to the school media relations offices for their valuable assistance and cooperation.

Kenny Schank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kschank@theamerican.org

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NOTEBOOK 2013-2014

Louisville and Memphis to Compete in ESPN’s Annual Play 4Kay ESPN’sannualPlay4Kaywomen’sbasketball initiative–insupportoftheKayYowCancer Fund,inpartnershipwithTheVFoundation and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association(WBCA)–willairsevengames in a new format across ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU on Sunday, Feb. 16. In its eighth year, Play 4Kay is in memory of former NC State head coach Kay Yow, who lost her long,courageousbattlewithbreastcancer. Louisville,rankedeighthinbracketologist CharlieCrème’sespnW2013-14Preseason Top25,willparticipateintheinitiative,and Memphis will be featured in a game on ESPNU on Feb. 16 at 3:30 p.m.

Preseason WNIT

Geno Auriemma to Return as USA Basketball Women’s National Team Head Coach University of Connecticut’s Naismith Hall of Fame and Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Geno Auriemma, who guided the USA Basketball Women’s National Team to gold medals at the 2010 FIBA World Championship and 2012 Olympic Games, will return to coach the USA National Team through 2016, USA Basketball announced. Auriemma’s selection was made by the USA Basketball Women’s National Team Steering Committee and approved by the USA Basketball Board of Directors. With 28-year coaching veteran Auriemma at the helm, the USA Basketball Women’s National Team will compete in the 2014 FIBA World Championship (Sept. 27 - Oct. 5 in Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey), and if the USA qualifies, the 2016 Summer Olympic Games (Aug. 5 - 21 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), as well as additional USA training camps and exhibition games.

Louisville will compete in the 2013 PreseasonWomen’s National Invitational Tournament.TheCardinalswillhostLoyola at the KFC Yum! Center on Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. ThePreseasonWNITfeaturesathree-game guarantee format. The event opens Nov. 8 with first-round games. Second-round games will be played Nov. 10 and 11 and siteswillbeannouncedfollowingthefirstround results; semifinals will be Nov. 14; andthechampionshipissetforSunday,Nov. 17. Teams that lose in the first two rounds willplayconsolationgamesonthesecond weekend,Nov.15-16.Allgamesarehosted byparticipatingschools. Thechampionship game will be nationally televised live in HD on CBS Sports Network at 4 pm ET on Sunday, Nov. 17.

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NOTEBOOK 2013-2014

New Homes

2014 Final Four

Several American teams will be showing off new or improved facilitiesforthe2013-14season.UCFhasanewblack-stainedcourt, theonlybasketballteaminthenationtofeatureacourtthatcolor. Withthe$47millionrenovationandexpansionofMoodyColiseum moving closer to completion, SMU Athletics revealed a new designthatfocusedonbrandingtheUniversityandSMUAthletics astheMustangs’exposurereachesunprecedented.In2011,the Elma Roane Fieldhouse, named in honor of Memphis women’s athleticpioneerandathleticadministratorElmaNealeRoane,saw renovationsbegin.The$1.3millionPhaseIprojectincludedatotal renovation of the locker room areas for women’s basketball and volleyball,anewstudent-athletelounge,anewdoctor’sexamination area and a coaches’meeting room and locker area. The Phase II renovationswererecentlycompletedintheElmaRoaneFieldhouse andhavecreatedentirelynewathletictrainingandstrengthand conditioning facilities that will benefit the Tiger volleyball and women’s basketball programs.

The 2014Women’s Final Four will be held in Nashville,Tenn.The semifinalswillbeheldonApril6,withthetitlegameplayedonApril 8.The First and Second Rounds will be held March 22-25 and the RegionalRoundswillbeplayedMarch29-April1.Thelocationsof thefirst,secondandregionalroundshavenotyetbeenannounced. Those sites will be released on Oct. 1.

The Last Two Standing The American Athletic Conference enters 2013-14 with a great deal of momentum after having two teams play for the NCAA title in New Orleans in April. In addition to half the Final Four field and both title game participants, the league also features a team that made it to the NCAA Second Round (USF), three teams that qualified for the WNIT (Memphis, Rutgers, SMU), the top seeded team in its conference tournament last year (SMU) and two conference tournament title game participants (Connecticut, UCF). Six of the 10 teams finished .500 or better last year and four teams finished with 20 wins or more, including Connecticut (35), Louisville (29), USF (22) and SMU (21).

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USA Basketball Women’s World University Games Behindanoutstandingdefensiveperformance,the2013 USABasketballWomen’sWorldUniversityGamesTeam never trailed and kept Russia at a distance for most of thesecondhalfonitswaytoclaimingthegoldmedalin the 2013World University Games with a 90-71 victory at Basket Hall in Kazan, Russia.The USA has won threeconsecutivegoldmedals,andnineoverall,attheWorld University Games. Connecticut’s Bria Hartley led the charge for the USA, scoringagame-high17pointson6-of-7shootingfrom thefield,including2-of-3frombeyondthearc.Teammate KaleenaMosqueda-added15points.TheUSAlimited Russia to just 41.6 percent shooting (27-65 FGs) and 31.4 percent in the first half (11-35 FGs), and forced 20 turnovers,whichledto27U.S.points.Louisville’sShoni Schimmelfinishedthetournamentaveraging4.6points and 3.0 assists in 12.8 minutes per game.

On the Red Carpet The Louisville women’s basketball team was nominated for a 2013 ESPY for Biggest Upset after the Cardinals defeated Baylor 82-81 in the Sweet 16 of the Oklahoma City Regional. Heading into the game Baylor had won 32 straight games behind the play of Brittany Griner, but Louisville held Griner without a basket for the entire first half. The Bears made a push late in the second half and didn’t lead in the game until Odyssey Sims hit two free throws with 9.1 seconds left. Antonita Slaughter hit seven 3-pointers for 21 points and Shoni Schimmel had five treys. As a team, Louisville was 16-of- 25 to tie the NCAA Championship mark reached by four other teams and make the most ever in the regional semifinals or beyond.

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ABOUT THE AMERICAN The American Athletic Conference

ot entirely unlike the nation that provides its namesake, the American Athletic Conference was born from an ideal in which members with ambitious goals are provided with the means to succeed in their quests for excellence. With roots that extend to three conferences, the American Athletic Conference membership in 2013 – its debut season – consists of 10 institutions: the University of Central Florida, the University of Cincinnati, the UniversityofConnecticut,theUniversity of Houston, the University of Louisville, the University of Memphis, Rutgers University, Southern Methodist University, the University of South Florida and Temple University. In 2014-15, East Carolina University,Tulane University and the University ofTulsa come aboard.The 2015-16 season sees the U.S. Naval Academy join the ranks in football only. The American, which operated as the Big East Conference from 1979 to 2013, will immediately take a place at the forefront of Division I athletics, withschoolsthathaveplayedinacombinedfiveBowlChampionshipSeries games, won four NCAA men’s basketball titles since 1999, and won eight NCAA women’s basketball championships since 1995. Among the league’s 2013 members, seven of The American’s 10 football teams have been ranked in the top 13 in the BCS since 2006. Eight of the 10 teamshavebeenintheBCStop25inthatspan.The2013-14membershipwill alsoincludethemostrecentNCAAmen’sbasketball(Louisville)andwomen’s basketball (UConn) champions. The2013seasonwillmarkthefinalyearofasix-yeararrangementwithESPN thatgivesTheAmericannationalexposureonABCtelevisionandtheESPN familyofnetworks.ESPN,ESPN2orABCwillcarryaminimumof19American homefootballgameseachseason.ChampionshipWeekinDecemberincludes threeAmericangamesoneitherABC,ESPNorESPN2.AtleastfourAmerican games are featured on ESPN’s Thursday-night package. Inaddition,ESPNRegionalTelevisionwillcontinuetoproduceanddistribute itsGameoftheWeekpackagetoanationallysyndicatedaudience,reaching more than 30 million homes. Most of these games also will be available as partoftheESPNGamePlansubscriptionservice.Finally,aminimumoffive home games will be carried on ESPNU. Following the 2013 football season, the American Athletic Conference enters new television partnerships with ESPN and CBS Sports which will givetheconferenceunprecedentednationalexposure.Thefootballportion ofthecontract,whichbeginsinthe2014season,callsfornearly90percent of conference-controlled games on national broadcast or national cable platforms.ThefirstAmericanAthleticConferenceFootballChampionship, which will be played in 2015, will be carried either on ABC or ESPN on Championship Saturday.

ornationalcable–aminimumof107games.Theentirepostseasontournament willbetelevised,includingthechampionshipgame,whichwillbeeitheronABC or ESPN. Sixty percent of the American’s women’s basketball games will be carried on either national cable, regional sports networks or ESPN3. American Athletic Conference teams will have access to the pinnacle of college football’s postseason structure, both in the coming season and beyond.In2013-14,theleaguechampionwillreceiveanautomaticbidforthe finaleditionoftheBowlChampionshipSeries,includingaspotintheVIZIO National Championship Game if it is ranked No. 1 or No. 2 in the final BCS standings.Movingforward,TheAmericanchampionwouldbechosenforthe CollegeFootballPlayoffsemifinalsifitisamongthetopfourteamsfollowing theregularseason.Otherwise,theleaguewouldplaceitschampionineither the Cotton Bowl, Fiesta Bowl or Peach Bowl if it is ranked higher than the championsofConferenceUSA,theMid-AmericanConference,theMountain West Conference and the Sun Belt Conference. The American has additional partnerships with a number of bowl games that match conference teams against opponents from the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big 12 Conference, the Southeastern Conference and Conference USA. The Russell Athletic Bowl has the first selection of American teams after the conference’sBCSrepresentativeisdetermined.TheAtlanticCoastConferencewill providetheoppositionfortheRussellAthleticBowl,whichisplayedinOrlando,Fla. The American also is a partner with the Belk Bowl in Charlotte, N.C. Played in Bank of America Stadium, the Belk Bowl will select its American Athletic Conference participant after the Russell Athletic Bowl with the ACC again providing the opponent. TheAmericanandtheBig12conferencespartnerfortheNewEraPinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium in New York City. In the event that the Big 12 is unableto sendaneligibleteam to theNewEraPinstripeBowl,NotreDame could step in as the American team’s opponent. An American representative will face either an opponent from the Southeastern Conference or the Conference USA champion as part of arrangements with the BBVA Compass Bowl in Birmingham, Ala., and the AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis. The league also holds a partnership with the Beef ‘O’Brady’s Bowl at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Beef ‘O’Brady’s Bowl pairs the American representative against an opponent from Conference USA. ThepostseasonlineupgivesAmericanAthleticConferenceteamsaccesstoat least six postseason games. The American Athletic Conference administers to its membership from a state-of-the-art office located in Providence, R.I. The location of the conferenceheadquarters–juststepsfromthecity’sAmtrakstationand10 minutes fromT.F. Green International Airport – gives the conference easy access to its member schools. Theconferenceheadquartersisequippedwithacompletevideoproduction studioandsmall-andlarge-scalemeetingroomstoaccommodatethemany coaches’ and administrators’ meetings held on-site each year.

Inmen’sbasketball,thenewtelevisiondealcallsforallconference-controlled gamestobetelevised,withmorethan63percentslottedfornationalbroadcast

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Michael L. Aresco Commissioner, American Athletic Conference

ike Aresco, one of the most influential leaders in sports television and collegiate sports, was named Commissioner of the Big East Conference on August 14, 2012, and has overseen the successful rebranding of the league as the American Athletic Conference.

Inhisfirstyearascommissioner,Arescohasoverseenastrategicreinventionof theConferencewhichwillkeepTheAmericanattheforefrontofDivisionIcollege athletics.Bythe2015-16academicyear,theAmericanAthleticConference willinclude11all-sportsmembersandNavyasafootball-playingmember.The Conferencewilllaunchafootballchampionshipgameforthefirsttimein2015 and is the first league to explore staging its own postseason bowl game. Aresco’s first months were marked by his successful efforts to ensure the Conference’s place within the College Football Playoff – the new system thatwilldeterminethenationalchampion,beginningin2014.Arescowas instrumentalinsecuringthearrangementthatwillputtheAmericanAthletic Conference champion in a NewYear’s Day system bowl if it is the highestranked team among the champions of five conferences. In the wake of the changes created by college sports realignment, Aresco movedquicklytosolidifytheconference,leadingnegotiationsthatresulted in the most favorable financial terms for the conference’s football schools, afterthewithdrawalofthenon-football-playingschools,whowerereferredto unofficially as the Catholic 7. Hesimultaneouslyledthenegotiationsthatresultedintelevisioncontracts withESPNandCBSSports,whichwillgivetheAmericanAthleticConference unprecedentednationalexposurewiththetwoindustryleadersinsportstelevision. Aresco then quickly and successfully organized the process whereby the conferencewasrenamedtheAmericanAthleticConference–anamethat wasimmediatelyacceptedinthecollegelandscape–andhealsooversawthe process that resulted in the new conference’s popular graphic identity. Hehasalsosuccessfullyworkedwiththeconferenceschoolstoarriveatan equitabledistributionofexistingrevenueforthecurrentandnewconference institutions,bringingaboutaperiodofcohesivenessthatisunprecedented in the league’s history. He has restructured the conference office staff to maximize efficiency and better serve the needs of the membership. AmonghisothersignificantaccomplishmentsonbehalfoftheAmericanAthletic Conferencewasthespearheadingofexpansionefforts,whichresultedinthe additionofTulaneUniversityandtheUniversityofTulsaandthetransitionto membership in all sports for East Carolina University, which was originally admittedtotheleagueforfootballonly;theplanningforaconferencedigital network;successfulnegotiationsforthe2014men’sandwomen’sbasketball championshipsatFedExForuminMemphis,Tenn.,andMoheganSunArena in Uncasville, Conn., respectively; and the launching of a brand marketing campaign.Heiscurrentlyworkingontheconference’sfuturebowllineup. Aresco came to the conference from CBS Sports where he was Executive Vice President, Programming. He was responsible for all college sports programmingforCBSSportsandCBSSportsNetwork. Arescooversawthe acquisitionandmanagementofCBSSportscollegeproperties,includingthe NCAAMen’sBasketballChampionship,regular-seasoncollegebasketballand football,conferencebasketballchampionshipgames,footballbowlgames andotherprogramming. Hisresponsibilitiesincludedgameselectionand scheduling,day-to-dayoperations,contractnegotiations,identificationof futureacquisitions,developmentofprogrammingstrategiesandcoordination of new media and marketing initiatives.

Aresco played an integral role in the landmark deal that created the CBS Sports-TurnerBroadcastingpartnership,whichresultedintheacquisitionof theNCAAMen’sDivisionIBasketballChampionshiprightsthrough2024.He managedthecomplex14-yearagreementthatprovidesexpandednational broadcastandcablecoverageoftheNCAAbasketballchampionship.Aresco alsowasinstrumentalintheCBSTelevisionNetwork’sgroundbreakingbundled rightsagreementwiththeNCAAwhichgrantedCBSexclusiverightstothe NCAATournamentfrom2003through2010.The2010NCAAChampionship wonaSportsEmmyintheOutstandingPlayoffCoveragecategory.Arescoalso playedakeyroleinnegotiatingNCAAmarketingagreementsandincreatinga partnershipwithIMGandtheNCAAtoassistinacquiringnewNCAAcorporate sponsors. Healsowasasignificantcontributorinthedevelopmentofnew mediaplatformsfortheNCAAChampionship,includingMarchMadnesson Demand, a highly successful streaming platform. In2008,Aresconegotiatedahistoric15-yearagreementwiththeSoutheastern Conference to televise the league’s football and basketball games. The agreement also provided multiple new media rights for CBS, CBS Sports NetworkandCBSInteractive. Heforgednumerousbasketballagreements withmajorconferences,includingtheBigEast,ACC,BigTen,Pac-12andBig 12.Arescorecentlynegotiated10-yearextensionsoftheArmy-NavyandNotre Dame-Navy football rivalries. ArescowasthecreatorandexecutiveproducerofTheTonyBarnhartShow, thecritically-acclaimedcollegefootballshow,aswellasCourtsidewithSeth Davis,ahighly-regardedweeklyshowdevotedtocollegebasketball,bothof which air on the CBS Sports Network. In 2004, he was appointed by the late NCAA President Myles Brand to the Basketball Partnership, a select panel whose mission was to explore ways to improve and promote college basketball. He is a charter member of the steeringcommitteeoftheColumbiaUniversity/NewYorkCityChapterofthe NationalFootballFoundationandservesontheboardoftheNationalSports Marketing Network. ArescojoinedCBSSportsfromESPNwherehewasresponsibleforoverseeing the acquisition, scheduling and development of long-term strategies for all ESPN college sports properties. Earlier in his tenure at ESPN, he was responsibleforprogrammingawidevarietyofsportsproperties,including College Football Association, Big 10, and Pac-10 college football, NCAA events,includingearlyroundsoftheNCAAbasketballtournament,theCollege WorldSeriesandvariousprofessionalsportsevents,includingthoroughbred racing,TopRankBoxing,CFLfootball,AustralianRulesFootball,rodeoand yachting. He was the architect of ESPN’s signatureThursday night college football series and helped develop ESPN’s Bowl Week. He joined ESPN in 1984asCounselandwasnamedAssistantGeneralCounselin1988before moving to the programming department. Aresco is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Tufts University (B.A., magna cum laude, history), the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts (M.A., internationalrelations),whereheheldaJohnMoorsCabotScholarship,and theUniversityofConnecticutLawSchool(J.D.). Hepracticedlawprivatelyin Hartford, Conn., for several years. Aresco and his wife, Sharon, have two adult sons, Matthew, an Emmynominated television producer who owns a production company in Connecticut, and Brett, an aspiring actor who lives in New York City.

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NOVEMBER Fri. Nov. 8 Central Conn St. at UCF 6:00 Mississippi State at Houston 6:00 Maryland at USF 7:00 Temple at LaSalle 7:00 East Tennessee State at Memphis (RF) 8:00 Sat. Nov. 9 Hartford at UConn (XL) 4:00 Preseason WNIT Loyola Chicago at Louisville 7:00 Cincinnati at Northern Kentucky Sun. Nov. 10 Princeton at Rutgers 2:00 Central Conn State at USF 2:00 Samford at Memphis (RF) 3:00 Grambling at SMU Mon. Nov. 11 Stanford at UConn (GP) 7:00 Preseason WNIT TBD at Louisville 7:00 Tue. Nov. 12 UCF at Oakland University 7:00 Temple at Delaware Houston at Northwestern State Wed. Nov. 13 Rutgers at Northeastern 12:00 Florida State at Cincinnati 7:00 Jacksonville Univ at USF 7:00 TCU at SMU 8:00 Thu. Nov. 14 Preseason WNIT TBD at Louisville 7:00 Fri. Nov. 15 UConn at Maryland Florida International at UCF 7:00 Memphis at Wright State 7:00 Sat. Nov. 16 SMU at Eastern Washington 4:00 Auburn at Temple (McG) 6:00 Sun. Nov. 17 UConn at Penn State LaSalle at Rutgers 1:00 Kent State at Cincinnati 2:00 Texas A&M at Houston 3:30 USF at Bradley Univ Preseason WNIT Louisville vs TBD TBD Mon. Nov. 18 Jackson State at Memphis (RF) Tue. Nov. 19 UCF at Georgia State 6:00 Miss Valley State at SMU 8:00 Wed. Nov. 20 Oregon at UConn (XL) 7:00 North Carolina Central at USF 7:00 Rutgers at Massachusetts 7:00 North Texas at Houston 8:00 Thu. Nov. 21 Iowa State at Cincinnati 7:00 Ohio University at Louisville 7:00 Fri. Nov. 22 Hall of Fame Classic (Storrs, Conn.) Boston University at UConn (GP) Howard at Rutgers Memphis at Arkansas Little Rock Sat. Nov. 23 Houston at Creighton 3:00 Hall of Fame Classic (Storrs, Conn.) Monmouth at UConn (GP) 4:30 SMU at SFA 7:00 UCF at Charlotte TBD Sun. Nov. 24 Florida State at Louisville 2:00 Clemson at USF 2:00 Hall of Fame Classic (Storrs, Conn.) St. Bonaventure at UConn (XL) Mon. Nov. 25 Lamar at SMU 7:00 Tue. Nov. 26 Michigan State at Temple (McG) Wed. Nov. 27 Louisville at Western Kentucky Thu. Nov. 28 Junkanoo Jam (Freeport, Bahamas) SMU vs Kansas State 4:15 Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) Memphis vs Texas A&M Fri. Nov. 29 Battle of Brooklyn (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

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Rutgers vs LSU 1:00 Junkanoo Jam (Freeport, Bahamas) SMU vs Tennessee or Virginia 4:45 or 7 pm Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) Memphis vs Syracuse 6:00 Oakland at Temple (McG) 2:00 UCF Thanksgiving Classic (Orlando, Fla.) Howard at UCF 2:30 David Jones Memorial Classic (Houston, Texas) Kent State at Houston 2:30 Lady Rebel Round-up (Las Vegas, Nev.) Cincinnati vs Charlotte 3:30 Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) Memphis vs Texas 6:00 Battle of Brooklyn (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Rutgers vs Michigan/Texas Tech 7:30

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UCF Thanksgiving Classic (Orlando, Fla.) SIUE/Delaware at UCF 2:30 Lady Rebel Round-up (Las Vegas, Nev.) Cincinnati vs UNLV/Fordham 4:00 or 630 pm David Jones Memorial Classic (Houston, Texas) Prairie View A&M at Houston 4:30 Ohio State at UConn 5:30 Louisville at Kentucky TBD Missouri State at Louisville 7:00 St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at Temple (McG) 5:30 Morehead State at Cincinnati 7:00 Rutgers at Davidson 7:00 USF at Florida Gulf Coast 7:00 Washington at Houston 8:00 Southeast LA at SMU 8:00 UC-Davis at UConn (XL) 7:00 SNY UAB at Memphis (RF) 3:00 Flagler College at UCF 4:00 SMU at UTEP 6:30 Wright State at Louisville 7:00 Stetson at USF 1:00 Cincinnati at Youngstown State 2:00 Houston at Alabama 3:00 Wagner at Rutgers 7:30 UCF at Florida Atlantic 7:00 USF at Oklahoma State 4:30 Austin Peay at Louisville 7:00 Memphis at Tennessee Tech 7:00 Temple at Montana 9:00 Ohio State at Cincinnati 2:00 Sacred Heart at Rutgers 2:00 Houston at Texas State 3:00 Middle Tennessee State at UCF 7:00 Temple at Syracuse 7:00 Akron at Cincinnati 7:00 Jimmy V Classic (Durham, N.C.) UConn at Duke 7:00 ESPN2 Louisville at Ball State 7:00 Middle Tennessee State at USF 7:00 Mississippi Valley State at Memphis (RF) 8:00 Howard at Temple (McG) 7:00 Houston at Rice 2:00 Arkansas Pine Bluff at Memphis (RF) 8:00 Iona at UCF 1:00 Colorado at Louisville 1:00 Georgia at Rutgers 2:00 Cincinnati at Xavier 2:00 SMU at North Texas 3:00 USF at College of Charleston 7:00

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Sun. Dec. 22 Sat. Dec. 28 Sun. Dec. 29 Tue. Dec. 31

Maggie Dixon Classic (New York, N.Y.) UConn vs California Villanova at Temple (McG) 2:00 UCF at Houston 3:00 Rutgers at USF 7:00 SMU at Louisville 3:00 Temple at Memphis (RF) 3:00 Cincinnati at UConn (GP) 5:00 USF at Houston 3:00

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JANUARY Wed. Jan. 1 Sat. Jan. 4 Tue. Jan. 7 Sat. Jan. 11 Sun. Jan. 12 Mon. Jan. 13 Tue. Jan. 14 Wed. Jan. 15 Sat. Jan. 18 Sun. Jan. 19 Tue. Jan. 21 Wed. Jan. 22 Sat. Jan. 25 Sun. Jan. 26 Tue. Jan. 28 Wed. Jan. 29

SMU at Cincinnati 1:00 UConn at UCF 4:00 Louisville at Temple (McG) 4:00 Houston at Rutgers UCF at Temple (McG) 2:00 USF at SMU 4:30 Cincinnati at Louisville 2:00 UConn at Memphis (FF) TBD Rutgers at Cincinnati Houston at UConn (GP) 7:00 Temple at USF 7:00 Memphis at SMU 8:00 Temple at UConn 12:00 SMU at Rutgers 2:00 Cincinnati at Houston 3:00 Memphis at UCF 4:00 Louisville at USF 3:00 UConn at Baylor 7:00 SMU at Temple (LC) Rutgers at Memphis (RF) 8:00 UCF at Louisville 7:00 Temple at Cincinnati Houston at Memphis (RF) 3:00 USF at UCF 7:00 Louisville at SMU 1:30 UConn at Rutgers 3:00 Cincinnati at USF 7:00 Louisville at Houston Rutgers at UCF 7:00 Memphis at UConn (XL) 7:00 Penn at Temple (McG) 7:00 UCF at Cincinnati 2:00 Rutgers at Temple (McG) 2:00 SMU at Houston 3:00 USF at UConn (XL) Memphis at Louisville 1:00 UConn at Temple (McG) 7:00 Cincinnati at SMU 8:00 Louisville at Rutgers Houston at USF 7:00 UCF at Memphis (RF) TBD

SNY ESPN3 12:00 American ESPN3 SNY 7:00 SNY American American SNY American

UConn at Cincinnati Houston at UCF 4:00 Temple at SMU 4:30 Memphis at Rutgers USF at Louisville 2:00 Louisville at UCF 7:00 SMU at UConn (GP) Cincinnati at Rutgers Temple at Houston USF at Memphis (RF) 8:00 Houston at Cincinnati 2:00 UCF at USF 2:00 Rutgers at SMU 3:00

Louisville at UConn (GP) 1:00 Memphis at Temple (LC) 1:30 SMU at UCF 7:00 Rutgers at Houston Memphis at Cincinnati 7:00 Temple at Louisville Cincinnati at Temple (LC) 1:00 UCF at Rutgers 2:00 Houston at SMU 3:00 Louisville at Memphis (RF) 3:30 UConn at USF 4:00 USF at Cincinnati 7:00 UCF at UConn (XL) Houston at Louisville USF at Temple (LC) SMU at Memphis (FF) 3:00 Cincinnati at UCF 4:00 UConn at Houston Rutgers at Louisville Memphis at USF 7:00 UConn at SMU 8:00 Temple at Rutgers 7:30

ESPN ESPNU American 8:00 American 7:00 N P3SE American ESPNU CBSSN ESPN3 7:00 Y NS 7:00 2:00 n acA m ire ESPN3 American TBD Y NS 3:00 N U PSE SNY American

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Sat. Mar. 1 Louisville at Cincinnati 2:00 ESPN3 Memphis at Houston 3:00 American Temple at UCF 4:00 American Rutgers at UConn (GP) 4:00 CBSSN ESPNU SMU at USF 7:00 American ESPN2 7:00 N P2SE 12:00 n acA m ire Mon. Mar. 3 UConn at Louisville Houston at Temple (McG) 7:00 USF at Rutgers 7:30 American Cincinnati at Memphis (RF) 8:00 American 2:00 n acA m ire UCF at SMU 8:00 Fri. Mar. 7 American Championship First Round 6:00 American American Championship First Round 8:00 ESPNU Sat. Mar. 8 American Championship Quarterfinals 12:00 ESPN2 American Championship Quarterfinals 2:00 American American Championship Quarterfinals 6:00 8:00 N P3SE American Championship Quarterfinals 8:00 American Sun. Mar. 9 American Championship Semifinals 1:00 ESPNU SNY American Championship Semifinals 3:00 ESPNU Mon. Mar. 10 American Championship Game 7:00 ESPN/ESPN2 American American 12:00 N SSB C All times are Eastern and subject to change ESPNU American – The American Digital Network SNY BTN – Big Ten Network 9:00 N SSB C CBSSN – CBS Sports Network SNY – SportsNet New York American

FEBRUARY Sat. Feb. 1 Sun. Feb. 2 Tue. Feb. 4 Wed. Feb. 5 Sat. Feb. 8

Sun. Feb. 9 Tue. Feb. 11 Wed. Feb. 12 Sat. Feb. 15 Sun. Feb. 16 Wed. Feb. 19 Sat. Feb. 22 Sun. Feb. 23 Tue. Feb. 25 Wed. Feb. 26

2:00 Y NS American 11:30 a.m. N P3SE CBSSN ESPN3 7:00 Y NS 7:30 n acA m ire 8:00 American American ESPN3

FF – FedEx Forum, Memphis, Tenn. GP – Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. LC – Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, Pa. McG – McGonigle Hall, Philadelphia, Pa. RF – Elma Roane Fieldhouse, Memphis, Tenn. XL – XL Center, Hartford, Conn.

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TV SCHEDULE 2013-2014

n its inaugural season, the American Athletic Conference will have 44 women’s basketball appearances televised nationally between ESPN and CBS Sports Network. Commissioner Mike Aresco announcedthedates,timesandtelevisiondesignations for the 2013-14 conference schedule, as well as a numberofnonconferencegamesthatwillbecarriedby its national television partners. “TheAmericanAthleticConferenceisoneofthepremier women’s basketball conferences in the country,”said Aresco.We have the defending national champion in UConn,runner-upLouisvilleandNCAAtournamentparticipant USF.We feature many impressive teams as well as an outstanding roster of coaches. We have established programs rich in tradition as well as strong upand-coming programs that will each make their mark. Ourleaguewillbeextremelycompetitiveandentertaining. We are pleased that industry leaders ESPN and CBSSN,whichstronglysupportwomen’s’basketball,will feature our conference games.” American women’s basketball has a great deal of momentum after having two teams play for the 2013 NCAA title in New Orleans in April. It was just the fifth

time that opponents from the same conference have matched up in the title game, and the second for the Cardinals and Huskies, who also met in the championship tilt in 2009. In addition to half the Final Four field and the national champion, the league also features a team that made it to the NCAA Second Round (USF), three teams that qualified for the WNIT (Memphis, Rutgers, SMU), a top-seeded team in its conference tournamentlastyear(SMU)andtwoconferencetournament finalists (Connecticut, UCF). Six of the 10 teams finished .500 or better last year and four teams finished with 20 wins or more, including Connecticut (35), Louisville (29), USF (22) and SMU (21). The schedule is highlighted by a pair of matchups betweendefendingnationalchampionUConnandnational runner-up Louisville, with both games televised on ESPN/ESPN2.The first rematch will be played on Feb. 9 at UConn, with the second played as part of ESPN2’s Big Monday lineup on March 3.The Huskies will be making theirsecondappearanceinaBigMondaygameafterthey travel to Baylor on Jan. 13 as part of the lineup. Last year’s Conference USA regular season champion, SMU willbefeaturedonESPNUtwiceagainsttheCardinals.In addition,theHuskieswillhavefivenonconferencegames

televised on ESPN/ESPN2. Memphis will be featured against Louisville on Feb. 16 on ESPNU. TheCBSSportsNetworkscheduleofAmericanAthletic Conference games begins on Jan. 26, when USF, which madearunintheNCAAChampionship,upsettingNo.7 seedTexasTech before falling to No. 2 seed Cal by four points,playsatUConn.TheBullspreviewedtheirroleas challengers when they lost by only four in overtime last yeartothen-No.2/3rankedNotreDame.Twodayslater, Louisville will play Rutgers on CBS Sports Network.The Cardinals and Scarlet Knights met once last year as the nationallyrankedCardinals(then-No.15/13)squeaked out a win at home in overtime (66-57) on Jan. 8 at the KFC Yum! Center. The first American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Championship will take place March 7-10 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.The March 9 semifinals will be televised on ESPNU and the final will be March 10 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN2.

American-ESPN Schedule November 11 November 15 December 1 December 17 December 22 December 29 December 29 January 12 January 13 January 19 January 19 January 26 February 9 February 9 February 16 February 23 March 3 March 9 March 9 March 10

Stanford at UConn UConn at Maryland UConn vs. Ohio State (Hall of Fame Classic) UConn at Duke (Jimmy V Classic) Cal vs. UConn (Maggie Dixon Classic) Cincinnati at UConn SMU at Louisville Louisville at USF UConn at Baylor (Big Monday) UConn at Rutgers Louisville at SMU Memphis at Louisville Louisville at UConn Memphis at Temple Louisville at Memphis Rutgers at Louisville UConn at Louisville (Big Monday) American Championship Semifinal American Championship Semifinal American Championship Final

7:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m 5:30 p.m.

ESPN2 ESPNU ESPN2

7:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m.

ESPN2 ESPN2

5:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m 1:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m.

ESPNU ESPNU ESPNU ESPN2 ESPN2 ESPNU ESPNU ESPN ESPNU ESPNU ESPNU ESPN2 ESPNU ESPNU ESPN/ESPN2

American-CBS College Sports Network (CBSSN) Schedule January 26 January 28 February 2 February 16 March 1

USF at UConn Louisville at Rutgers USF at Louisville UConn at USF Rutgers at UConn

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CBSSN CBSSN CBSSN CBSSN CBSSN

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Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut

he American Athletic Conference entered into an agreement with Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., to host the inaugural Women’s Basketball Championship for the 2013-14 season. The WNBA facility will also host the first American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Media Day on Oct. 14.

“We look forward to this partnership,” said American Athletic Conference CommissionerMikeAresco.“MoheganSunArenaoffersourstudent-athletes, coaches and fans the best of many things –a world-class facility, a great destinationandcommittedmanagement.WefeelthatbeingatMoheganSunwill enhance an already very successful women’s tournament experience.” “WecouldnotbemorepleasedtohavebeenselectedasthesiteoftheAmerican AthleticConferenceWomen’sBasketballChampionship, saidMitchellEtess,CEO oftheMoheganTribalGamingAuthority. Webelievewearetheabsolutebest locationforthistournament. MoheganSunhasalonghistoryofproducingworldclasseventsandwewillworkwiththeConferencetocreateanexperiencethat istrulymemorablefornotonlythestudent-athletesandcoaches,butforeachand every person who attends” TheConference’swomen’sbasketballtournamenthasbeenoneofthenation’s strongestandmostsuccessful.PreviouslyheldinHartford,Conn.,theBIGEAST Women’sBasketballChampionshipwasthenation’sattendanceleaderfornine straight years.The tournament produced 23 NCAA Final Four appearances, includingLouisvilleandConnecticutin2013,andninenationalchampions, including the Huskies’ title this past season. The2014Women’sBasketballChampionshipwillbeheldFriday,March7through Monday,March10.All10teamsintheleaguewillparticipateinthechampionship, withseedingbasedonregular-seasonfinishes.Thetopfourseedswillreceive byestothequarterfinalround.Thetournamentwinnerwillearntheleague’s automaticberthtotheNCAAChampionship.Thesemifinalswillbetelevised onESPNU,whilethechampionshipwillbeonESPNorESPN2.Firstroundand quarterfinalgameswillbetelevised,withspecificcoverageplanstobereleased. HometotheWNBA’sConnecticutSun,the10,000-seat,state-of-the-artMohegan SunArenaopenedinNovemberof2002,andisnowinternationallyrecognized asapremierfacility.ItiscurrentlyrankedastheNo.1arenaintheworld,aswell asthebusiestintheUnitedStatesbyVenuesToday.MoheganSunArenawas rankedthirdoverallinBillboardMagazine’s2012year-endreviewsofthetop10 worldwidevenueswithaseatingcapacitybetween5,001-10,000.Additionally, MoheganSunArenawasrankedfifthinthesamecategoryfortheentiredecade. TheArenahashostedchampionshipboxing,collegeandprofessionalmen’sand women’sbasketball,DavisCuptennis,professionalbullridingandprofessional bowling.TheWNBAAllStarGamehasbeenhostedbyMoheganSunArenathree times, with a fourth time this July.

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MEET THE

TEAMS

Briahanna Jackson Schedule November

Fri. 8 Central Conn St. Tue. 12 at Oakland University Fri. 15 Florida International Tue. 19 at Georgia State Sat. 23 at Charlotte Sat. 30 UCF Thanksgiving Classic Howard

December

6:00 7:00 7:00 6:00 TBD 2:30

Sun. 1 UCF Thanksgiving Classic SIUE/Delaware Sat. 7 Flagler College Fri. 13 at Florida Atlantic Mon. 16 Middle Tennessee State Sat. 21 Iona Sat. 28 at HOUSTON

2:30 4:00 7:00 7:00 1:00 3:00 American

Wed. 1 UCONN Sat. 4 at TEMPLE Sat. 11 MEMPHIS Wed. 15 at LOUISVILLE Sat. 18 USF Wed. 22 RUTGERS Sat. 25 at CINCINNATI Wed. 29 at MEMPHIS

4:00 SNY 2:00 American 4:00 American 7:00 WHAS-DT2 7:00 American 7:00 American 2:00 TBD

Sat. 1 HOUSTON Tue. 4 LOUISVILLE Sat. 8 at USF Tue. 11 SMU Sat. 15 at RUTGERS Wed. 19 at UCONN Sat. 22 CINCINNATI

4:00 7:00 2:00 7:00 2:00 7:00 4:00

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February

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American ESPN3 ESPN3 American SNY American

Sat. 1 TEMPLE 4:00 Mon. 3 at SMU 8:00 Fri. 7-Mon. 10 American Championship, Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, Conn.)

Roster No. Name

Pos. Cl. Hgt. Hometown/Previous School

3 20 11 2 23 4 55 5 13 21 22 42 1

G F F/C G G G F/C G F F F F G

Bryeasha Blair Sara Djassi Yanique Gordon Andrea Hines Briahanna Jackson Jordan Jackson Erika Jones Zykira Lewis Brittni Montgomery Makenzi Reasor Rosinha Rosario Stephanie Taylor Aneesa Watson

R-So. 5-4 Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young Sr. 5-11 Lisbon, Portuga/Chipola College Jr. 6-4 Hanover, Jamaica/Green Island/Tallahassee CC Jr. 5-7 New Castle, Del./Sanford School So. 5-4 Tampa, Fla./Freedom/IMG Academy Fr. 5-9 Long Beach, Calif./St. Anthony Sr. 6-2 Phenix City, Ala./Smiths Station Fr. 5-8 Bartow, Fla./Bartow R-Jr. 6-3 Fort Pierce, Fla./Fort Pierce Central/Virginia Tech R-Fr. 6-2 Fortville, Ind./MountVernon/Indiana State So. 6-1 Rio De Mouro, Portugal/Gulf State College Jr. 6-2 Indian Trail, N.C./Sun Valley Fr. 5-11 Fayette County, Ga./Fayette County

HEAD COACH: Joi Williams Assistant Coaches: Brett Fink, Courtney Locke, Khalilah Mitchell

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Quick Facts, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Orlando, Fla. Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Knights Colors: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Black and Gold Enrollment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,785 Director of Athletics: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Todd Stansbury Home Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CFE Arena (10,000) Press Row Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407-823-2477 2012-13 Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-18 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ��5/4 Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/1

Head Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joi Williams Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . USF, ‘88 Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brett Fink (UCF, ‘03) Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney Locke (Rutgers, ‘06) Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Khalilah Mitchell (LSU, ‘07) Dir. of Basketball Operations: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kim Boes Women’s Basketball Contact: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenna Marina Office: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407-823-2464 Personal Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727-271-0227 Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . jmarina@athletics.ucf.edu Web Site: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UCFKnights.com

News & Notes The Knights will have a different look this season with only five letterwinners returning and seven newcomers joining the team. From a leadership perspective, however, four of the five returning letterwinners were starters, giving theKnights an advantage in experience. In fact, UCF is returning 60.4percentofitsscoringfromlastyearandthreeof its top four scorers.

Bryeasha Blair appeared in 26 games as a freshman,butsatoutlastyearduetoinjury.Shewill returntothecourtasaredshirt-sophomoreforthe 2013-14season.JoiningBlairisacropofnewcomers ready to gain experience and help continue the momentum.Therearethreefreshmen,threetransfers and Brittni Montgomery, who sat out last year after transferring from Virginia Tech.

UCF went on a run last year after entering the ConferenceUSAChampionshipasaNo.8seed.The Knightswonthree-straightgamestoadvancetothe title game, becoming only the third No. 8 seed in C-USA history to advance to the semifinals.

HeadCoachJoiWilliamsisinherseventhseasonat thehelmoftheKnights.Inhersixseasonsbuilding theUCFprogram,Williamshasalreadycompiledan impressivelistofaccomplishments,includingleading theKnightstothe2009and2011NCAATournaments after her teams claimed Conference USA Championships in those seasons.

The Knights are led by Briahanna Jackson, a 5-4 sophomore who led the squad in scoring last year (15.7 ppg). Jackson also averatged 5.2 rpg, 3.1 spg and 2.0 apg and was named to the C-USA AllTournamentTeamafteraveraging18.5pointsand making92.9percentofherattemptsfromtheline duringUCF’sruntotheleaguetitlegame.Shebroke the15-year-oldConferenceUSAfreshmansingleseasonstealsrecordandbecameUCF’ssingle-season steals record holder with 108.

Todd Stansbury Director of Athletics

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Joi Williams Head Coach

Jenna Marina Sports Imformation Director

Williams’ Record Career Record (10 years) 142-159 (.472) UCF Record (6 years) 88-99 (.471) NCAA Record (2 appearances) 0-2 (0) WNIT Record (1 appearance) 0-1 (0) Conference Tournament (10 appearances) 14-8 (.636)

Joi Williams

Hired at UCF – March 29, 2007 Personal–Born and raised in Jacksonville, Fla.; played on the collegiatelevelattheUniversityofSouthFloridafrom1984-88; four-yearstartingpointguardandcurrentlyranksamongUSF’s careerassistleaders;earnedabachelor’sdegreeinmarketing from USF in 1988 Education–B.A.inMarketing,UniversityofSouthFlorida(1988) Coaching File – Assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, Florida(1990-2002);assistantcoachandrecruitingcoordinator, Clemson (2002-03), head coach, Murray State (2003-07) Highlights – Entering 11th season as head coach at UCF in 2013-14;ledtheKnightstothe2009and2011NCAATournaments afterherteamsclaimedConferenceUSAChampionshipsinthose seasons; 2009 Conference USA Coach of theYear; in 2012-13, Williamsledtheprogramonamagicalrunthroughtheconference tournament,advancingtoitsthirdtitlegameinfiveyearswith

victoriesoverHouston,regularseasonchampionandNo.1seed SMUanddefendingtournamentchampionUTEP;helpedthe Knightstotheirmostsuccessfulseasoninnearlythreedecades in 2011-12 with a 22-11 record;The Knights’11 league wins in 2008-09matchedtheprogram’stotalinitsfirstthreeseasonsin C-USAcombined;InherfirstseasonatUCFin2007-08,Williams ledUCFtoitsfirst10-winseasoninthreeyears;Currentlyserving afour-yeartermwiththeUSAJuniorNationalTeamCommittee, helpingselectcoachesandathletesforUSABasketball’scollegeaged competitions; Served as an assistant coach of the USA BasketballWomen’sU-18NationalTeamin2010andhelpedlead the squad to the gold medal at the FIBA Americas U-18 ChampionshipforWomen;Assistantcoachwiththenational teamatthe2011U-19WorldChampionshipswheretheU.S.took the gold medal for the second-straight year

Williams’ Year-by-Year History Year

School

2003-04 Murray State 2004-05 Murray State 2005-06 Murray State 2006-07 Murray State 2007-08 UCF 0-1 2008-09 UCF 2009-10 UCF 2010-11 UCF 2011-12 UCF 2012-13 UCF CAREER 10 Years

Overall

NCAA Postseason

WNIT Postseason Conference Tournament

13-15 0-1 9-19 1-1 11-17 0-1 21-10 0-1 2-1 (2nd) 10-20 17-17 0-1 11-16 22-11 0-1 12-17 16-18 49-74 0-2 0-1 (.472) (0) (0)

4-0 (1st) 1-1 3-0 (1st) 0-1 3-1 (2nd) 14-8 (.636)

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## Player

GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO BLK STL PTS AVG

05 CARTER, Gevenia 23 JACKSON, Briahanna 55 JONES, Erika 20 DJASSI, Sara 12 KEOUGH, Kayli 02 HINES, Andrea 04 KEOUGH, Meghan 42 TAYLOR, Stephanie 21 MORTON, Kiana TEAM Total.......... Opponents......

34 33 34 33 34 29 34 25 34 17 34 18 33 6 34 9 27 0 34 34

Score by periods UCF Opponents

1st 2nd OT Total 922 1155 10 2087 1005 1085 3 2093

1175 34.6 1035 30.4 971 28.6 876 25.8 722 21.2 949 27.9 452 13.7 483 14.2 162 6.0 6825 6825

203 170 127 77 75 47 23 25 7 754 778

513 527 264 234 160 164 88 63 34 2047 1968

.396 52 .323 63 .481 0 .329 17 .469 1 .287 10 .261 14 .397 0 .206 2 .368 159 .395 157

173 190 0 86 4 35 56 0 14 558 552

.301 76 .332 106 .000 39 .198 73 .250 54 .286 42 .250 11 .000 19 .143 0 .285 420 .284 380

110 152 67 98 75 66 18 32 1 75 619 560

.691 37 .697 36 .582 132 .745 47 .720 53 .636 17 .611 4 .594 56 .000 6 71 146 .679 463 .679 442

75 141 194 88 77 92 47 52 11 4.3 848 940

112 3.3 177 5.2 326 9.6 135 4.0 130 3.8 109 3.2 51 1.5 108 3.2 17 0.6 0 1311 38.6 1382 40.6

62 101 86 81 79 50 34 56 12 561 602

0 3 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 12 9 -

89 69 14 46 34 87 25 8 9 381 388

117 123 71 63 55 78 30 31 6 586 673

4 4 31 15 12 2 2 42 7 0 119 110

89 108 36 48 27 46 15 6 10

534 509 293 244 205 146 71 69 16

15.7 15.0 8.6 7.2 6.0 4.3 2.2 2.0 0.6

385 2087 61.4 307 2093 61.6

16-18 Overall ( 7-7 Home; 5-7 Away; 4-4 Neutral) 7-9 C-USA (4-4 Home; 3-5 Away)

Sara Djassi

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“We are very excited about our first season as a member of The American. We are playing a very competitive non-conference schedule, and our league has some of the best teams in the country. With 16 home games, our fans will have an opportunity to see some really great matchups.”

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he University of Central Florida, also known as UCF, is a public multi-campus, metropolitan research university that stands for opportunity located in Orlando, FL. Nickname: UCF, Knights Enrollment: 59,785 Location: Orlando, FL Founded: 1963 Colors: Black and Gold President: John Hitt Athletic Director: Todd Stansbury

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Tiffany Turner Schedule November

Sat. 9 at Northern Kentucky (Div II) 7:00 Wed. 13 Florida State 7:00 Sun. 17 Kent State 2:00 Thu. 21 Iowa State 7:00 Sat. 30 Lady Rebel Round-up (Las Vegas, Nev.) vs Charlotte 3:30

December

Sun. 1 Lady Rebel Round-up (Las Vegas, Nev.) vs UNLV/Fordham 4:00 or 6:30 Wed. 4 Morehead State 7:00 Sun. 8 at Youngstown State 2:00 Sun. 15 Ohio State 2:00 Tue. 17 Akron 7:00 Sat. 21 at Xavier 2:00 Sun. 29 at UCONN 5:00 ESPNU

January

Wed. 1 SMU Sat. 4 at LOUISVILLE Tue. 7 RUTGERS Sat. 11 at HOUSTON Sat. 18 TEMPLE Tue. 21 at USF Sat. 25 UCF Tue. 28 at SMU

1:00 2:00 WHAS-DT2 7:00 3:00 2:00 American 7:00 American 2:00 8:00

Sat. 1 UCONN Tue. 4 at RUTGERS Sat. 8 HOUSTON Wed. 12 MEMPHIS Sat. 15 at TEMPLE Wed. 19 USF Sat. 22 at UCF

2:00 7:30 2:00 7:00 1:00 7:00 4:00

February

March

SNY American American American ESPN3 American

Sat. 1 LOUISVILLE 2:00 ESPN3 Mon. 3 at MEMPHIS 8:00 American Fri. 7-Mon. 10 American Championship, Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, Conn.)

Roster No. Name

Pos. Cl. Hgt. Hometown/Previous School

32 Shelbi Chandler 10 Kayla Cook 15 Alexis Durley 35 Marley Hill 31 Dayeesha Hollins 25 Chelsea Jamison 12 Alyesha Lovett 44 Ashley Nickens 22 Bianca Quisenberry 33 Jeanise Randolph 13 Brandey Tarver 11 Tiffany Turner 23 Jasmine Whitfield

F G G F G G G F G F G F G

So. Sr. So. Fr. R-Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Sr. So.

6-3 Indianapolis, Ind./Pike 5-10 South Webster, Ohio/South Webster 5-8 Houston, Texas/Andy Dekaney 6-2 Reynoldsburg,Ohio/ColumbusAfricentric 5-6 Cincinnati, Ohio/WintonWoods/Michigan 5-10 Indianapolis, Ind./Broad Ripple 6-0 Newark, N.J./Malcolm X Shabazz 6-3 Sterling Heights, Mich./Henry Ford II 5-8 Springfield, Ohio/Tecumseh 6-2 Chicago, Ill./Thornton Fractional North 5-10 Chicago, Ill./Bogan Computer Technical 6-1 Marlton, N.J./Cherokee 5-10 Crestwood, Ky./South Oldham

HEAD COACH: Jamelle Elliott Assistant Coaches: Tasha McDowell, Katie Rokus, Aaron Swinson

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Quick Facts, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cincinnati, Ohio Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bearcats Colors: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red & Black Enrollment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,000 Director of Athletics: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whit Babcock Home Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fifth Third Arena (13,176) Press Row Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513-556-3800 2012-13 Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-18 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ��9/2 Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/1

Head Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jamelle Elliott Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecticut, ‘96 Assistant Coach: . . . . . . Tasha McDowell (St. Ambrose, ‘97) Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Rokus (USC Aiken, ‘03) Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . Aaron A. Swinson (Auburn, ‘05) Dir. of Basketball Operations: . . . . . Dana Rieger (Albion, ‘94) Women’s Basketball Contact: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Botsis Office: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513-556-5191 Personal Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269-760-6639 Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie.Botsis@uc.edu Web Site: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GoBEARCATS.com

News & Notes TheBearcatsarelookingtoimproveonthe12-18 recordtheypostedlastyearandhaveninereturning letterwinnerstohelpaccomplishthatfeat.Leading the way is redshirt-senior guard Dayeesha Hollins, whoaveraged15.4ppgtoleadtheteam last season. Named the team’s Most Valuable Playerforthesecondconsecutiveseason,Hollins earnedAll-BIGEASTSecond-Teamhonorslastyear. Hollins was a 77.5 -percent free throw shooter in 2012-13,playingin28contestsandaveraging33.9 minutes. Senior forward Tiffany Turner returns after averaging7.0ppgandateam-high6.0reboundsper game last year. The only player to start all 30 games, senior guard Kayla Cook, will help four freshmen get acclimated to the college game. A player to watch will be Alexis Durley who earnedtheteam’sMostImprovedPlayerawardlast

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year. After Durley saw only 35 minutes of action during the first four games of the season, she workedherwayintothestartinglineup,makinga total of 16 starts during her first season with the Bearcats. The guard scored double digits in six contestsincludingchippingin11pointsduringUC’s BIG EAST tournament game against Seton Hall. Durleyaveraged5.6points,2.4reboundsand1.6 assists last season. The Bearcats will be looking to improve on the landmarkstridesthatweremadein2011-12,when headcoachJamelleElliottledCincinnatitoitsmost successful season in recent years after finishing witha16-16record–aseven-gameimprovement from2010-11andthemostwinsunderElliott.To captheseason,UCadvancedtopostseasonplayfor the first time since 2005-06 and won its first postseason game in 10 years.

Jamelle Elliott Head Coach

Katie Botsis Assistant Sports Communications Director

Elliotts Record Career Record (4 years) 49-72 (.405) UC Record (4 years) 49-72 (.405) NCAA Record (n/a) WNIT Record (1 appearance) 1-1 (.500) Conference Tournament (4 appearances) 1-4 (.200)

Jamelle Elliott

PROFILE: Hired at Cincinnati – May 5, 2009 Personal–NativeofWashington,D.C.;attendedH.D.Woodson High School (1989-92) Education – B.A. Business Management, University of Connecticut (1996); M.A. Sport Management, University of Connecticut (1997) Playing File – University of Connecticut (1993-96) Coaching File – Assistant Coach, University of Connecticut (1997-2009) Highlights–EntersherfifthseasonatthehelmoftheBearcats; in2011-12,Elliottrecordedherfirstcareerpostseasonvictoryas theBearcatsdefeatedDuquesne68-63inovertimeintheWNIT; itwasthefirsttimeUCadvancedtotheWNITsince2005-06;the Bearcatsmadeaseven-gameimprovementfromtheprevious season,themostwinsunderElliott;in2010-11,Cincinnatistarted

5-0 for the first time since 2005-06; earned her first win over a top-25teamasUCknockedoffthen-No.24/22MarquetteonFeb. 28,2011;wonsixNCAAChampionshipswhileatConnecticut– oneasaplayerandfiveasanassistantcoach;UConnpostedan overall record of 117-18 (.867) during her career as a player; secondplayerinUConnhistorytosurpassthe1,000-pointand 1,000-rebound milestones; finished her career ranked No. 2 amongUConn’sall-timereboundingleaders(1,054),No.5inBIG EASTcareerrebounding(558)andNo.11inUConncareerscoring (1,387);helpedguideUConntoa402-36(.918)recordinher12 yearsasanassistantcoach;ledConnecticuttosevenNCAAFinal Fourberths;wontheBIGEASTConferenceregularseasontitlein 10ofher12seasonsasanassistant,whilealsoclaimingatotal ofninetournamentcrowns;theonlycurrentcoachintheleague who also played in the BIG EAST

Elliott’s Year-by-Year History Year

School

2009-10 Cincinnati 2010-11 Cincinnati 2011-12 Cincinnati 2012-13 Cincinnati CAREER 4 Years

Overall

NCAA Postseason

WNIT Postseason Conference Tournament

12-18 9-20 16-16 1-1 12-18 49-74 1-1 (.405) (.500)

1-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-4 (.200)

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Statistics ## Player

TOTAL

3-PTS

REBOUNDS

GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO BLK STL PTS AVG

31 HOLLINS, Dayeesha 28 27 948 33.9 139 394 .353 29 95 .305 124 160 .775 38 77 115 4.1 66 1 79 100 0 41 431 15.4 04 DUNN, Lesha 30 23 655 21.8 82 213 .385 0 1 .000 53 77 .688 50 101 151 5.0 61 2 40 77 23 7 217 7.2 11 TURNER, Tiffany 25 17 594 23.8 74 135 .548 0 0 .000 28 39 .718 48 103 151 6.0 48 2 10 31 17 20 176 7.0 12 LOVETT, Alyesha 28 18 773 27.6 63 205 .307 20 65 .308 41 60 .683 41 78 119 4.3 49 0 34 61 7 37 187 6.7 15 DURLEY, Alexis 30 16 753 25.1 54 164 .329 4 19 .211 55 85 .647 22 51 73 2.4 60 3 46 56 2 32 167 5.6 33 RANDOLPH, Jeanise 16 5 300 18.8 34 80 .425 0 0 .000 12 21 .571 32 48 80 5.0 25 1 4 27 10 15 80 5.0 10 COOK, Kayla 30 30 938 31.3 47 155 .303 27 105 .257 29 37 .784 18 65 83 2.8 51 0 54 34 5 25 150 5.0 25 JAMISON, Chelsea 29 13 615 21.2 48 132 .364 3 18 .167 19 29 .655 37 56 93 3.2 64 2 17 37 1 14 118 4.1 23 WHITFIELD, Jasmine 29 0 304 10.5 18 51 .353 6 28 .214 4 8 .500 14 22 36 1.2 13 0 11 16 1 9 46 1.6 32 CHANDLER, Shelbi 23 1 126 5.5 4 17 .235 0 0 .000 4 7 .571 5 12 17 0.7 15 0 3 7 0 0 12 0.5 05 FEAGIN, Destini 21 0 67 3.2 2 13 .154 0 4 .000 4 6 .667 3 4 7 0.3 4 0 2 3 2 2 8 0.4 40 HAMILTON, Talequia 1 0 2 2.0 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TM TEAM................ 48 67 115 3.8 1 22 0 Total.......... 30 565 1560 .362 89 335 .266 373 529 .705 357 685 1042 34.7 457 12 300 471 68 202 1592 53.1 Opponents...... 30 654 1654 .395 144 474 .304 296 425 .696 371 700 1071 35.7 516 - 371 459 107 224 1748 58.3 SCORE BY PERIODS: Cincinnati Opponents

1 2 OT O2 Total 728 843 16 5 1592 809 914 18 7 1748

12-18 Overall (9-6 Home; 2-10 Away; 1-2 Neutral) 4-12 BIG EAST (3-5 Home; 1-7 Away)

Dayeesha Hollins

their

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We’re really excited about our overall schedule this year. Our non-conference schedule features three teams from major conferences playing at Fifth Third Arena in Florida State (ACC), Iowa State (Big 12) and Ohio State (Big Ten) which will prepare us well for our first season in the American Athletic Conference.”

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he University of Cincinnati offers students a balance of educational excellence and real-world experience. UC is a public research university with an enrollment of more than 42,000 students. Nickname: Bearcats Enrollment: 42,421 Location: Cincinnati, OH Founded: 1819 Colors: Red and Black President: Dr. Santa Jeremy Ono Athletic Director: Whit Babcock

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Stefanie Dolson Schedule November

Sat. 9 Hartford Mon. 11 Stanford Fri. 15 at Maryland Sun. 17 at Wed. 20 Oregon Fri. 22 Hall of Fame Classic Boston University Sat. 23 Hall of Fame Classic Monmouth Sun. 24 Hall of Fame Classic St. Bonaventure

December

4:00 SNY 7:00 ESPN2 6:00 ESPNU Penn State 12:00 BN T 7:00 SNY 7:30

SNY

4:30

SNY

4:30

SNY

Sun. 1 at Ohio State 5:30 ESPN2 Thu. 5 UC-Davis 7:00 SNY Tue. 17 Jimmy V Classic (Durham, N.C.) at Duke 7:00 ESPN2 Sun. 22 vs California 1:30 ESPN2 Sun. 29 CINCINNATI 5:00 PN SEU

January

Wed. 1 at UCF Sat. 4 at MEMPHIS Tue. 7 HOUSTON Sat. 11 TEMPLE Mon. 13 at Baylor Sun. 19 at Wed. 22 MEMPHIS Sun. 26 Tue. 28 at TEMPLE

February Sat. 1 at CINCINNATI Tue. 4 SMU Sun. 9 LOUISVILLE Sun. 16 at Wed. 19 UCF Sat. 22 at HOUSTON Tue. 25 at SMU

March

4:00 SNY TBD SNY 7:00 SNY 12:00 SNY 7:00 ESPN2 RUTGERS 3:00 ESPN2 7:00 SNY USF 12:00 CN BS 7:00 SNY

2:00 7:00 1:00 USF 7:00 TBD 8:00

SNY SNY ESPN 4:00 CBSN SNY SNY SNY

Sat. 1 RUTGERS 4:00 CBSSN Mon. 3 at LOUISVILLE 7:00 ESPN2 Fri. 7-Mon. 10 American Championship, Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, Conn.)

Roster No. Name

Pos. Cl. Hgt. Hometown/Previous School

13 Brianna Banks G 12 Saniya Chong G 31 Stefanie Dolson C 14 Bria Hartley G 4 Moriah Jefferson G 23 Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis F 30 Breanna Stewart F 41 Kiah Stokes C 3 Morgan Tuck F

Jr. Fr. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. So. Jr. So.

5-9 5-8 6-5 5-8 5-7 6-0 6-4 6-3 6-2

Newnan, Ga./Fayette County Ossining, N.Y./Ossining Port Jervis, N.Y./Minisink Valley North Babylon, N.Y./North Babylon Glen Heights, Texas Anaheim Hills, Calif./Mater Dei Syracuse, N.Y./Cicero North Marion, Iowa/Linn-Mar Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook

HEAD COACH: Geno Auriemma Associate Head Coach: Chris Dailey Assistant Coaches: Shea Ralph, Marisa Moseley

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Quick Facts, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Storrs, Conn. Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Huskies Colors: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National Flag Blue (Navy) and White Enrollment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,525 Director of Athletics: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warde Manuel Home Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Press Row Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860-486-1888 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .XL Center (16,294) Press Row Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860-244-0334 2012-13 Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-4 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ��8/3 Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/2

Head Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geno Auriemma Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Chester, ‘81 Associate Head Coach: . . . . . . . . . . Chris Dailey (Rutgers, ‘82) Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shea Ralph (Connecticut, ‘01) Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . . Marisa Moseley (Boston Univ., ‘04) Dir. of Basketball Operations: . . . Sarah Darras (Fairfield, ‘94) Women’s Basketball Contact: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pat McKenna Office: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860-486-2394 Personal Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860-240-7311 Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . patrick.mckenna@uconn.edu Web Site: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UConnHuskies.com

News & Notes UConnwonthenationalchampionshipfortheNCAA record-tyingeighthtimeinschoolhistory,defeating fellow American Athletic Conference member Louisville 93-60 on April 9 in New Orleans. UConn returns three starters and seven of its top-eight scorersfromlastyear’snationalchampionshipsquad. TheHuskieswillbewithouttheservicesofHeather Buck,CarolineDotyandKellyFariswhowereeach lost to graduation. Faris, the Big East Defensive Player of the Year and a finalist for the National Defensive Player of theYear Award, was selected with the 11th overall pick of the 2013WNBA Draft. TheHuskiesenterthe2013-14seasonhavingappeared inarecordsix-straightFinalFoursandUConnhasnow advanced to at least the Final Four 11 times since 2000.TheFinalFourtripwasUConn’s14thall-time, whichisthesecond-mostappearancesinthehistory ofthesport.(Tennesseehasappearedinarecord18.) Faris, Bria Hartley and Kaleena MosquedaLewiswerehonoredontheAll-NCAATournament TeamwhileBreanna Stewart wasselectedasthe Final Four MOP. Stewart’s selection was only the fourthall-timebyafreshmanandsheisonlythethird Husky(DianaTaurasi,MayaMoore)tobenamedMOP of the Regional and Final Four in the same season.

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Connecticutfinished35-4in2012-13topostitseighthstraight 30-win season. The Huskies eclipsed the 30-winplateauforthe18thtimeinthelast20years. Saniya Chong is the lone freshman on the 201314roster.TheOssining,N.Y.nativeaveraged34.4 points,5.6reboundsand9.1assistspergamelast seasonandhelpedheralmamatercaptureitsfirst NewYorkStatePublicSchoolsstatechampionship. ShewashonoredastheNationalPlayeroftheYear byParadeMagazineandtheNationalHighSchool Coaches Association. The Ossining, N.Y. native wasalsoselectedastheGatoradeNewYorkState Player of the Year. FiveHuskiescompetedwithUSABasketballover thesummerasBriaHartleyandKaleenaMosquedaLewis earned gold for Team USA at the World University Games in Kazan, Russia and Moriah Jefferson, Breanna Stewart and Morgan Tuck led the Americans to gold at the U19 World ChampionshipinPaneyezys,Lithuania. Breanna StewartandKaleenaMosqueda-Lewisnoweach have five gold medals while Bria Hartley and MorganTuckhavefoureach.MoriahJeffersonalso has two gold medals.

Geno Auriemma Head Coach

Pat McKenna Assistant Director/Athletic Communications

Auriemma’s Record Career Record (28 years) 839-133 (.863) UConn Record (28 years) 839-133 (.863) NCAA Record (25 appearances) 91-17 (.843) Conference Tournament (28 appearances) 66-10 (.868)

GENO AURIEMMA

Hired at Connecticut – May 17, 1985 Personal–NativeofMontella,Italyuntilage6,thenNorristown,Pa.; attendedBishopKenrick(Pa.)HighSchool(1972);married(Kathryn); father of two daughters (Jenna; Alysa) and one son (Michael) Education–B.A.inpoliticalscience,WestChesterUniversity(1981); Associate’sdegree,MontgomeryCounty(Pa.)CommunityCollege(1974) Coaching File – Assistant women’s coach, St. Joseph’s (Pa.) University(1978);headboys’coach,BishopKenrick(Pa.)HighSchool (1979‑81);assistantwomen’scoach,UniversityofVirginia(1981‑85) Highlights–LedtheHuskiestotheireighthNationalChampionship in 2012-13; honored as 2012 John R.Wooden Award“Legends of Coaching”recipient;coachedtheUSAWomen’sBasketballteamtoa goldmedalatthe2012LondonOlympics;eightNCAAtitles(1995,’00, ’02,’03,’04,’09,’10,’13);ranksfirstamongactiveDivisionIcoaches inwinningpercentage(.863)withacareerrecordof839-133;only DivisionIwomen’scoachtohavefourundefeatedseasons(1994-95, ’01-02,’08-09,09-10);becamefastestcoachinNCAAhistory(men’sor women’s)to700wins;alsosurpassed600winsin2006-07–passing Pat Summit; second fastest coach to eclipse 500 victories; 24 consecutiveNCAAappearances;14NCAAFinalFourappearances, 1991, ’95, ’96, ’00, ’01, ’02, ’03, ’04, ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12, ’13; NCAA Regional Finalists 17 times; 18 BIG EAST championship titles; BIG EASTCoachoftheYear10times(1988-89,’94-95;’96-97,’99-00,’01-

02,’02-03,’07-08,’08-09,09-10,10-11);seven-timeAssociatedPress National Coach of theYear (1994-95, ’96-97, ’99-00, ’02-03, ’07-08, ’08-09, ’10-11) and five-time Naismith National Coach of theYear (1994-95,’96-97,’99-00,’01-02,’08-09);five-timeWBCACoachofthe Year (1996-97, ’99-00, ’01-02, ’07-08, ’08-09); five-time USBWA NationalCoachoftheYear(1994-95,’96-97,’02-03,’07-08,’08-09); coached the Huskies to 70 consecutive wins from Nov. 9, 2001 to March10,2003;directedUConntoanNCAA-record90consecutive winsfromNov.16,2008toDec.28,2011;directedUConntoits18th 30-winseasonin2012-13andits18thinthepast20seasons;ledthe Huskiestotheleague’sfirstNo.1nationalrankingonJan.16,1995; becamethefirstcoachinhistorytocoachthreeAPAll-Americanson thesameteam(1994-95);namedU.S.NationalTeamheadcoachfor 2009-2012;guidedtheUSAteamtoagoldmedalintheFIBAWorld Championshipsin2010;earnedaGoldMedalasanassistantcoachfor the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team; coach of the 2001 USA Basketball Women’sJuniorWorldChampionshipTeam;assistantcoachatthe U.S.OlympicTrialsin1996,andthenremainedtocoachtheU.S.Select Team;namedtheWBCAVicePresidentin2007andbecamePresident inAug.2009foratwo-yearterm;namedtoWBCABoardofDirectors in2005;inductedaspartoftheClassof2006totheNaismithMemorial Basketball Hall of Fame and theWomen’s Basketball Hall of Fame

Auriemma’s Year-by-Year History Year School Overall NCAA Postseason 1985-86 UConn 1986-87 UConn 1987-88 UConn 1988-89 UConn 1989-90 UConn 1990-91 UConn 1991-92 UConn 1992-93 UConn 1993-94 UConn 1994-95 UConn 1995-96 UConn 1996-97 UConn 1997-98 UConn 1998-99 UConn 1999-00 UConn 2000-01 UConn 2001-02 UConn 2002-03 UConn 2003-04 UConn 2004-05 UConn 2005-06 UConn 2006-07 UConn 2007-08 UConn 2008-09 UConn 2009-10 UConn 2010-11 UConn 2011-12 UConn 2012-13 UConn CAREER 28 Years

12-15 14-13 17-11 24-6 0-1 25-6 0-1 29-5 3-1 (Final Four) 23-11 1-1 18-11 0-1 30-3 3-1 (Sweet 16) 35-0 6-0 (National Champions) 34-4 4-1 (Final Four) 33-1 3-1 (Reg. Final) 34-3 3-1 (Reg. Final) 29-5 2-1 (Sweet 16) 36-1 6-0 (National Champions) 32-3 4-1 (Final Four) 39-0 6-0 (National Champions) 37-1 6-0 (National Champions) 31-4 6-0 (National Champions) 25-8 2-1 (Sweet 16) 32-5 3-1 (Reg. Final) 32-4 3-1 (Reg. Final) 36-2 4-1 (Final Four) 39-0 6-0 (National Champions) 39-0 6-0 (National Champions) 36-2 4-1 (Final Four) 33-5 4-1 (Final Four) 35-4 6-0 (National Champions) 839-133 91-17 (.863) (.843)

Conference Tournament 0-1 0-1 0-1 3-0 (1st) 2-1 (2nd) 3-0 (1st) 2-1 (2nd) 1-1 3-0 (1st) 3-0 (1st) 3-0 (1st) 3-0 (1st) 3-0 (1st) 3-0 (1st) 3-0 (1st) 3-0 (1st) 3-0 (1st) 2-1 (2nd) 1-1 3-0 (1st) 3-0 (1st) 2-1 (2nd) 3-0 (1st) 3-0 (1st) 3-0 (1st) 3-0 (1st) 3-0 (1st) 2-1 (2nd) 66-10 (.868)

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Statistics ## Player

TOTAL

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REBOUNDS

GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO BLK STL PTS AVG

23 MOSQUEDA-Lewis, K. 38 38 1146 30.2 242 458 .528 118 240 .492 68 76 .895 85 155 240 6.3 62 1 89 58 12 57 670 17.6 30 STEWART, Breanna 36 14 854 23.7 191 376 .508 28 84 .333 87 112 .777 78 151 229 6.4 56 0 35 54 74 41 497 13.8 31 DOLSON, Stefanie 38 38 1020 26.8 213 359 .593 8 19 .421 82 103 .796 87 182 269 7.1 72 1 117 86 58 40 516 13.6 34 FARIS, Kelly 39 39 1160 29.7 148 279 .530 49 118 .415 54 72 .750 73 150 223 5.7 68 0 156 74 19 96 399 10.2 14 HARTLEY, Bria 37 28 987 26.7 118 302 .391 44 148 .297 62 79 .785 28 92 120 3.2 57 1 136 86 2 53 342 9.2 13 BANKS, Brianna 21 0 359 17.1 56 117 .479 18 52 .346 23 33 .697 6 30 36 1.7 22 0 35 22 4 25 153 7.3 03 TUCK, Morgan 35 2 554 15.8 89 196 .454 13 45 .289 34 51 .667 41 79 120 3.4 37 1 47 43 9 19 225 6.4 04 JEFFERSON, Moriah 39 2 677 17.4 73 172 .424 17 64 .266 19 25 .760 13 51 64 1.6 56 0 69 49 2 52 182 4.7 05 DOTY, Caroline 38 32 627 16.5 44 121 .364 30 89 .337 3 5 .600 15 61 76 2.0 33 0 80 50 13 27 121 3.2 41 STOKES, Kiah 32 1 342 10.7 35 53 .660 0 0 .000 18 30 .600 36 77 113 3.5 23 0 21 20 39 4 88 2.8 32 BUCK, Heather 31 1 149 4.8 12 27 .444 0 0 .000 1 4 .250 8 18 26 0.8 16 0 13 8 10 4 25 0.8 TEAM................ 69 83 152 3.9 1 7 0 Total.......... 39 1221 2460 .496 325 859 .378 451 590 .764 539 1129 1668 42.8 503 4 798 557 242 418 3218 82.5 Opponents...... 39 716 2264 .316 183 640 .286 327 476 .687 472 764 1236 31.7 585 - 406 744 80 246 1942 49.8 SCORE BY PERIODS: Connecticut Opponents

1 2 OT O2 O3 Total 1671 1524 7 10 6 3218 890 1020 7 10 15 1942

35-4 Overall (17-3 Home; 11-1 Away; 7-0 Neutral) 14-2 BIG EAST (7-1 Home; 7-1 Away)

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis

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We have put together another challenging nonconference schedule and look forward to, once again, competing against the best teams in the country. I am also excited by the opportunity for our team to experience some different cities and tough competition as we look forward to our first year in The American.”

Geno Auriemma, Connecticut

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he University of Connecticut is among the top 25 leading public research universities in the nation. UConnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main campus in Storrs is admitting the highest-achieving freshmen in University history.

Nickname: Huskies Enrollment: 30,256 Location: Storrs, CT Founded: 1881 Colors: Blue and White President: Susan Herbst Athletic Director: Warde Manuel

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Marche’ Amerson Schedule November

Fri. 8 Mississippi State Tue. 12 at Northwestern State Sun. 17 Wed. 20 North Texas Sat. 23 at Creighton Sat. 30 David Jones Memorial Classic Kent State

December

6:00 8:00 Texas A&M 3:30 8:00 3:00 2:30

Sun. 1 David Jones Memorial Classic Prairie View A&M Wed. 4 Washington Sun. 8 at Alabama Sun. 15 at Fri. 20 at Rice Sat. 28 UCF Tue. 31 USF

4:30 8:00 3:00 Texas State 3:00 2:00 3:00 American 3:00 ESPN3

Sat. 4 at RUTGERS Tue. 7 at UCONN Sat. 11 CINCINNATI Sat. 18 at MEMPHIS Tue. 21 LOUISVILLE Sat. 25 SMU Wed. 29 at USF

12:00 7:00 SNY 3:00 3:00 8:00 ESPN3 3:00 American 7:00 American

Sat. 1 at UCF Tue. 4 TEMPLE Sat. 8 at CINCINNATI Tue. 11 RUTGERS Sat. 15 at SMU Wed. 19 at LOUISVILLE Sat. 22 UCONN

4:00 American 8:00 2:00 American 8:00 3:00 American 7:00 WHAS-DT2 TBD SNY

January

February

March

Sat. 1 MEMPHIS 3:00 American Mon. 3 at TEMPLE 7:00 Fri. 7-Mon. 10 American Championship, Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, Conn.)

Roster No. Name

Pos. Cl. Hgt. Hometown/Previous School

34 Terran Alford F 22 Marche’ Amerson F 24 Marissa Ashton F 32 Te’onna Campbell F 35 Taylor Gilbert F 33 Tyler Gilbert F 21 Jessieka Palmer G 0 Alexia Sanders G 15 Alecia Smith G 12 Destini Texada F 20 Yasmeen Thompson F 3 Bianca Winslow G 25 Mae Woods C

Jr. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. So. So. Fr. So. Sr. Sr. So. Sr.

6-1 Oklahoma City, Okla. 6-1 Bryan, Texas/Rudder 6-0 Dickinson, Texas/Texas Tech 5-10 Ontario, Calif./New Mexico JC 6-2 Ontario, Calif./New Mexico JC 6-2 Missouri City, Texas/Hightower 6-0 La Marque, Texas/La Marque 5-8 The Woodlands, Texas/College Park 5-7 Cedar Hill, Texas/Cedar Hill 6-0 Houston, Texas/Houston Baptist 6-2 Philadelphia, Pa./Paris JC 5-7 Bellaire, Texas/Bellaire 6-4 Maple Ridge, British Columbia/Maple Ridge Secondary School

HEAD COACH: Todd Buchanan Associate Head Coach: Wade Scott Assistant Coaches: Ravon Justice, Leah Foster

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Quick Facts, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Houston, Texas Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cougars Colors: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scarlet and White Enrollment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,750 Director of Athletics: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mack Rhoades Home Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hofheinz Pavilion (8,479) Press Row Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713-743-9414 2012-13 Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-17 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ��9/1 Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/1

Head Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Todd Buchanan Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Murray State, ‘95 Associate Head Coach: . . . . . . . . . . Wade Scott (Eastern New Mexico, ‘93) Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ravon Justice (USAO, ‘04) Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leah Foster (St. Edward’s, ‘06) Dir. of Basketball Operations: .Brittany Mason (Houston,‘10) Women’s Basketball Contact: �� TBA Office: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713-743-9391 Personal Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBA Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBA Web Site: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UHCougars.com

News & Notes Houstonreturnsfourofitsstartersandnineofits10 letterwinners from last season, with the group averaging 29 starts in a 30-game season. The Cougarshavetheadvantageofreturning74percent of last season’s total scoring. Houston does not haveadouble-digitscorerreturning,buttheCougars do have the benefit of balanced scoring. Five playerswhoaveraged7.0ppgorbetterduringthe 2012-13seasonreturntohelpthesquadthisyear. Despiteplayingwithfivefreshmenandninetotal newcomerslastseason,ToddBuchanan’srebuilt squadwon10moreconteststhanthepreviousyear andknockedoffthetoptwoteamsinConference USAduringtheregularseason.Sophomoreforward Marche’Amerson was named to the C-USA AllFreshmansquadafterrankingsecondontheteam with 9.1 points per game and 10.1 points per contest in league play. Amerson set a freshman recordbystartinginall30contests and placed in the top 10 of six other freshman records. YasmeenThompson returns for her senior year aftermakingasplashinherfirstseasonatHouston,

Mack Rhoades Director of Athletics

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where she led C-USA and ranked 10th all-time in program history in field-goal percentage (.553), while adding 8.6 points and a team-leading 8.5 reboundspercontest.RightbehindThompsonon theboardswasforwardTe’onna Campbell, who averaged8.2rpgin2012-13,whichrankedeighthin theleague.Theseniorreturnsforherfinalseason afterrankingsecondontheteamlastyearwith32.9 minutespergame.Sheledtheteamandwasfifth in the conference with 2.5 steals per game (76 total).Campbellhad10boardsinthefirstroundof theC-USAChampionship,herseventhgameofthe season with double-digit caroms. Sophomore Alecia Smith returns after posting ninedouble-digitscoringperformancesinherrookie campaign for the Cougars. The Cougars lost senior guard Porsche Landry to graduation,abiglossastheFirstTeamAll-Conference selection finished her career with 1,578 points, rankingseventhontheHoustoncharts.Includingthe scoringchart,Landryfinishedhercareerinthetop10 on 15 different Houston career lists.

Todd Buchanan Head Coach

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BUCHANAN’s Record Career Record (10 years) 141-153 (.480) UH Record (3 years) 42-49 (.462) NCAA Record (1 appearance) 0-1 (0) Conference Tournament (6 appearances) 7-4 (.636)

TODD BUCHANAN

Originally hired at Houston in 2000 as assistant coach; returned as head coach on April 20, 2010 Personal – 1995 graduate of Murray State; Buchanan and his wife Michelle have a 2-year old son, Colton; His father, Tom, enjoyedasuccessfullycoachingcareeratbothTexasandKentucky after playing college basketball at Eastern New Mexico Education–Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education, Murray State (1995) Coaching File – Assistant coach, Murray State (1992-95); assistantcoach,OralRobers(1995-96);headcoach,Universityof Montevallo(1996-98);assistantcoach,EastCarolina(1998-00); assistantheadcoachandrecruitingcoordinator,Houston(200005); head coach, Houston Baptist (2005-10) Highlights – In his first season at the helm in 2010-11, Buchanan led the Cougars to an overall record of 26-6, 16-0 ConferenceUSArecordandNCAATournamentat-largebid;2011 Conference USA Coach of the Year; earned two conference regular-seasontitlesasheadcoachatHoustonBaptist;timeas assistantcoachatHoustoncoincidedwiththebestfive-yearrun in Houston women’s basketball history, averaging 21 wins a season and 28 wins in 2003-04

BUCHANAN’s Year-by-Year History Year School Overall NCAA Postseason 12-17 7-19 28-4 27-7

2007-08 Houston Baptist 2008-09 Houston Baptist 2009-10 Houston Baptist 2010-11 Houston

14-11 8-21 3-25 0-1 26-6 0-1 1-1

2011-12 Houston 2012-13 Houston CAREER 10 Years

Conference Tournament

1996-97 Montevallo 1997-98 Motevallo 2005-06 Houston Baptist 2006-07 Houston Baptist

3-26 13-17 141-153 0-1 (.480) (0)

3-0 (1st) 3-0 (1st)

0-1 0-1 7-4 (.636)

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Statistics

TOTAL

3-PTS

REBOUNDS

## Player

GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO BLK STL PTS AVG

05 LANDRY, Porsche 22 AMERSON, Marche’ 20 THOMPSON, Yasmeen 32 CAMPBELL, Te’onna 15 SMITH, Alecia 24 ASHTON, Marissa 21 PALMER, Jessieka 23 TUBBS, Tasha 33 GILBERT, Tyler 03 WINSLOW, Bianca 25 WOODS, Mae 14 BARROSO, Eryn 34 ALFORD, Terran TEAM Total.......... Opponents......

30 30 30 30 30 30 30 8 17 24 13 8 11 30 30

30 30 29 30 26 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1034 34.5 932 31.1 851 28.4 988 32.9 924 30.8 639 21.3 338 11.3 48 6.0 87 5.1 147 6.1 31 2.4 14 1.8 42 3.8 6075 6075

184 99 94 89 83 83 42 4 6 5 4 1 1 695 717

447 300 170 250 274 244 131 19 19 24 7 2 7 1894 1866

.412 31 .330 24 .553 0 .356 2 .303 38 .340 30 .321 7 .211 4 .316 0 .208 4 .571 0 .500 0 .143 0 .367 140 .384 165

103 86 0 22 142 100 44 14 0 17 0 1 0 529 499

.301 98 .279 51 .000 71 .091 55 .268 29 .300 22 .159 25 .286 1 .000 8 .235 11 .000 0 .000 1 .000 1 .265 373 .331 369

127 74 146 97 38 33 37 2 16 14 0 2 3 50 589 528

.772 64 .689 50 .486 94 .567 89 .763 37 .667 50 .676 8 .500 1 .500 10 .786 1 .000 2 .500 3 .333 3 75 125 .633 462 .699 449

96 83 161 157 62 99 20 4 11 5 2 2 8 4.2 785 859

160 5.3 133 4.4 255 8.5 246 8.2 99 3.3 149 5.0 28 0.9 5 0.6 21 1.2 6 0.3 4 0.3 5 0.6 11 1.0 2 1247 41.6 1308 43.6

91 63 91 71 74 52 34 6 6 15 5 1 10 521 542

4 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13 -

138 22 20 50 53 15 16 2 0 9 1 0 0 326 382

141 65 53 70 77 28 38 3 8 6 1 0 1 495 539

6 14 42 22 0 12 3 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 108 99

66 23 38 76 38 27 11 0 2 4 0 0 1

497 273 259 235 233 218 116 13 20 25 8 3 3

16.6 9.1 8.6 7.8 7.8 7.3 3.9 1.6 1.2 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.3

286 1903 63.4 264 1968 65.6

Score by periods 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Houston 903 973 21 6 1903 Opponents 888 1067 8 5 1968

13-17 Overall (10-6 Home; 3-10 Away; 0-1 Neutral) 7-9 Conference USA (4-4 Home; 3-5 Away)

Yasmeen Thompson

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“We’re incredibly excited about competing in the American Athletic Conference this season, which is arguably the toughest league in the nation. We’ll have a marquee home schedule between our league games and some of our nonconference matchups, and will need our `Sixth Man’ at Hofheinz behind us more than ever.”

Todd Buchanan, Houston

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he University of Houston is the leading public research university in the vibrant international city of Houston. As a knowledge resource to the public, the Tier One University builds partnerships with other educational institutions, community organizations, government agencies, and the private sector to serve the region and impact the world. Nickname: Cougars Enrollment: 39,820 Location: Houston, TX Founded: 1927 Colors: Scarlet and White President: Dr. Renu Khator Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics: Mack Rhoades

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Bria Smith Schedule November

Sat. 9 Preseason WNIT Loyola Chicago Mon. 11 Preseason WNIT TBD Thu. 14 Preseason WNIT TBD Sun. 17 Preseason WNIT vs TBD Thu. 21 Sun. 24 Wed. 27 at Western Kentucky

December

7:00 7:00 7:00 TBD Ohio University 7:00 Florida State 2:00 8:00

Sun. 1 at Kentucky Tue. 3 Missouri State Sat. 7 Wright State Sat. 14 Austin Peay Tue. 17 at Ball State Sat. 21 Colorado Sun. 29

TBD 7:00 7:00 7:00 WHAS-DT2 7:00 1:00 WHAS-DT2 SMU 3:00 ESPNU

Wed. 1 at TEMPLE Sat. 4 CINCINNATI Sun. 12 at Wed. 15 UCF Sun. 19 at Tue. 21 at HOUSTON Sun. 26 Tue. 28 at RUTGERS

4:00 ESPN3 2:00 WHAS-DT2 USF 3:00 ESPNU 7:00 WHAS-DT2 SMU 1:30 ESPNU 8:00 ESPN3 MEMPHIS 1:00 ESPNU 9:00 CBSSN

January

February

Sun. 2 USF Tue. 4 at UCF Sun. 9 at UCONN Wed. 12 TEMPLE Sun. 16 at Wed. 19 HOUSTON Sun. 23

March

2:00 CBSSN 7:00 ESPN3 1:00 ESPN 7:00 ESPN3 MEMPHIS 3:30 ESPNU 7:00 WHAS-DT2 RUTGERS 3:00 ESPNU

Sat. 1 at CINCINNATI 2:00 ESPN3 Mon. 3 UCONN 7:00 ESPN2 Fri. 7-Mon. 10 American Championship, Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, Conn.)

Roster No. Name

Pos. Cl. Hgt. Hometown/Previous School

10 Starr Breedlove G 15 Megan Deines G 12 Shawnta’ Dyer F 25 Tia Gibbs G 00 Sara Hammond F 32 Emmonnie Henderson F 2 Monny Niamke G 22 Jude Schimmel G 23 Shoni Schimmel G 4 Antonita Slaughter G 21 Bria Smith G 31 Asia Taylor F 3 Sheronne Vails C 13 Cortnee Walton F

So. 5-6 Teaneck, N.J./Trinity Valley CC So. 6-1 Springfield, Mo./Glendale R-Jr. 6-1 Marion, Ohio/Marion Harding R-Sr. 5-9 Louisville, Ky./Vanderbilt Univ. Jr. 6-2 Mt. Vernon, Ky./Rockcastle County Fr. 6-1 Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville R-So. 5-5 Rouen, France/Lindsey Wilson Jr. 5-6 Mission, Ore./Franklin Sr. 5-9 Mission, Ore./Franklin Sr. G Louisville, Ky./Louisville Christian Academy Jr. 5-10 Massapequa, N.Y./Christ the King R-Sr. 6-1 Columbus, Ohio/Whetstone Sr. 6-4 Odenton, Md./Arundel So. 6-3 Surprise, Ariz./St. Mary’s

HEAD COACH: Jeff Walz Associate Head Coach: Stephanie Norman Assistant Coaches: Sam Purcell, Samantha Williams

Women’s Basketball

Quick Facts, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louisville, Ky. Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cardinals Colors: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red, Black and White Enrollment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,000 Director of Athletics: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Jurich Home Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KFC Yum! Center (22,000) Press Row Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502-852-5567 2012-13 Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-9 Letterwinners Returning/Lost �� 10/2 Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/0

Head Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Walz Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Northern Kentucky, ‘95 Associate Head Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie Norman (Arizona State, ‘89) Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Purcell (Auburn, ‘03) Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . . . . Samantha Williams (Auburn, ‘99) Dir. of Basketball Operations: . . . . . . . . . . Mary Beth Whitaker (Eastern Kentucky ‘06) Women’s Basketball Contact: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kim Pemberton Office: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502-852-7711 Personal Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502-852-7401 Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kapemb01@louisville.edu Web Site: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UofLSports.com

News & Notes TheCardinalsarecomingoffanamazingseason andarehopingtopickuprightwheretheyleftoff once2013-14kicksoff.TheCardinalsfinishedlast year as the national runner up. But it wasn’t just makingthetitlegamethatearnedUofLagreatdeal ofrespectandanincreasednationalfollowing.It was the way in which the Cardinals reached the mostcovetedgameinwomen’scollegebasketball - with no fear and an intense determination. In a tournamentwhereupsetsarerareandpreseason bracketsareoftencorrect,Louisvilleknockedoff powerhouseBaylorinthetournament’sbiggest upsetinhistory.TheBearshadbeenona32-game winning streak, led by Player of theYear Brittney Griner.TheCardinalsheldGriner,whofinishedher careerasthesecond-highestscorerinNCAAhistory andaveraged33pointsinthefirsttwotournament games,scorelessuntilthesecondhalf.Asateam, Louisvillewas16-for-25 frombehindthearctotie theNCAAtournamentmarkreachedbyfourother teams and make the most ever 3-pointers in the regionalsemifinalsorbeyond.TheCardinalsadded Tennesseetotheirlistofvictims,behind24points

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fromShoni Schimmel,beforebecomingthefirst No.5seedtoreachthetitlegamebybeatingCal,a game in which Antonita Slaughter scored 18 points, all on 3-pointers. BothSlaughterandSchimmelarebacktoleadthe teamasseniorsthisseason.Schimmelledtheteam last year with 14.2 ppg and 136 assists, while Slaughterwasthirdontheteamwith10.1ppgand a.3583-pointshootingpercentage.Juniorforward Sara Hammond was second on the team with 10.8ppgandaveragedateam-leading6.4rebounds per game. WhiletheCardinalshaveplayerswithagooddeal ofexperiencereturning,theydolosetheservicesof teamleaderMoniqueReid,whoaveraged9.2ppg andshot53percentfromthefloorfortheseason. UofL will need to fill Reid’s role and add other offensivedimensionstocomplementthethreepointthreatthateveryonewillbewatchingfornow after the display they put on last year.

JEFF WALZ Head Coach

KIM PEMBERTON Assistant Sports Information Director

WALZ’s Record Career Record (6 years) 148-65 (.695) UofL Record (6 years) 148-65 (.695) NCAA Record (5 appearances) 15-5 (.750) Conference Tournament (6 appearances) 9-6 (.600)

JEFF WALZ

Hired at Louisville – March 27, 2007 Personal–NativeofFt.Thomas,Ky.;attendedHighlandsHigh School; the father of two (Kaeley and Jacob) Education–B.S.insecondaryeducation,NorthernKentucky University(1995);M.A.ineducation,WesternKentuckyUniversity (1997) Coaching File – Assistant Coach, Western Kentucky (Aug. 1995-July 1997); assistant Coach, Nebraska (July 1997-June 2001); assistant Coach, Minnesota (June 2001-April 2002); assistant Coach, Maryland (April 2002-April 2006); associate Head Coach, Maryland (April 2006-2007) Highlights – Guided UofL to its second NCAA National Championshipappearance,16thNCAAtournamentappearance andseventhinthelasteightyearsin2012-13;ledtheCardinals to the biggest upset in women’s basketball history over No. 1 seedBaylorintheSweet16;finishedtheseasonrankedthirdin

theCoaches’Poll;directedtheNo.7seedCardinalstotheSweet 16oftheNCAAChampionshipin2010-11;ledLouisvilletothe NCAA Championship title game in 2009 as the No. 3 seed; knockedoffthreestraightNo.1seedsenroutetothetitlerun; setaschoolrecordwith34victoriesin2008-09;rankedNo.2in thefinalESPN/USATodayPoll,thehighestrankinginprogram history;appearedintwostraightBIGEASTChampionshiptitle games(2008,2009);earnedtheprogram’sfirstNCAASweet16 berthin2008;had26winsin2008,the third-mostinprogram history;coachedhisfirstAll-AmericanasaheadcoachinAngel McCoughtry(2007-08,’08-09);namedthe2008WBCAMaggie Dixon Rookie Coach of theYear; helped Maryland win its first NCAAChampionshipin2006;helpedguideMaryland,Minnesota, NebraskaandWesternKentuckytonineNCAAChampionship berths and one WNIT appearance

WALZ’s Year-by-Year History Year School Overall NCAA Postseason 2007-08 Louisville 2008-09 Louisville 2009-10 Louisville 2010-11 Louisville 2011-12 Louisville 2012-13 Louisville CAREER 6 Years

26-10 2-1 (Sweet 16) 34-5 5-1 (National Final) 14-18 22-13 2-1 (Sweet 16) 23-10 1-1 29-9 5-1 (National Final) 148-65 15-5 (.695) (.750)

Conference Tournament 3-1 (2nd) 2-1 (2nd) 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 9-6 (.600)

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Statistics ## Player

TOTAL

3-PTS

REBOUNDS

GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO BLK STL PTS AVG

23 SCHIMMEL, Shoni 38 37 1187 31.2 193 495 .390 96 291 .330 57 72 .792 15 103 118 3.1 48 1 136 127 13 65 539 14.2 00 HAMMOND, Sara 37 36 932 25.2 157 334 .470 7 33 .212 79 98 .806 85 150 235 6.4 101 2 40 73 34 52 400 10.8 04 SLAUGHTER, Antonita 38 30 1046 27.5 130 301 .432 64 179 .358 61 71 .859 74 112 186 4.9 55 0 55 56 4 40 385 10.1 21 SMITH, Bria 38 32 977 25.7 128 291 .440 0 7 .000 106 165 .642 48 114 162 4.3 101 8 91 112 29 78 362 9.5 33 REID, Monique 30 1 548 18.3 106 201 .527 3 11 .273 60 85 .706 55 62 117 3.9 48 0 20 36 5 35 275 9.2 12 DYER, Shawnta’ 11 10 215 19.5 33 62 .532 0 0 .000 15 23 .652 26 34 60 5.5 11 0 13 14 2 11 81 7.4 22 SCHIMMEL, Jude 38 0 887 23.3 76 191 .398 26 73 .356 39 53 .736 30 86 116 3.1 58 0 107 81 6 74 217 5.7 15 DEINES, Megan 37 15 585 15.8 71 172 .413 20 65 .308 19 33 .576 34 52 86 2.3 26 0 37 30 1 27 181 4.9 03 VAILS, Sheronne 37 28 576 15.6 57 114 .500 3 6 .500 31 45 .689 55 47 102 2.8 72 0 15 22 34 19 148 4.0 13 WALTON, Cortnee 33 0 394 11.9 37 70 .529 0 2 .000 18 45 .400 36 48 84 2.5 40 0 10 33 3 21 92 2.8 01 HARPER, Shelby 35 1 278 7.9 11 41 .268 3 22 .136 21 30 .700 12 20 32 0.9 29 0 31 20 0 14 46 1.3 TEAM................ 63 57 120 3.2 1 14 0 Total.......... 38 999 2272 .440 222 689 .322 506 720 .703 533 885 1418 37.3 590 11 555 618 131 436 2726 71.7 Opponents...... 38 824 2108 .391 193 655 .295 385 565 .681 488 857 1345 35.4 652 - 469 795 119 310 2226 58.6 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1 2 OT Total Louisville 1317 1395 14 2726 Opponents 1011 1210 5 2226

29-9 Overall (14-2 Home; 6-5 Away; 9-2 Neutral) 11-5 BIG EAST (7-1 Home; 4-4 Away)

Sara Hammond

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“We are excited about the schedule and the challenges it will bring us this season to help us prepare for the postseason. Our nonconference schedule has the potential to be the toughest in the seven years I’ve been at Louisville. We have always taken great pride in the quality of our nonconference opponents because they push us to be our best in a very competitive conference. The preseason WNIT will test the team early and provide some great match ups.”

Jeff Walz, Louisville

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he University of Louisville is a state supported research university located in Kentuckyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest metropolitan area. It was a municipally supported public institution for many decades prior to joining the university system in 1970. Nickname: Cardinals Enrollment: 22,293 Location: Louisville, KY Founded: 1798 Colors: Red and Black President: Dr. James R. Ramsey Athletic Director: Tom Jurich

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Ariel Hearn Schedule November

Fri. 8 East Tennessee State 8:00 Sun. 10 Samford 3:00 Fri. 15 at Wright State 7:00 Mon. 18 Jackson State 8:00 Fri. 22 at Arkansas Little Rock 8:00 Thu. 28 Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) vs Texas A&M 6:00 Fri. 29 Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) vs Syracuse 6:00 Sat. 30 Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) vs Texas 6:00

December

Sat. 7 UAB Sat. 14 at Tennessee Tech Wed. 18 Mississippi Valley State Fri. 20 Arkansas Pine Bluff Sun. 29

January

3:00 7:00 8:00 8:00 TEMPLE

3:00 Am canier

Sat. 4 UCONN TBD SNY Tue. 7 at SMU 8:00 American Sat. 11 at UCF 4:00 American Tue. 14 RUTGERS 8:00 Sat. 18 HOUSTON 3:00 Wed. 22 at UCONN 7:00 SNY Sun. 26 at LOUISVILLE 1:00 ESPNU Wed. 29 UCF TBD

February

Sat. 1 at RUTGERS 11:30 ESPN3 Wed. 5 USF 8:00 American Sun. 9 at TEMPLE 1:30 ESPNU Wed. 12 at CINCINNATI 7:00 American Sun. 16 LOUISVILLE 3:30 ESPNU Sat. 22 SMU 3:00 ESPN3 Tue. 25 at USF 7:00

March

Sat. 1 at HOUSTON 3:00 American Mon. 3 CINCINNATI 8:00 American Fri. 7-Mon. 10 American Championship, Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, Conn.)

Roster No. Name

Pos. Cl. Hgt. Hometown/Previous School

21 Asianna “Asia” Fuqua-Bey F 33 Brandi Goodman F 12 Ariel Hearn G 15 Pa’Sonna Hope F 23 Jaymie Jackson G 34 Devin Mack F 32 Courtney Powell F 24 Mooriah Rowser G 1 Breigha Wilder-Cochran G 3 Taylor Williams G

So. Fr. So. Sr. So. Sr. So. R-Fr. Fr. Fr.

6-1 Chicago, Ill./Marist 6-2 Troy, Tenn./Obion Country Central 5-7 Memphis, Tenn./Arlington 6-0 Cleveland, Ohio/Regina HS/Ole Miss 5-10 Toledo, Ohio/Start 5-10 Rockford, Ill./Boylan Catholic/Kishwaukee JC 6-1 Youngstown, Ohio/Ursuline 5-9 Rockville, Md./St. Johns College 5-9 Hoover, Ala./Hoover 6-1 Kansas City, Kan./Bishop Ward

HEAD COACH: Melissa McFerrin Associate Head Coach: Amy Stephens Assistant Coaches: Erin Grant, Jessica Bogia

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Quick Facts, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memphis, Tenn. Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tigers Colors: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blue and Gray Enrollment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,139 Director of Athletics: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Bowen Home Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elma Roane Fieldhouse (2,565) Press Row Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901-678-2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FedEx Forum (18,400) Press Row Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901-205-2758 2012-13 Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-15 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ��7/6 Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/3

Head Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melissa McFerrin Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missouri, ‘83 Associate Head Coach: . . . . . . . Amy Stephens (Nebraska,‘91) Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erin Grant (Texas Tech, ‘06) Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Bogia (Lafayette ‘05) Dir. of Basketball Operations: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donease Smith (Central Missouri St. ‘98) Women’s Basketball Contact: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tammy DeGroff Office: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901-678-5787 Personal Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901-734-1504 Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tdegroff@memphis.edu Web Site: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GoTigersGo.com

News & Notes Memphis returns seven letterwinners from last year’sWNIT team, but none with more than one yearintheTigers’blueandgray.SeniorsPa’Sonna Hope and Devin Mack both transferred to Memphislastseasonandwillbereliedontohelp lead a four-member sophomore class that saw significant playing time last season. Guard Ariel Hearn was a C-USA All-Freshman team honoree after finishing the season as the team’s secondleading scorer (13.8 ppg) and the team’s assist leader,with109assistsontheseason.Hearnwillbe joinedbyfellowsophomoresAsiannaFuqua-Bey (6.4 ppg, 5.4 rpg), Jaymie Jackson (3.9 ppg, 1.9 rpg)andCourtneyPowellandshouldgainsome offensivehelpwiththereturnofredshirtfreshman MooriahRowsertotheTigers’lineup.Rowserwas theteam’ssecond-leadingscorerwith12.0ppglast seasonbeforesufferingaseason-endingkneeinjury inMemphis’thirdgameoftheseason,aroadwinat Illinois State in the preseason WNIT. Thatsophomoreclassisjoinedbyathree-member freshman class in 2013-14 – Brandi Goodman, Breigha Wilder-Cochran and Taylor Williams.

Tom Bowen Director of Athletics

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Memphis was included in the field for the 2013 WNIT,thefourthconsecutivepostseasonbidforthe programunderheadcoachMelissaMcFerrin.Last year’s appearance was theTigers’third-straight WNITtrip.Memphisopenedits2012-13seasonin thePreseasonWNIT,defeatingGramblingStatein itsseasonopenerbeforesufferingalosstoeventual Sun Belt champions Middle Tennessee in the second round. TheTigerswentontheroadandupendedeventual MissouriValleyConferencefinalistsIllinoisState, despitelosingRowsertoinjury.Onegamelater,the Tigers lost Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir for seven games withabrokenhand,thensufferedaseason-long four-game losing streak that included losses to UALRandIllinois,teamsthatwerealsoincludedin the WNIT field. Memphishopestoavoidtheinjurybugthisyear, andwithafullroster,continuethesuccessthatwas already started with a young team.

Melissa McFerrin Head Coach

Tammy DeGroff Assistant Sports Information Director

McFERRIN’S Record Career Record (9 years) 145-138 (.512) Memphis Record (5 years) 95-68 (.583) NCAA Record (n/a) WNIT Record (4 appearances) 1-4 (.200) Conference Tournament (9 appearances) 6-9 (.400)

MELISSA McFERRIN Hired at Memphis – April 19, 2008 Personal–NativeofCassville,Mo.;four-yearletterwinnerand startingpointguardfortheUniversityofMissouriTigersfrom 1979-83; helped Missouri to a 1983 Big Eight tournament championshipandNCAAtournamentberthanda1982NCAA SweetSixteenappearance;servedasgeneralmanagerofthe Washington Mystics of the WNBA in 2000-01 Education–Bachelor’s degree in secondary education (cum laude),UniversityofMissouri(1983);Master’sdegreeinphysical education, Central Michigan (1988) CoachingFile–Assistant coach, Central Michigan University (1985-91); assistant coach, Ohio State University (1991‑97); assistantcoach,NewYorkLiberty(WNBA)(1997-98);assistant coach,WashingtonMystics(WNBA)(1999);generalmanager,

Washington Mystics (2000-01); associate head coach, University of Minnesota (2002-04); head coach, American University (2004-08) Highlights–Enters her sixth season as Memphis head coach afterfour-straightpostseasonappearances;Cappedthe201213seasonwitha17-15recordandthird-straightWNITbid;led Memphistoa25-8recordin2011-12andtheConferenceUSA semifinals; Has guidedTiger players to seven all-conference honors and 14 Conference USA post-season awards; 2008 PatriotLeagueCoachoftheYear;ledAmericanUniversitytoits first-ever Patriot League regular season title in 2008; guided the Mystics to their first-everWNBA playoff appearance in 2000 at general manager

McFERRIN’S Year-by-Year History Year

School

2004-05 American 2005-06 American 2006-07 American 2007-08 American 2008-09 Memphis 2009-10 Memphis 2010-11 Memphis 2011-12 Memphis 2012-13 Memphis CAREER 9 Years

Overall

NCAA Postseason

WNIT Postseason Conference Tournament

12-16 7-21 13-19 18-14 0-1 12-18 20-14 21-13 0-1 25-8 1-1 17-13 0-1 141-153 1-4 (.480) (.200)

0-1 0-1 2-1 (2nd) 1-1 0-1 0-1 2-1 1-1 0-1 6-9 (.400)

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Statistics

TOTAL

3-PTS

REBOUNDS

## Player

GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO BLK STL PTS AVG

35 DICKSON, Nicole 12 HEARN, Ariel 24 ROWSER, Mooriah 10 ABDUL-QAADIR, Bilqis 21 FUQUA-BEY, Asianna 15 HOPE, Pa’Sonna 33 JONES, Ann 23 JACKSON, Jaymie 05 MCGRAW, Lauren 55 HARVEY, Krishunda 11 AJANAKU, Jamila 34 MACK, Devin 32 POWELL, Courtney TEAM Total.......... Opponents......

32 32 3 25 32 32 27 30 32 8 29 23 4 32 32

Score by periods Memphis Opponents

1st 2nd OT Total 1015 1159 14 2188 970 1148 8 2126

31 29 3 23 19 8 6 15 12 0 9 5 0

1109 34.7 1033 32.3 57 19.0 792 31.7 710 22.2 463 14.5 258 9.6 541 18.0 604 18.9 67 8.4 542 18.7 235 10.2 14 3.5 6425 6425

224 154 17 92 78 78 55 38 37 7 28 13 1 822 757

558 386 27 236 150 148 101 129 125 15 90 45 4 2014 1933

.401 62 .399 27 .630 0 .390 22 .520 0 .527 0 .545 0 .295 0 .296 7 .467 0 .311 1 .289 4 .250 0 .408 123 .392 169

204 101 0 57 0 0 0 26 26 0 8 21 0 443 545

.304 82 .267 107 .000 2 .386 59 .000 50 .000 14 .000 19 .000 40 .269 30 .000 4 .125 6 .190 7 .000 1 .278 421 .310 443

109 156 4 70 92 32 27 53 50 10 15 10 2 69 630 650

.752 62 .686 32 .500 5 .843 14 .543 81 .438 74 .704 36 .755 21 .600 19 .400 16 .400 52 .700 17 .500 2 79 148 .668 500 .682 463

162 122 9 66 93 77 41 36 46 8 63 22 2 4.6 826 816

224 7.0 154 4.8 14 4.7 80 3.2 174 5.4 151 4.7 77 2.9 57 1.9 65 2.0 24 3.0 115 4.0 39 1.7 4 1.0 0 1326 41.4 1279 40.0

73 71 3 63 81 58 62 43 74 8 56 21 6 619 548

0 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 8 11 -

58 109 2 62 22 8 6 20 32 0 34 7 1 361 426

76 103 2 71 61 37 31 45 58 7 36 15 1 551 599

30 10 0 4 7 35 2 5 7 1 6 1 0 0 108 117

60 592 18.5 48 442 13.8 6 36 12.0 55 265 10.6 30 206 6.4 20 170 5.3 4 129 4.8 30 116 3.9 29 111 3.5 5 18 2.3 16 63 2.2 8 37 1.6 0 3 0.8 311 2188 68.4 268 2126 66.4

17-15 Overall (11-5 Home; 6-9 Away; 0-1 Neutral) 8-8 Conference USA (6-2 Home; 2-6 Away)

Asianna Fuqua-Bey

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“This is probably the most challenging schedule in our history of Memphis women’s basketball. But with that challenge, also comes great opportunity. It gives us an opportunity to show our young team what the elite of women’s basketball looks like, and over time, we will rise to meet that challenge.”

Melissa McFerrin, Memphis

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he University of Memphis is a learner-centered metropolitan research university providing high quality educational experiences while pursuing new knowledge through research, artistic expression, and interdisciplinary and engaged scholarship. Nickname: Tigers Enrollment: 22,365 Location: Memphis, TN Founded: 1912 Colors: Blue and Grey Interim President: R. Brad Martin Athletic Director: Tom Bowen

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Betnijah Laney Schedule November

Sun. 10 Princeton 2:00 Wed. 13 at Northeastern 12:00 Sun. 17 LaSalle 1:00 Wed. 20 at Massachusetts 7:00 Fri. 22 Howard 7:30 Fri. 29 Battle of Brooklyn (Brooklyn, N.Y.) vs LSU 1:00 Sat. 30 Battle of Brooklyn (Brooklyn, N.Y.) vs Michigan/Texas Tech 7:30

December Wed. 4 at Davidson Thu. 12 Sun. 15 Sat. 21 Georgia Sat. 28 at USF

7:00 Wagner 7:30 Sacred Heart 2:00 2:00 7:00 American

Sat. 4 HOUSTON Tue. 7 at CINCINNATI Sat. 11 SMU Tue. 14 at MEMPHIS Sun. 19 Wed. 22 at UCF Sat. 25 at TEMPLE Tue. 28 LOUISVILLE

12:00 7:00 2:00 American 8:00 UCONN 3:00 ESPN2 7:00 American 2:00 American 9:00 CBSSN

January

February

Sat. 1 MEMPHIS 11:30 ESPN3 Tue. 4 CINCINNATI 7:30 American Sat. 8 at SMU 3:00 Tue. 11 at HOUSTON 8:00 Sat. 15 UCF 2:00 Sun. 23 at LOUISVILLE 3:00 ESPNU Wed. 26 TEMPLE 7:30 American

March

Sat. 1 at UCONN 4:00 CBSSN Mon. 3 USF 7:30 American Fri. 7-Mon. 10 American Championship, Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, Conn.)

Roster No. Name

Pos. Cl. Hgt. Hometown/Previous School

33 Alex Alfano G 22 Alexis Burke F 43 Ariel Butts F/C 4 Briyona Canty G 2 Kahleah Copper G 15 Syessence Davis G 20 Christa Evans C 1 Rachel Hollivay F 44 Betnijah Laney G/F 5 Precious Person G 3 Tyler Scaife G

Fr. R-Jr. So. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. So. Fr.

5-8 Atlantic Highlands, N.J./Red Bank Catholic 5-11 Bainbridge, Ga./Bainbridge/Illinois 6-3 Columbus, Ga./Carver 5-9 Willingboro, N.J./Trenton Catholic 6-1 Philadelphia, Pa./Prep Charter 5-7 Neptune, N.J./Neptune 6-3 Jackson, N.J./Jackson Memorial 6-4 Columbus, Miss./Heritage Academy 6-0 Clayton, Del./Smyrna 6-1 Jonesboro, Ga./Charles Drew 5-9 Little Rock, Ark./Hall

HEAD COACH: C. Vivian Stringer Assistant Coaches: Tia Jackson, Chelsea Newton, Tasha Pointer

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Quick Facts, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Brunswick, N.J. Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scarlet Knights Colors: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scarlet Enrollment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,000 Director of Athletics: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Hermann Home Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The RAC (8,000) Press Row Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732-445-4200 2012-13 Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-14 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ��8/5 Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/3

Head Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. Vivian Stringer Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slippery Rock, ‘71 Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tia Jackson (Iowa, ‘95) Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tasha Pointer (Rutgers, ‘01) Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . Chelsea Newton (Rutgers, ‘05) Dir. of Basketball Operations: . Michelle Edwards (Iowa, ‘89) Women’s Basketball Contact: . . . . . . . . . . Kimberly Zivkovich Office: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732-445-7882 Personal Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732-690-6716 Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kzivkovich@scarletknights.com Web Site: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . scarletknights.com

News & Notes Head coach C.Vivian Stringer became the third Division I coach to reach the 900-career win milestone during the 2012-13 season in a 68-56 win over USF on Feb. 16. She joined UNC’s Sylvia Hatchellonthewomen’s sideand Syracuse’s Jim Boehiem on the men’s side in the elite milestone win group. Other Division I coaches who have reached the 900-career victory mark include Tennessee’s Pat Summit, Texas’ Jody Conradt along with Mike Krzyzewski and Bob Knight in men’s hoops.

stepped up in conference play, averaging 11.8 pointsand5.4reboundspergame.Ofthefreshman class, Kahleah Copper, who was named to the All-BigEastFreshmanTeam,ledtheRUrookiesin points (5.1), rebounds (3.5), and minutes (16.5). Additionally, she garnered five starts.

The Scarlet Knights picked up some valuable experience last year, as first- and second-year playersaccountedfor65.0percentoftheplaying timefortheseason.Ofthefivesophomoresonlast year’sroster,RUwasledbyguard/forwardBetnijah Laneywhoaveragedateam-thirdbest9.7points andateam-leading5.0reboundspergame. She

Rutgerswilllooktocontinueitsoutstandingtrack recordofsuccessathomeduringtheprevious10 seasons under head coach C. Vivian Stringer. Rutgers is 135-21 at the RAC since the 2002-03 season. TheScarletKnightswent13-2attheRAC last season, including a victory over No. 21/22 Miami on Dec. 16.

Julie Hermann Director of Athletics

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The Scarlet Knights boasted no juniors and the currentcropofsophomoresgetaboostinthe201314 season with Illinois transfer Alexis Burke available to take the court.

C. VIVIAN STRINGER Head Coach

KIMBERLY ZIVKOVICH Associate Director, Athletic Communications

STRINGER’s Record Career Record (42 years) 901-332 (.730) Rutgers Record (18 years) 381-197 (.659) NCAA Record (25 appearances) 42-25 (.627) Conference Tournament (19 appearances) 24-18 (.571)

C. VIVIAN STRINGER Hired at Rutgers – July 14, 1995 Personal – Native of Edenborn, Pa; Germantown (Pa.) High School(1966);alongwiththelateWilliamD.Stringer,motherof three (David, 30, Janine, 29 and Justin, 25) Education–B.S.,HealthandPhysicalEducation,SlipperyRock State College (1970); M.Ed., Administration and Physical Education, Slippery Rock State College (1973) Coaching File – Head coach, Cheyney State (1971-83); head coach, Iowa (1983-95) Highlights – Was inducted into the Class of 2009 Naismith MemorialBasketballHallofFame;hitthe800-careerwinmarkin 2008becomingonlythethirdwomen’scoachandfirstAfrican American–maleorfemale–tohitthemark;amongactivehead coaches,rankssecondinwinswith885careervictories;ranks second in 20-win seasons (32); was the first coach – male or female – to lead three different teams to the NCAA Final Four (CheyneyState1982,Iowa1993,Rutgers2000,’07);2000and 2007NCAAFinalFour;1999,’05,’08NCAAEliteEight;1998,’06, ’09NCAASweet16;14NCAAappearanceswithRutgers(1998, ’99, ’00, ’01, ’03, ’04, ’05, ’06, ’07, ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11,‘12); 2007 BIG

EASTChampionshiptitle;2005and’06BIGEASTregular-season champs;1997-98BE7regularseasondivisionalchampions;has made appearances in 25 of 31 NCAA Championships with a 42-25 record; two-time Black Coaches Association National Coach of the Year; 1998 and ’05 BIG EAST Coach of the Year; three-timenationalcoachoftheyear(1982,’88,’93);compileda 269-84recordatIowain12seasons;ten20-winseasonsatIowa withnineNCAAappearances;sixBigTentitles;1982NCAAFinal Four appearance; BigTen Coach of theYear, (1991 and 1993); District Coach of theYear, (1982,‘88, ’93); 1993 Carol Eckman Awardwinnergivenannuallytothewomen’sbasketballcoach demonstratingspirit,courage,integrity,commitment,leadership andservicetothegame;inductedintotheNewJerseySports HallofFame;inductedintotheWomen’sBasketballHallofFame inJune2001;2006InternationalWomen’sSportsHallofFame; 2006UniversityofIowaAthleticsHallofFame;assistantcoach for the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team that won the Gold Medal in Athens; member of the Board of Directors for The Kay Yow/ WBCA Cancer Fund

STRINGER’s Year-by-Year History Year School Overall NCAA Postseason 1971-83 Cheyney State 1983-84 Iowa 1984-85 Iowa 1985-86 Iowa 1986-87 Iowa 1987-88 Iowa 1988-89 Iowa 1989-90 Iowa 1990-91 Iowa 1991-92 Iowa 1992-93 Iowa 1993-94 Iowa 1994-95 Iowa 1995-96 Rutgers 1996-97 Rutgers 1997-98 Rutgers 1998-99 Rutgers 1999-00 Rutgers 2000-01 Rutgers 2001-02 Rutgers 2002-03 Rutgers 2003-04 Rutgers 2004-05 Rutgers 2005-06 Rutgers 2006-07 Rutgers 2007-08 Rutgers 2008-09 Rutgers 2009-10 Rutgers 2010-11 Rutgers 2011-12 Rutgers 2012-13 Rutgers CAREER 42 Years

Conference Tournament

251-51 1982 (Final Four) 17-10 20-8 22-7 0-1 26-5 2-1 (Regional Final) 29-2 2-1 (Regional Final) 27-5 1-1 (Regional Semifinal) 23-6 0-1 21-9 1-1 25-4 0-1 27-4 3-1 (Final Four) 21-7 1-1 11-17 1-1 13-15 1-1 11-17 1-1 22-10 2-1 (Sweet 16) 2-1 (2nd) 29-6 3-1 (Reg. Final) 1-1 26-8 4-1 (Final Four) 2-1 23-8 1-1 1-1 9-20 1-1 21-8 1-1 0-1 21-12 0-1 3-1 (2nd) 28-7 3-1 (Reg. Final) 2-1 (2nd) 27-5 2-1 (Sweet 16) 1-1 27-9 5-1 (National Final) 3-0 (1st) 27-7 3-1 (Elite 8) 0-1 21-13 2-1 (Sweet 16) 1-1 18-15 0-1 2-1 20-13 1-1 1-1 22-10 0-1 1-1 16-14 0-1 901-332 42-25 24-18 (.730) (.627) (.571)

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Statistics ## Player

TOTAL

3-PTS

REBOUNDS

GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO BLK STL PTS AVG

03 WHEELER, Erica 30 29 942 31.4 112 316 .354 52 178 .292 39 52 .750 20 77 97 3.2 72 0 71 83 4 76 315 10.5 34 OLIVER, Monique 28 18 604 21.6 103 195 .528 0 0 .000 74 102 .725 61 78 139 5.0 51 1 26 67 33 32 280 10.0 44 LANEY, Betnijah 30 29 934 31.1 114 313 .364 8 42 .190 54 81 .667 50 100 150 5.0 63 0 56 97 7 39 290 9.7 52 LEE, Chelsey 24 16 553 23.0 61 118 .517 0 0 .000 34 57 .596 45 75 120 5.0 54 2 17 62 19 16 156 6.5 02 COPPER, Kahleah 30 5 496 16.5 55 135 .407 0 0 .000 43 60 .717 46 59 105 3.5 68 2 15 41 3 13 153 5.1 24 RICHARDSON, Shakena 30 11 591 19.7 48 130 .369 10 37 .270 44 65 .677 11 56 67 2.2 66 2 84 82 1 42 150 5.0 01 HOLLIVAY, Rachel 29 5 276 9.5 40 72 .556 0 1 .000 13 26 .500 22 36 58 2.0 26 0 9 22 22 3 93 3.2 15 DAVIS, Syessence 30 23 800 26.7 39 119 .328 4 16 .250 8 23 .348 32 63 95 3.2 69 2 90 65 6 52 90 3.0 20 EVANS, Christa 30 10 414 13.8 27 53 .509 0 0 .000 8 30 .267 29 48 77 2.6 41 0 18 33 16 11 62 2.1 05 PERSON, Precious 25 1 230 9.2 23 57 .404 2 9 .222 2 8 .250 6 15 21 0.8 17 0 5 22 2 9 50 2.0 43 BUTTS, Ariel 19 0 110 5.8 11 23 .478 0 0 .000 7 8 .875 14 23 37 1.9 13 0 1 12 10 5 29 1.5 04 CANTY, Briyona 7 3 95 13.6 4 17 .235 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 1 8 9 1.3 6 0 12 14 2 6 8 1.1 10 LAPIDUS, Brittany 5 0 5 1.0 1 4 .250 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.6 TEAM................ 57 62 119 4.1 0 12 0 Total.......... 30 638 1552 .411 77 286 .269 326 514 .634 394 700 1094 36.5 546 9 404 612 125 305 1679 56.0 Opponents...... 30 551 1525 .361 130 440 .295 356 531 .670 361 614 975 32.5 471 - 324 587 115 279 1588 52.9 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1 2 OT Total Rutgers 741 921 17 1679 Opponents 761 809 18 1588

16-14 Overall (13-2 Home; 2-11 Away; 1-1 Neutral) 7-9 BIG EAST (6-2 Home; 1-7 Away)

900th CAREER WIN

their

words...

“Our conference schedule has some familiar faces along with some new challenges. I think it’ll be an exciting year ahead offering some great women’s basketball.”

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utgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national public research university and the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Nickname: Scarlet Knights Enrollment: 58,788 Location: Piscataway, NJ Founded: 1766 Colors: Scarlet President: Robert Barchi Athletic Director: Julie Hermann

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Inga Orekhova Schedule November

Fri. 8 Maryland 7:00 Sun. 10 Central Conn State 2:00 Wed. 13 Jacksonville Univ 7:00 Sun. 17 at Bradley Univ 4:00 Wed. 20 North Carolina Central 7:00 Sun. 24 Clemson 2:00

December

Wed. 4 at Florida Gulf Coast Sun. 8 Stetson Sat. 14 at Oklahoma State Wed. 18 Middle Tennessee State Sat. 21 at College of Charleston Sat. 28 RUTGERS Tue. 31 at HOUSTON

January

7:00 1:00 4:30 7:00 7:00 7:00 3:00

American ESPN3

Sat. 4 at SMU 4:30 ESPN3 Tue. 7 TEMPLE 7:00 American Sun. 12 LOUISVILLE 3:00 ESPNU Sat. 18 at UCF 7:00 American Tue. 21 CINCINNATI 7:00 American Sun. 26 at UCONN 12:00 CN BS Wed. 29 HOUSTON 7:00 American

February

Sun. 2 at LOUISVILLE Wed. 5 at MEMPHIS Sat. 8 UCF Sun. 16 Wed. 19 at CINCINNATI Sat. 22 at TEMPLE Tue. 25 MEMPHIS

March

2:00 CBSSN 8:00 American 2:00 ESPN3 UCONN 4:00 CBSN 7:00 ESPN3 2:00 American 7:00

Sat. 1 SMU 7:00 American Mon. 3 at RUTGERS 7:30 American Fri. 7-Mon. 10 American Championship, Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, Conn.)

Roster No. Name

Pos. Cl. Hgt. Hometown/Previous School

14 Paige Cashin F/C 24 Alisia Jenkins F 21 Jayla King G/F 2 Micah Kroll G 31 Laura Marcos Canedo G 5 Trimaine McCullough G 32 Akila McDonald C 15 Shavontae Naylor G 13 Inga Orekhova F 4 Neena Pacholke G 11 Ariadna Pujol G 23 Shalethia Stringfield G 3 Tamara Taylor G 1 Ivana Vuletic F/C 45 Katelyn Weber 10 Courtney Williams

Fr. So. Fr. So. R-Fr. Fr. Sr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Jr.

6-4 Newark, Ohio/Newark 6-1 Statesboro, Ga./Statesboro 6-0 Pensacola, Fla./Pine Forest 5-8 Tampa, Fla./Tampa Catholic 5-8 Salamanca, Spain/Colegio Champagnat 5-8 Orlando, Fla./Edgewater 6-4 Decatur, Ga./Columbia 5-9 Ocala, Fla./Southwest Atlanta Christian 6-2 Sevastapol,Ukraine/NortheastOklahomaCC 5-7 Tampa, Fla./Freedom 6-1 Mataro, Spain/GEM 5-6 Jacksonville, Fla./Potters House Christian Acad. 5-10 St. Petersburg, Fla./Gulf Coast State College 6-3 Norrkoping, Sweden/Northeast Community College F/C Fr. 6-5 Little Rock, Ark./Hall G So. 5-8 Folkston, Ga./Charlton County

HEAD COACH: Jose Fernandez Associate Head Coach: Jeff Osterman Assistant Coaches: Michele Woods-Baxter, Desma Thomas Bateast

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Quick Facts, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tampa, Fla. Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bulls Colors: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Green and Gold Enrollment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,122 Director of Athletics: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Doug Woolard Home Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sun Dome (10,000) Press Row Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813-974-8236 2012-13 Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-11 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ��8/8 Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/2

Head Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jose Fernandez Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Florida International 1994 Associate Head Coach: . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Osterman (Siena, ‘92) Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michele Woods-Baxter (St. John Fisher ‘87) Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . Desma Thomas Bateast (Miami ‘97) Dir. of Basketball Operations: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andy Alwood (Florida Gulf Coast ‘99) Women’s Basketball Contact: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Heise Office: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813-974-5755 Personal Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320-333-2647 Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mheise@usf.edu Web Site: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GoUSFBulls.com

News & Notes USFfinishedlastseasononagreatrun,astheBulls stunnedTexasTechanditsrowdyhomecrowdto securethefirstNCAAtournamentwininprogram history.JuniorIngaOrekhovagainedrecognition in the tournament, hitting five 3-pointers and finishingwith20pointstohelptheBullsdefeatthe LadyRaiders71-70andadvancetoasecond-round testagainstsecond-seededCal.TheBullsfinished the season 22-11 after taking Cal, ranked fifth nationally,intoovertimeinthesecondround.Itwas theBulls’firsttripinprogramhistorytothesecond round of the tournament. HeadcoachJoseFernandezwillbelookingforhis fifth20-winseasonwiththeprogramin2013-14, tryingtocapitalizeonthesuccessandmomentum

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oflastyear.TheBullswrappeduptheyearreceiving 35 points in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll. Thisyear,theBullsreturnthreestarters,including last year’s two leading rebounders (Akila McDonald and Alisia Jenkins). USF also returns thethirdandfourth-leadingscorersfrom2012-13. The squad also adds Tamara Taylor, ranked the 17th-bestjuniorcollegeprospectinthenationby CollegiateGirlsBasketballReport.Afterlosingapair ofpointguardstoinjurypriortolastyear,theBulls will get both Shalethia Stringfield and Lauren Marcos Canedo back to the court. Joining that group will be eight new players, including six freshmen, as the Bulls look to repeat a trip to the NCAATournamentforthefirsttimeinschoolhistory.

Jose Fernandez Head Coach

Mark Heise Assistant Sports Information Director

FERNANDEZ’s Record Career Record (13 years) 211-195 (.507) USF Record (13 years) 211-195 (.507) NCAA Record (2 appearances) 0-1 (.000) WNIT Record (7 appearances) 9-6 (.600) Championship Tournament (8 appearances) 5-8 (.385)

JOSE FERNANDEZ

April 2000 as an assistant coach; named head coach December 14, 2000 Personal – Born November 18, 1971 in Miami, FL; attended MiamiSouthwestSeniorHighSchool(1989);Married(Tonya); father of five(Brianna, Brooke, Sidney, Alex, and Taylor) Education – B.S. in Physical Education, Florida International University (1994) Coaching File – Student Assistant Coach, Miami-Dade CC Kendall (men) (1989-91); Assistant Coach, Miami-Dade CC Kendall (men) (1991-92); Assistant Coach, Sunset HS (boys), Miami, FL (1992-94); Assistant Coach, Barry University (men) (1994-96);HeadCoach,LourdesAcademy(women),Miami,FL (1996-99);AssistantCoach,BarryUniversity(women)(1999-00); AssistantCoach,USF(women)(Apr.2000-Oct.2000);Interim Head Coach, USF (women) (Oct. 2000-Dec. 2000) Highlights – Led USF to its second-ever NCAA Tournament appearancein2012-13;reachedthesecondroundforthefirst timeinprogramhistory;In2011-12,ledUSFtothethirdroundof theWNITforthesixthtime;hasledtheBullstopostseasonplay

intenofthelast11seasons;wonthe2009WNITChampionship – giving the school its first-ever Division I postseason championshipofanykind;setaschool-recordwith27winsin 2009;becameUSF’sall-timewinningestcoachwith100victories attheendofthe2006-07season;Earnedfirstprogramwinatthe BIGEASTChampionship,advancingtothequarterfinalsofthe 2007tournament,andagainin’08and’09;hashadthree20-plus win seasons at USF (2004-05, ’06-07, ’08-09); in first season in the BIG EAST (2005-06), USF finished tied for sixth in the standings – its highest finish to date; earned first NCAA Championshipberthin2006;ledUSFtoitsfirsteverpostseason appearance,takingpartintheWomen’sNationalInvitational Tournament (2004) and again in 2005, ’07, ’08, ’09, ’10, ‘12; recruited fiveTop 40 recruiting classes in his 10 years at USF; coachedJessicaDicksontotheAll-BIGEASTFirstTeam(2006-07, ’05-06)inadditiontobeingtheschool’sall-timeleadingscorer, male or female

FERNANDEZ’s Year-by-Year History Year

School

2000-01 USF 2001-02 USF 2002-03 USF 2003-04 USF 2004-05 USF 2005-06 USF 2006-07 USF 2007-08 USF 2008-09 USF 2009-10 USF 2010-11 USF 2011-12 USF 2012-11 USF CAREER 13 Years

Overall

NCAA Postseason

WNIT Postseason Conference Tournament

4-24 14-13 7-20 14-15 0-1 21-11 1-1 19-12 0-1 21-12 1-1 16-16 0-1 27-10 5-0 (Champions) 15-16 0-1 12-19 19-16 2-1 22-11 1-1 211-195 1-2 9-6 (.507) (.333) (.600)

0-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 1-1 1-1 5-8 (.385)

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Statistics

TOTAL

3-PTS

REBOUNDS

## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 21 SMITH, Andrea 33 29 943 28.6 181 527 .343 61 168 .363 115 148 .777 60 117 177 5.4 91 3 51 81 10 57 538 16.3 12 SMITH, Andrell 33 33 993 30.1 168 438 .384 57 173 .329 60 93 .645 55 109 164 5.0 81 4 154 125 5 73 453 13.7 13 OREKHOVA, Inga 33 32 1037 31.4 135 395 .342 82 240 .342 67 84 .798 32 96 128 3.9 65 0 85 73 37 55 419 12.7 10 WILLIAMS, Courtney 33 3 506 15.3 98 234 .419 12 37 .324 37 51 .725 43 70 113 3.4 29 0 29 46 12 26 245 7.4 24 JENKINS, Alisia 32 23 676 21.1 68 130 .523 0 1 .000 64 94 .681 89 110 199 6.2 48 0 20 39 21 25 200 6.3 32 MCDONALD, Akila 33 25 695 21.1 53 125 .424 0 0 .000 22 38 .579 66 131 197 6.0 107 6 10 47 57 27 128 3.9 11 ROWE, Caitlin 31 2 366 11.8 38 105 .362 1 10 .100 9 16 .563 22 55 77 2.5 49 0 12 25 7 13 86 2.8 04 CONNER, Tiffany 33 5 556 16.8 23 66 .348 0 14 .000 26 40 .650 42 65 107 3.2 57 0 28 15 3 31 72 2.2 03 SAUNDERS, Kaneisha 20 2 189 9.5 16 43 .372 3 3 1.000 7 12 .583 3 13 16 0.8 11 0 25 20 1 9 42 2.1 15 NAYLOR, Shavontae 24 2 195 8.1 16 38 .421 0 0 .000 11 18 .611 21 21 42 1.8 14 0 3 14 1 11 43 1.8 05 BERNARD, Sasha 21 0 204 9.7 10 28 .357 1 4 .250 8 20 .400 11 8 19 0.9 22 0 29 22 0 16 29 1.4 00 JOHNSON, Tahira 20 9 259 13.0 7 27 .259 0 0 .000 12 22 .545 31 37 68 3.4 30 0 3 12 2 4 26 1.3 02 KROLL, Micah 10 0 25 2.5 3 19 .158 3 19 .158 0 0 .000 1 1 2 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 0.9 22 FLOWERS, Aleshia 11 0 31 2.8 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 2 3 .667 3 5 8 0.7 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0.5 TEAM................ 81 78 159 4.8 0 15 0 Total.......... 33 818 2178 .376 220 669 .329 440 639 .689 560 916 1476 44.7 606 13 449 535 157 347 2296 69.6 Opponents...... 33 683 1907 .358 171 599 .285 454 677 .671 428 904 1332 40.4 577 - 410 647 154 230 1991 60.3 SCORE BY PERIODS: USF Opponents

1 2 OT Total 1028 1246 22 2296 937 1026 28 1991

22-11 Overall (11-5 Home; 9-3 Away; 2-3 Neutral) 9-7 BIG EAST (4-4 Home; 5-3 Away)

Akila McDonald

their

words...

“We wanted to make sure we play a challenging nonconference schedule to get us ready for an 18game league schedule. I think there is a good mixture of tough games that will be beneficial to us.”

Jose Fernandez, USF

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he University of South Florida is a high-impact, global research university located in beautiful Tampa Bay on Floridaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spectacular west coast. It is one of the largest public universities in the nation, and among the top 50 universities, public or private, for federal research expenditures. Nickname: USF, Bulls Enrollment: 45,241 Location: Tampa, FL Founded: 1956 Colors: Green and Gold President: Dr. Judy Genshaft Athletic Director: Doug Woolard

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Keena Mays Schedule November

Sun. 10 Grambling 3:00 Wed. 13 TCU 8:00 Sat. 16 at Eastern Washington 4:00 Tue. 19 Miss Valley State 8:00 Sat. 23 at SFA 7:00 Mon. 25 Lamar 7:00 Thu. 28 Junkanoo Jam (Freeport, Bahamas) vs Kansas State 4:15 Fri. 29 Junkanoo Jam (Freeport, Bahamas) vs Tennessee or Virginia 4:45

December

Wed. 4 Southeast LA 8:00 Sat. 7 at UTEP 6:30 Sat. 21 at North Texas 3:00 Sun. 29 at LOUISVILLE 3:00 ESPNU

January

Wed. 1 at CINCINNATI 1:00 Sat. 4 USF 4:30 ESPN3 Tue. 7 MEMPHIS 8:00 American Sat. 11 at RUTGERS 2:00 American Tue. 14 at TEMPLE 12:00 American Sun. 19 LOUISVILLE 1:30 ESPNU Sat. 25 at HOUSTON 3:00 American Tue. 28 CINCINNATI 8:00

February Sat. 1 TEMPLE Tue. 4 at UCONN Sat. 8 RUTGERS Tue. 11 at UCF Sat. 15 HOUSTON Sat. 22 at MEMPHIS Tue. 25 UCONN

March

4:30 7:00 3:00 7:00 3:00 3:00 8:00

SNY American American ESPN3 SNY

Sat. 1 at USF 7:00 American Mon. 3 UCF 8:00 Fri. 7-Mon. 10 American Championship, Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, Conn.)

Roster No. Name

Pos. Cl. Hgt. Hometown/Previous School

4 Kristin Askew 10 Korina Baker 12 Morgan Bolton 2 Kamy Cole 33 Brittney Hardy 31 Destynee Hives-McCray 24 Nia Jackson 25 Krystal Johnson 23 Keena Mays 00 Kiara Perry 32 Raven Short 5 Akil Simpson 44 Mallory Singleton 3 Gabrielle Wilkins

G G G G F F F/C G G G G F F/C G

Jr. Sr. So. So. So. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Sr. So.

5-6 Arlington, Texas/Mansfield Timberview 5-7 Valleyford, Wash./North Idaho College 5-6 Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville 5-9 Brock, Texas/Brock 6-2 Frisco, Texas/Oklahoma State 6-0 Arlington, Texas/Martin 6-2 Fort Worth, Texas/Liberty Argyle 5-5 Garland, Texas/Naaman Forest 5-7 Arlington, Texas/Kansas 5-10 Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville 5-11 Flower Mound, Texas/Marcus 6-0 Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville 6-2 Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound 5-9 Garland, Texas/Garland

HEAD COACH: Rhonda Rompola Associate Head Coach: Lisa Dark Assistant Coaches: Deneen Parker, Danny Hughes

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Quick Facts, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dallas, Texas Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mustangs Colors: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red and Blue Enrollment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,981 Director of Athletics: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rick Hart Home Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moody Coliseum (8,000) Press Row Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214-768-7742 2012-13 Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-10 Letterwinners Returning/Lost �� 11/3 Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/1

Head Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rhonda Rompola Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SMU, ‘83 Associate Head Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lisa Dark (SMU ‘91) Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . . . Deneen Parker (Stephen F. Austin ‘94)Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Danny Hughes (TCU ‘90) Dir. of Basketball Operations: . Shawna Lavender (SMU ‘97) Women’s Basketball Contact: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Travis Chamblee Office: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214-768-3735 Personal Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214-931-1714 Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tchamblee@smu.edu Web Site: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SMUMustangs.com

News & Notes The Mustangs won their third regular-season conferencechampionshiplastseason,finishingwith a12-4recordinConferenceUSA.SMUalsowonthe C-USA regular-season title in 2009 and the WAC regular-season crown in 2000. SeniorguardKeenaMayswasnamedConference USA Player of theYear and was one of 50 finalists for theWBCA All-America award after averaging 18.4pointspergameandshootingaleague-high40 percenton3-pointattempts.Thetransferscored23 pointswith11reboundsinherfirstgameinovera year, and scored 33 points in her second game at SMU.Inherrookiecampaign,sophomoreGabrielle Wilkins tied a Conference USA record and set the schoolrecordwith10stealsagainstSIUEdwardsville. Shealsoscored12pointsforadouble-doubleand averaged 6.0 points per game in her first season. Senior forward Akil Simpson earned her second consecutiveAll-ConferenceUSAselection,averaging 10.7pointsand8.1reboundspergame.Shehadsix double-doublesduringherjuniorcampaign,andwas eight in C-USA with a 47.7 field goal percentage. Head coach Rhonda Rompola earned her 400th career win with a 69-60 victory at home against

Rick Hart Director of Athletics

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TulsaonFeb.21.Rompola,enteringher23rdseason atthehelmoftheprogram,is401-263forhercareer, which includes nine 20-win seasons and 12 postseason appearances. TheSMUwomen’sbasketballseasonbeginsNov. 10,withnonconferencehomegamesplayedatthe CurtisCulwellCenterinGarland,Texas,beforethe re-openingofarenovatedMoodyColiseumonJan. 4.TheMustangsplayfivehomegamesbeforethe first season of American Athletic Conference competitionopenswithanationallytelevisedgame at Louisville on Dec. 29. The Mustangs will make theirdebutintherenovatedMoodyColiseumagainst USF on Jan. 4 as part of a doubleheader with the SMU men’s team.The $47 million renovation and expansionofMoodyColiseumwillbecompletedin December,sotheMustangscanhostallconference gamesoncampus.TherenovatedMoodyColiseum will provide many new and improved features, includingarenovatedmainentrylobby,expanded concourses with raised ceilings, club seats, loge boxes,privatesuites,groupsuites,neweventspace, offices, team locker rooms and meeting space.

Rhonda Rompola Head Coach

Travis Chamblee Assistant Sports Information Director

ROMPOLA’s Record Career Record (22 years) 401-263 (.604) SMU Record (22 years) 401-263 (.604) NCAA Record (7 appearances) 3-7 (.300) WNIT Record (5 appearances) 2-5 (.286) Conference Tournament (22 appearances) 25-19 (.568)

RHONDA ROMPOLA Hired at SMU – 1991

Personal–NativeofNewJersey;attendedWarMemorialHigh SchoolinSayreville,N.J.whereshewasthree-timeall-stateand all-conference;inductedintoherhighschool’shalloffamein 2005;playedforOldDominionandSMU;holdstheSMUschool records for total scoring, average scoring and free throw percentage; married husband Mike Dement in June 2007 Education–Bachelor’sdegreeinbusiness,SouthernMethodist University (1983) Coaching File – Assistant coach, SMU (1983-1991) Highlights – Led last year’s squad to the Conference USA regular season title and the program’s ninth 20-win season;

advancedtoher12thpostseasonappearanceatthehelmofthe Mustangs;everypostseasonappearanceforMustangteams havecomeduringRompola’stenure;hasledSMUtosevenNCAA TournamentappearancesandfiveWNITappearances,including the 1993 WNIT Final; tallied her 300th career win on Jan. 13. 2008overSouthernMississippi;hasmorewinsthananyother SMUheadcoachall-timeinanysport;receivedthree-straight NCAATournamentberthsfrom1993-96andagainfrom1997-00; 1991-92SouthwestConferenceCoachoftheYear;three-time DallasMorningNewsconferenceCoachoftheYear;two-time Houston Post conference Coach of the Year

ROMPOLA’s Year-by-Year History Year

School

1991-92 SMU 1992-93 SMU 1993-94 SMU 1994-95 SMU 1995-96 SMU 1996-97 SMU 1997-98 SMU 1998-99 SMU 1999-00 SMU 2000-01 SMU 2001-02 SMU 2002-03 SMU 2003-04 SMU 2004-05 SMU 2005-06 SMU 2006-07 SMU 2007-08 SMU 2008-09 SMU 2009-10 SMU 2010-11 SMU 2011-12 SMU 2012-13 SMU CAREER 22 Years

Overall

NCAA Postseason

WNIT Postseason Conference Tournament

17-12 20-10 2-1 (Final) 18-9 0-1 21-10 1-1 19-11 0-1 19-11 21-8 0-1 20-11 1-1 22-9 1-1 17-12 12-18 16-15 13-15 19-11 0-1 16-14 18-12 24-9 0-1 20-12 0-1 20-11 0-1 14-16 14-17 21-10 0-1 401-263 3-7 2-5 (.604) (.300) (.286)

1-1 2-1 1-1 2-1 0-1 2-1 1-1 3-0 (1st) 2-1 1-1 1-1 2-1 0-1 0-1 1-1 1-1 3-0 (1st) 1-1 0-1 0-1 1-1 0-1 25-19 (.568)

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Statistics

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REBOUNDS

## Player

GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO BLK STL PTS AVG

23 MAYS, Keena 22 FILMORE, Alisha 05 SIMPSON, Akil 31 HIVES-MCCRAY, D. 03 WILKINS, Gabrielle 10 BAKER, Korina 20 BELL, Farrin 44 SINGLETON, Mallory 04 ASKEW, Kristin 12 WILLIAMS, Lexus 24 JACKSON, Nia 25 JOHNSON, Krystal TEAM Total.......... Opponents......

23 31 31 31 29 31 31 30 23 22 12 26 31 31

Score by periods SMU Opponents

1st 2nd OT OT2 OT3 Total 1003 1087 11 9 10 2120 847 1046 11 9 8 1921

23 31 29 24 3 31 9 3 0 2 0 0

748 32.5 969 31.3 917 29.6 703 22.7 511 17.6 872 28.1 494 15.9 403 13.4 239 10.4 165 7.5 62 5.2 193 7.4 6276 6275

142 132 126 102 58 54 43 35 23 19 11 6 751 715

372 347 264 230 152 169 109 109 59 40 20 24 1895 1814

.382 64 .380 46 .477 0 .443 0 .382 8 .320 38 .394 0 .321 6 .390 13 .475 0 .550 0 .250 1 .396 176 .394 130

160 128 0 0 22 110 4 27 29 0 1 5 486 480

.400 76 .359 78 .000 81 .000 56 .364 49 .345 30 .000 18 .222 20 .448 8 .000 17 .000 0 .200 9 .362 442 .271 361

100 99 124 80 84 45 33 28 16 24 0 13 59 646 536

.760 21 .788 29 .653 118 .700 97 .583 33 .667 15 .545 25 .714 26 .500 4 .708 25 .000 7 .692 2 62 121 .684 461 .674 439

110 77 133 98 39 54 62 58 11 26 12 6 3.9 748 793

131 5.7 106 3.4 251 8.1 195 6.3 72 2.5 69 2.2 87 2.8 84 2.8 15 0.7 51 2.3 19 1.6 8 0.3 0 1209 39.0 1232 39.7

44 57 82 87 41 50 48 45 25 29 11 11 530 529

0 88 68 9 2 81 76 3 1 41 62 23 3 27 55 21 0 21 22 4 0 110 70 4 0 20 40 9 0 19 27 12 0 11 23 0 1 7 13 5 0 1 6 2 0 22 9 0 10 0 7 448 481 92 - 359 593 115

57 69 41 9 42 52 22 9 14 8 0 5

424 388 333 260 173 176 104 96 67 55 22 22

18.4 12.5 10.7 8.4 6.0 5.7 3.4 3.2 2.9 2.5 1.8 0.8

328 2120 68.4 248 1921 62.0

21-10 Overall (15-3 Home; 5-6 Away; 1-1 Neutral) 12-4 Conference USA (7-1 Home; 5-3 Away)

Akil Simpson

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“This is such an exciting time for our basketball program. We get to be part of history - opening up a new arena and being part of a new conference. In the American Athletic Conference, we will have the chance to play against some of the most successful programs in the nation and are looking forward to the opportunity.”

Rhonda Rompola, SMU

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nationally ranked private university with seven degree-granting schools, SMU is a distinguished center for teaching and research located in the heart of Dallas. SMUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 11,000 students benefit from small classes, leadership opportunities, international study and innovative programs. Nickname: Mustangs Enrollment: 10,893 Location: Dallas, TX Founded: 1911 Colors: Harvard Red and Yale Blue President: R. Gerald Turner Athletic Director: Rick Hart

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Tyonna Williams Schedule November Fri. 8 at LaSalle Tue. 12 at Delaware Sat. 16 Auburn Tue. 26 Michigan State Sat. 30 Oakland

7:00 7:00 6:00 7:00 2:00

Wed. 4 St. Joseph’s Sat. 14 at Montana Mon. 16 at Syracuse Thu. 19 Sun. 22 Sun. 29 at

5:30 9:00 7:00 Howard 7:00 Villanova 2:00 MEMPHIS 3:00 Am canier

Wed. 1 LOUISVILLE Sat. 4 UCF Tue. 7 at USF Sat. 11 at UCONN Tue. 14 SMU Sat. 18 at CINCINNATI Wed. 22 Penn Sat. 25 RUTGERS Tue. 28 UCONN

4:00 2:00 7:00 12:00 12:00 2:00 7:00 2:00 7:00

Sat. 1 at SMU Tue. 4 at HOUSTON Sun. 9 MEMPHIS Wed. 12 at LOUISVILLE Sat. 15 CINCINNATI Sat. 22 USF Wed. 26 at RUTGERS

4:30 8:00 1:30 7:00 1:00 2:00 7:30

December

January

February

March

ESPN3 American American SNY American American American SNY

ESPNU ESPN3 American American

Sat. 1 at UCF 4:00 Mon. 3 HOUSTON 7:00 Fri. 7-Mon. 10 American Championship, Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, Conn.)

Roster No. Name 3 1 24 2 12 35 30 42 20 10 32 13 23

Pos. Cl. Hgt. Hometown/Previous School

Rateska Brown G Erica Covile G May Dayan G Feyonda Fitzgerald G Jacquilyn Jackson F Safiya Martin C Monaye Merritt G Taylor Robinson C Meghan Roxas G Shi-Heria Shipp G Natasha Thames F Mama Traore F Tyonna Williams G

Jr. 5-6 Alvin, S.C./Timberland So. 6-1 Canton, Mich./John Glenn So. 5-7 Ashdod, Israel/Makif Tet Fr. 5-7 Norfolk, Va./Lake Taylor So. 6-0 Gaithersburg, Md./Gaithersburg Fr. 6-4 Fayetteville, Ga./Sandy Creek R-So. 5-6 Philadelphia, Pa./Friends’ Central Fr. 6-4 Saint Louis, Mo./Ladue Horton Watkins So. 5-8 Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood Sr. 5-10 Salisbury,N.C./Salisbury/GeorgeWashington R-Sr. 6-0 Port Huron, Mich./Holy Cross Jr. 6-1 Mali, Africa/Burlington County CC Jr. 5-6 Fort Washington, Md./Riverdale Baptist

HEAD COACH: Tonya Cardoza Assistant Coaches: Way Veney, Meg Barber, Willnett Crockett

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Quick Facts, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philadelphia, Pa. Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Owls Colors: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cherry and White Enrollment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,000 Interim Director of Athletics: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Clark Home Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liacouras Center (10,200) Press Row Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Home Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McGonigle Hall (3,900) Press Row Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012-13 Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-18 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ��7/2 Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/1

Head Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tonya Cardoza Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia 1991 Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Way Veney (East Carolina ‘00) Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meg Barber (NYU ‘02) Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willnett Crockett (UConn ‘06) Dir. of Basketball Operations: . . . Stacey Nasser (UConn ‘08) Women’s Basketball Contact: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cathy Bongiovi Office: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215-204-3850 Personal Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215-778-6814 Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cathyb@temple.edu Web Site: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OwlSports.com

News & Notes The Owls return three starters and seven letterwinners from a team that went 14-18 last season. Temple made its 13th consecutive appearanceintheAtlantic10TournamentSemifinals in2012-13afterearningupsetwinsinboththefirst roundandquarterfinals.Thetoughcompetitionwill continueinto2013-14,as12ofTemple’s29games thisseasonwillbeagainstteamsthatplayedinthe NCAA Tournament last year. HeadCoachTonyaCardoza,whoentershersixth seasonatthehelmwithanoverallrecordof107-56, welcomesfivenewcomersin2013-14,including two transfers along with three true freshmen. There will be plenty of players to guide the new additionsasthreeofTemple’sfourleadingscorers from a year ago return this season, led by junior guard Rateska Brown who averaged 10.8 ppg.

Kevin Clark Interim Director of Athletics

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Junior guard Tyonna Williams started in all 32 games as a sophomore, averaging 9.4 ppg and team-leading 5.0 apg. Forward NatashaThames will be the Owls’only returner in the senior class, which also includes Shi-Heria Shipp who played at George Washington for the last four years.Thames is the team’sleadingreturningrebounderafteraveraging 8.0 rpg in 2012-13. The Owls suffer a big loss in the graduation of centerVictoria Macaulay who was named to the A-10SecondTeamandA-10All-DefensiveTeam (team-leading 14.1 ppg and 9.4 rpg). Six teams in the American will be first-time opponents for Temple- Cincinnati, Houston, Louisville, Memphis, SMU and USF.

Tonya Cardoza Head Coach

Cathy Bongiovi Assistant Sports Information Director

CARDOZA’s Record Career Record (5 years) 107-56 (.656) Temple Record (5 years) 107-56 (.656) NCAA Record (3 appearances) 2-3 (.400) WNIT Record (1 appearance) 2-1 (.667) Conference Tournament (5 appearances) 7-5 (.583)

TONYA CARDOZA Hired at Temple – July 1, 2008 Personal–AttendedandplayedforVirginiaandthefollowing honors: Kodak Honorable Mention All-America, Kodak First Team All-District III, FirstTeam All-Atlantic Coast Conference, NCAAFinalFourAll-TournamentTeamandNCAARegionalAllTournamentTeam;Fifthontheschool’scareerblockedshotslist (110), third on the career steals list (375), eighth in points (1,622) and 10th in rebounds (667); played professionally in Segovia, Spain Education–Bachelor’sdegreeinanthropology,Universityof Virginia (1991) Coaching File – Assistant coach, UConn (1994-2008)

Highlights – Has reached the postseason four of her five seasonsatthehelmforTemple;2010-11Atlantic10Coachofthe Year; led the Owls to their sixth, seventh and eighth-straight NCAATournamentappearancesfrom2009-11;advancedtothe thirdroundofthe2012WNIT;three-timeBig5CoachoftheYear; hasledTempleto20-pluswinsinfourofherfiveyears;upsetNo. 13Xavierin2008-09,markingthefirsttimearookieheadcoach haddefeatedarankedteaminTempleprogramhistory;during her time at UConn, Cardoza helped the Huskies to a 465-41 record,sevenFinalFourappearancesandsixNo.1APNational Rankings, four unbeaten seasons and a NCAA record 70 consecutive wins from 2001-2003

CARDOZA’s Year-by-Year History Year

School

2008-09 Temple 2009-10 Temple 2010-11 Temple 2011-12 Temple 2012-13 Temple CAREER 5 Years

Overall

NCAA Postseason

WNIT Postseason Conference Tournament

21-10 0-1 25-9 1-1 24-9 1-1 23-10 2-1 14-18 107-56 2-3 2-1 (.656) (.400) (.667)

1-1 2-1 (2nd) 1-1 1-1 2-1 7-5 (.583)

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Statistics

TOTAL

3-PTS

REBOUNDS

## Player

GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO BLK STL PTS AVG

25 MACAULAY, Victoria 03 BROWN, Rateska 23 WILLIAMS, Tyonna 32 THAMES, Natasha 10 KABENGANO, Sally 01 COVILE, Erica 20 ROXAS, Meghan 34 HORTON, Leah 24 DAYAN, May 12 JACKSON, Jacquilyn TEAM Total.......... Opponents......

32 32 30 12 32 32 31 31 31 29 16 7 30 11 3 0 30 6 23 0 32 32

1099 34.3 825 27.5 1154 36.1 1005 32.4 983 31.7 290 18.1 445 14.8 28 9.3 340 11.3 256 11.1 6425 6425

181 108 93 89 79 29 36 2 20 14 651 676

422 313 316 188 247 75 128 5 66 40 1800 1857

.429 2 .345 67 .294 42 .473 0 .320 4 .387 0 .281 24 .400 0 .303 9 .350 0 .362 148 .364 143

5 196 142 2 47 5 84 0 27 2 510 544

.400 88 .342 41 .296 73 .000 39 .085 17 .000 15 .286 10 .000 2 .333 3 .000 5 .290 293 .263 325

129 50 97 67 26 21 16 5 4 11 73 426 461

.682 88 .820 36 .753 11 .582 116 .654 60 .714 29 .625 19 .400 1 .750 4 .455 22 74 147 .688 459 .705 423

212 92 95 133 93 39 28 4 22 24 4.6 816 750

300 9.4 128 4.3 106 3.3 249 8.0 153 4.9 68 4.3 47 1.6 5 1.7 26 0.9 46 2.0 0 1275 39.8 1173 36.7

72 65 68 76 80 33 22 5 17 23 461 435

3 48 96 91 1 63 68 0 1 161 128 4 2 32 70 22 3 63 84 12 0 18 33 6 0 15 27 1 0 1 4 2 0 19 46 2 0 5 20 1 16 0 10 425 592 141 - 399 476 131

34 44 41 44 37 18 7 2 9 9

452 324 301 217 179 73 106 6 52 33

14.1 10.8 9.4 7.0 5.8 4.6 3.5 2.0 1.7 1.4

245 1743 54.5 308 1820 56.9

Score by periods 1st 2nd OT Total Temple 814 927 2 1743 Opponents 883 927 10 1820

14-18 Overall (8-5 Home; 4-12 Away; 2-1 Neutral) 5-9 Atlantic 10 (5-1 Home; 2-7 Away)

Natasha Thames

their

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“Obviously, this is our most challenging schedule in the history of the program and this is what you want- to play against the best and get this kind of exposure for Temple women’s basketball. We are so excited to get started and to see what this season will bring. This schedule gives us the opportunity to bring in some terrific competition and to put people in the stands.”

Tonya Cardoza, Temple

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emple University is a public four-year research university and a national leader in education, innovation and community engagement. With more than 39,000 students and 320 academic degree programs, Temple is the 28th largest university and the fourth largest provider of professional education in the U.S. Nickname: Owls Enrollment: 39,000 Location: Philadelphia, PA Founded: 1884 Colors: Cherry and White President: Neil D. Theobald Interim Athletic Director: Kevin Clark

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Coaches’ Records ALL-TIME

UCF

USF

Year Coach

Record

Year Coach

Record

1977-78 Judy Martino 1978-80 Nancy Simons 1980-81 Sharon Adamson 1981-85 Joe Sanchez 1985-87 Nancy Little 1987-91 Beverly Knight 1991-92 Gail Falkenberg 1992-96 Jerry Richardson 1996-99 Lynn Bria 1999-07 Gail Striegler 2007- Joi Williams Totals

10-11 40-14 13-10 92-37 16-38 32-75 10-18 42-69 50-36 106-128 88-99 499-535 (.483)

1972-76 Janie Cheatham 1976-83 Joanne Rogers 1983-88 Anne Strusz 1988-96 Trudi Lacey 1996-00 Jerry Ann Winters 2000- Jose Fernandez Totals

40-33 80-94 42-92 86-113 47-64 211-195 506-591(.461)

Cincinnati

Year Coach

Record

1971-74 Mary Jo Huismann 1974-78 Tom Thacker 1978-79 Juliene Simpson 1979-83 Ceal Barry 1983-86 Sandy Smith 1986-07 Laurie Pirtle 2007-09 J. Kelley Hall 2009- Jamelle Elliott Totals

18-24 56-42 12-18 83-42 49-37 295-285 26-33 49-71 588-552 (.516)

Connecticut

Year Coach

Record

1974-80 Wanda Flora 1980-85 Jean Balthaser 1985- Geno Auriemma Totals

40-74 52-88 839-133 931-295 (.759)

Houston

Year Coach

Record

1975-76 Connie Payne 1976-85 Dot Woodfin 1985-90 Greg Williams 1990-98 Jessie Kenlaw 1998-10 Joe Curl 2010- Todd Buchanan Totals

11-18 175-104 93-51 104-123 193-167 42-49 618-512 (.547)

Louisville

Year Coach

SMU

Year Coach

Record

1976-77 Suzanne Trautmann 10-9 1977-91 Welton Brown 162-233 1991- Rhonda Rompola 401-263 Totals 573-505 (.532)

Temple

Year Coach

Record

1923-26, 37-40 Blanche Voorhees Brown 32-15 1926-27 Voila Zutig 2-3 1940-44, 47-49, 51-52 Patricia Collins Morris 47-11 1944-46 Vera Egner 17-1 1946-47 Grace Schuler McGoey 7-1 1949-51 Marion Earl 11-4-1 1952-54 Anne McConaghie Volp 13-2 1954-57 Virginia Middleton 18-6-1 1957-59 Dorothy Miller 9-6-1 1959-60 Annette Smith 1-7 1960-62 Jean Hamilton 9-10 1963-65 Nancy Rupp 6-13 1965-66 Carol Underwood 2-8 1974-78 Veronica “Ronnie” Maurek 21-48 1978-80 Andy McGovern 22-21 1980-90 Linda MacDonald 166-130 1990-95 Charlene Curtis 41-97 1995-00 Kristen Foley 45-93 2000-08 Dawn Staley 172-80 2008- Tonya Cardoza 107-56 Totals 748-612-3 (.550)

Record

1975-80 Terry Hall 79-54 1980-89 Peggy Fiehrer 120-139 1989-97 Bud Childers 153-87 Martin Clapp/Sara White 57-36 1997-00 1997-03 Martin Clapp 108-73 2003-07 Tom Collen 90-37 2007- Jeff Walz 154-61 Totals 761-487 (.610)

Memphis

Year Coach

Record

1919-22 Martha Teuton 38-5-1 1922-23 W.H. DePriest 11-0 1923-24 Crowley Davis 4-4 1924-27 Leo Lindsey 32-8-1 1928-29 Ethel Johnson N/A 1929-35 Ethel Blackman 57-29-2 1946-55 Elma Roane N/A 1972-91 Mary Lou Johns 368-215 1991-04 Joye Lee-McNelis 229-156 2004-08 Blair Savage-Lansden 30-88 2008- Melissa McFerrin 95-68 Totals 864-573-4 (.601)

Rutgers

Year Coach

Record

1974-75 Ellen Johns 1975-76 Dottie McCrea 1976-95 Theresa Grentz 1995- C. Vivian Stringer Totals

6-5 5-9 434-150 369-193 814-357 (.695)

Women’s Basketball

HISTORY

All-time POSTSEASON RECORDS FOR 2013 american PAR TICIPANTS

Connecticut – 2013 NCAA Champions

School (apps)

NCAA Record Years Participated

UCF (4) Cincinnati (4) Connecticut (25) Louisville (16) Rutgers (23) USF (2) SMU (7) Temple (10)

0-4 1-4 91-17 19-16 35-23 1-2 3-7 5-10

UCF

NCAA:

1996, 1999, 2009, 2011 Region First Round, 1996, ‘99, ‘09, ‘11 1989, 1999, 2002-03 Region Second Round, 2002 1989-13 National Champions, 1995, ’00, ’02, ’03, ’04, ’09, ’10, ‘13 1983-84, ‘93, ‘95, 1997-‘99, 2001, 2005-09, 2011-13 National Final, 2009, 2013 1986-94, 1998-01, 2003-12 National Final, 2007 2006, 2013 Region Second Round, 2013 1994-96, 1998-00, 2008 Region Second Round, 1995, ’99, ’00 1989, ’02, 2004-11 Region Second Round, 1989, ’05, ’07, 2010-11

4 appearances, 0 wins, 4 losses

Cincinnati

NCAA: WNIT: NWIT:

4 appearances, 1 win, 4 losses 6 appearances, 2 wins, 8 losses 1 appearance, 1 win, 2 losses

Connecticut

NCAA: 25 appearances, 91 wins, 17 losses (1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2013 Champion)

Houston

NCAA: WNIT:

5 appearances, 1 win, 5 losses 4 appearances, 5 wins, 5 losses

Louisville

NCAA: 16 appearances, 19 wins, 16 losses WNIT: 3 appearances, 1 wins, 4 losses NWIT: 1 appearance, 1 win, 4 losses WBI: 1 appearance, 0 wins, 1 loss

Highest Advancement

Memphis

NCAA: WNIT: NWIT: WBI:

7 appearances, 2 wins, 7 losses 7 appearances, 6 wins, 7 losses 1 appearance, 2 wins, 1 loss 1 appearance, 3 wins, 1 loss

Rutgers

NCAA: 23 appearances, 35 wins, 23 losses

USF

NCAA: WNIT:

SMU

NCAA: WNIT:

Temple

NCAA: WNIT:

2 appearances, 1 win, 2 losses 6 appearances, 9 wins, 5 losses

7 appearances, 3 wins, 7 losses 5 appearances, 2 wins, 5 losses

10 appearances, 5 wins, 10 losses 4 appearances, 5 wins, 5 losses

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NCAA Appearances by Year

2012-13 (12-2) UConn (No. 1 seed)

W W W W W W

Louisville (No. 5 seed) W W W W W L

105-37 77-44 76-50 83-53 83-65 93-60 74-49 76-63 82-81 86-78 64-57 93-60

USF (No. 10 seed) W 71-70 L 82-78

2011-12 (5-3) UConn (No. 1 seed) W W W W L

83-47 72-26 77-59 80-65 83-75

2008-09 (13-4) No. 16 seed Idaho (Bridgeport Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) UCF (No. 14 seed) L 85-80 No.3seedNorthCarolina(OklahomaCityRegionFirstRound,Chattanooga,Tenn.) No. 8 seed Vanderbilt (Bridgeport Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) UConn (No. 1 seed) W 104-65 No. 16 seed Vermont (Trenton Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) No.4seedMaryland(BridgeportRegionSemifinal,Bridgeport,Conn.) W 87-59 No. 8 seed Florida (Trenton Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 2 seed Kentucky (Bridgeport Region Final, Bridgeport, Conn.) W 77-53 No. 4 seed California (Trenton Region Semifinal, Trenton, N.J.) No. 1 seed Notre Dame (National Semifinal, New Orleans, La.) W 83-64 No. 6 seed Arizona State (Trenton Region Final, Trenton, N.J.) No. 5 seed Louisville (National Championship, New Orleans, La.) W 83-64 No. 2 seed Stanford (National Semifinal, St. Louis, Mo.) W 76-54 No. 3 seed Louisville (National Championship, St. Louis, Mo.) No.12seedMiddleTennessee(OklahomaCityRegionFirstRound,Louisville,Ky.) Louisville (No. 3 seed) W 62-42 No. 14 seed Liberty (Raleigh Region First Round, Baton Rouge, La.) No.4seedPurdue(OklahomaCityRegionSecondRound,Louisville,Ky.) W 62-52 No. 6 seed LSU (Raleigh Region Second Round, Baton Rouge, La.) No.1seedBaylor(OklahomaCityRegionSemifinal,OklahomaCity,Okla.) W 56-39 No. 2 seed Baylor (Raleigh Region Semifinal, Raleigh, N.C.) No.2seedTennessee(OklahomaCityRegionFinal,OklahomaCity,Okla.) W 77-60 No. 1 seed Maryland (Raleigh Region Final, Raleigh, N.C.) No. 2 seed California (National Semifinal, New Orleans, La.) W 61-59 No. 1 seed Oklahoma (National Semifinal, St. Louis, Mo.) No. 1 seed UConn (National Final, New Orleans, La.) L 76-54 No. 1 seed Connecticut (National Championship, St. Louis, Mo.) No.7seedTexasTech(SpokaneRegionFirstRound,Lubbock,Texas) Rutgers (No. 7 seed) W 57-51 No.10seedVCU(OklahomaCityRegionFirstRound,Piscataway,N.J.) No.2seedCalifornia(SpokaneRegionSecondRound,Lubbock,Texas) W 80-52 No.2seedAuburn(OklahomaCityRegionSecondRound,Piscataway,N.J.) L 67-61 No.6seedPurdue(OklahomaCityRegionSemifinal,OklahomaCity,Okla.) No.16seedPrairieView(KingstonRegionFirstRound,Bridgeport,Conn.) No.8seedKansasSt.(KingstonRegionSecondRound,Bridgeport,Conn.) No.4seedPennState(KingstonRegionSemifinal,Bridgeport,Conn.) No. 2 seed Kentucky (Kingston Region Final, Kingston, R.I.) No. 1 seed Notre Dame (National Semifinal, Denver, Colo.)

Louisville (No. 7 seed) W 67-55 No.10seedMichiganState(RaleighRegionFirstRound,CollegePark,Md.) L 72-68 No. 2 seed Maryland (Raleigh First Round, College Park, Md.) Rutgers (No. 6 seed) L 86-73 No. 11 Gonzaga (Kingston Region First Round, Spokane, Wash.)

Temple (No. 9 seed) L 70-57 No. 8 seed Florida (Trento Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.)

2007-08 (9-4) UConn (No. 1 seed) W W W W L

89-47 89-55 78-63 66-56 82-73

No.16seedCornell(GreensboroRegionFirstRound,Bridgeport,Conn.) No.8seedTexas(GreensboroRegionSecondRound,Bridgeport,Conn.) No.5seedOldDominion(GreensboroRegionSemifinal,Greensboro,N.C.) No. 2 seed Rutgers (Greensboro Region Final, Greensboro, N.C.) No. 2 seed Stanford (National Semifinal, Tampa, Fla.)

Rutgers (No. 2 seed) W 85-42 No.15seedRobertMorris(GreensboroRegionFirstRound,DesMoines,Iowa) W 69-58 No.7seedIowaState(GreensboroRegionSecondRound,DesMoines,Iowa) W 53-42 No.6seedGeorgeWashington(GreensboroRegionSemifinal,Greensboro,N.C.) UCF (No. 13 seed) L 80-69 No. 4 seed Ohio State (Dayton Region First Round, Columbus, Ohio) L 66-56 No.1seedConnecticut(GreensboroRegionFinal,Greensboro,N.C.) UConn (No. 1 seed) W 75-39 No.16seedHartford(PhiladelphiaRegionFirstRound,Storrs,Conn.) W 64-40 No.9seedPurdue(PhiladelphiaRegionSecondRound,Storrs,Conn.) Louisville (No. 4 seed) W 81-67 No. 13 seed Miami (Ohio) (New Orleans Region First Round, Bridgeport, Conn.) W 68-63 No.5seedGeorgetown(PhiladelphiaRegionSemifinal,Philadelphia,Pa.) W 80-63 No. 5 seed Kansas State (New Orleans Region Second Round, W 75-40 No. 2 seed Duke (Philadelphia Region Final, Philadelphia, Pa.) Bridgeport, Conn.) L 72-63 No. 2 seed Notre Dame (National Semifinal, Indianapolis, Ind.) L 78-74 No.1seedNorthCarolina(NewOrleansRegionSemifinal,NewOrleans,La.) Rutgers (No. 7 seed) W 76-51 No.10seedLouisianaTech(DallasRegionFirstRound,Shreveport,La.) L 76-51 No.2seedTexasA&M(DallasRegionSecondRound,Shreveport,La.) SMU (No. 12 seed) L 75-62 No. 5 seed Notre Dame (Oklahoma City Region First Round, West Lafayette, Ind.) Houston (No. 8 seed) L 79-73 No. 9 seed West Virginia (Dallas Region First Round, Waco, Texas) Temple (No. 11 seed) L 61-54 No.6seedArizonaState(OklahomaCityRegionFirstRound,CollegePark,Md.) Louisville (No. 7 seed) W 81-62 No.10seedVanderbilt(SpokaneRegionFirstRound,Cincinnati,Ohio) W 85-75 No.2seedXavier(SpokaneRegionSecondRound,Cincinnati,Ohio) L 76-69 No. 11 seed Gonzaga (Spokane Region Semifinal, Spokane,Wash.) UConn (No. 1 seed) W 82-33 No.16seedMaryland-BaltimoreCounty(FresnoRegionFirstRound, Temple (No. 10 seed) W 63-45 No.7seedArizonaState(DaytonRegionFirstRound,SaltLakeCity,Utah) Hartford, Conn.) L 77-64 No.2seedNotreDame(DaytonRegionSecondRound,SaltLakeCity,Utah) W 94-70 No. 9 seed Wisconsin-Green Bay (Fresno Region Second Round, Hartford, Conn.) W 78-71 No. 4 seed NC State (Fresno Region Semifinal, Fresno, Calif.) L 73-50 No. 3 seed LSU (Fresno Region Final, Fresno, Calif.) UConn (No. 1 seed) W 95-39 No. 16 seed Southern (Dayton Region First Round, Norfolk, Va.) Rutgers (No. 4 seed) W 77-34 No.13seedEastCarolina(GreensboroRegionFirstRound,EastLansing,Mich.) W 90-36 No. 8 seed Temple (Dayton Region Second Round, Norfolk, Va.) W 70-57 No.5seedMichiganState(GreensboroRegionSecondRound,EastLansing,Mich.) W 74-36 No. 4 seed Iowa State (Dayton Region Semifinal, Dayton, Ohio) W 53-52 No. 1 seed Duke (Greensboro Region Semifinal, Greensboro, N.C.) W 90-50 No. 3 seed Florida State (Dayton Region Final, Dayton, Ohio) W 64-45 No. 3 seedArizonaState(GreensboroRegionFinal,Greensboro,N.C.) W 70-50 No. 4 seed Baylor (National Semifinal, San Antonio, Texas) W 59-35 No. 3 seed LSU (National Semifinal, Cleveland, Ohio) W 53-47 No. 1 seed Stanford (National Championship, San Antonio, Texas) L 59-46 No. 1 seed Tennessee (National Final, Cleveland, Ohio) Rutgers (No. 9 seed) L 70-63 No. 8 seed Iowa (Sacramento Region First Round, Stanford, Calif.)

2010-11 (8-6)

2006-07 (10-4)

2009-10 (7-2)

Temple (No. 8 seed) W 65-53 No.9seedJamesMadison(DaytonRegionFirstRound,Norfolk,Va.) L 90-36 No. 1 seed UConn (Dayton Region Second Round, Norfolk, Va.)

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Louisville (No. 6 seed) W 80-54 No.11seedBYU(GreensboroRegionFirstRound,LosAngeles,Calif.) L 67-58 No.3seedArizonaState(GreensboroRegionSecondRound,LosAngeles,Calif.) Temple (No. 8 seed) W 64-61 No.9seedNebraska(GreensboroRegionFirstRound,Raleigh,N.C.) L 62-52 No. 1 seed Duke (Greensboro Region Second Round, Raleigh, N.C.)

2005-06 (5-5) UConn (No. 2 seed) W 77-54 No.15seedCoppinState(BridgeportRegionFirstRound,StateCollege,Pa.) W 79-56 No.7seedVirginiaTech(BridgeportRegionSecondRound,StateCollege,Pa.) W 77-75 No.3seedGeorgia(BridgeportRegionSemifinal,Bridgeport,Conn.) L 63-61 (ot) No.1seedDuke(BridgeportRegionFinal,Bridgeport,Conn.)

W W W W

70-49 73-64 71-69 73-68

No. 5 seed Boston College (East Region Semifinal, Dayton, Ohio) No. 2 seed Purdue (East Region Final, Dayton, Ohio) No. 2 seed Texas (National Semifinal, Atlanta, Ga.) No. 1 seed Tennessee (National Championship, Atlanta, Ga.)

Rutgers (No. 4 seed) W 64-52 No.13seedWesternKentucky(MidwestRegionFirstRound,Athens,Ga.) L 74-64 No. 5 seed Georgia (Midwest Region Second Round, Athens, Ga.)

2001-02 (6-1)

Rutgers (No. 3 seed) W 63-58 No.14seedDartmouth(ClevelandRegionFirstRound,Trenton,N.J.) W 82-48 No. 11 seed TCU (Cleveland Region Second Round, Trenton, N.J.) L 76-69 No.2 seed ennessee (Cleveland Region Semifinal, Cleveland, Ohio)

Cincinnati (No. 6 seed) L UConn (No. 1 seed) W W W W W W

USF (No. 9 seed) L 67-65 No. 8 seed USC (Bridgeport Region First Round, Norfolk, Va.)

Temple (No. 14 seed) L 72-57 No. 3 seed Iowa State (Midwest Region First Round, Ames, Iowa)

Temple (No. 6 seed) L

2000-01 (5-2)

Louisville (No. 9 seed) L

76-64 No.8seedVanderbilt(ClevelandRegionFirstRound,Nashville,Tenn.)

64-58 No. 11 seed Hartford (Bridgeport Region First Round,Trenton, N.J.)

2004-05 (6-4) UConn (No. 3 seed) W 95-47 No.14seedDartmouth(KansasCityRegionFirstRound,Storrs,Conn.) W 70-52 No.6seedFloridaState(KansasCityRegionSecondRound,Storrs,Conn.) L 76-59 No. 2 seed Stanford (Kansas City Region Semifinal, Kansas City, Mo.) Houston (No. 10 seed) L

65-43 No.7seedBostonCollege(ChattanoogaRegionFirstRound,ChapelHill,N.C.)

Rutgers (No. 3 seed) W W W L

No.14seedHartford(PhiladelphiaRegionFirstRound,Storrs,Conn.) No.6seedTemple(PhiladelphiaRegionSecondRound,Storrs,Conn.) No.2seedOhioState(PhiladelphiaRegionSemifinal,Philadelphia,Pa.) No. 1 seedTennessee (Philadelphia Region Final, Philadelphia, Pa.)

62-37 61-54 64-58 59-49

Temple W 66-61 No.11seedLouisianaTech(PhiladelphiaRegionFirstRound,Storrs,Conn.) L 61-54 No.3seedRutgers(PhiladelphiaRegionSecondRound,Storrs,Conn.)

2003-04 (7-3) UConn (No. 2 seed)

W W W W W W

91-55 79-53 63-55 66-49 67-58 70-61

No.15seedPennsylvania(EastRegionFirstRound,Bridgeport,Conn.) No. 7 seed Auburn (Easr Region Second Round, Bridgeport, Conn.) No.11seedUCSantaBarbara(EastRegionSemifinal,Hartford,Conn.) No. 1 seed Penn State (East Region Final, Hartford, Conn.) No. 7 seed Minnesota (National Semifinal, New Orleans, La.) No. 1 seed Tennessee (National Championship, New Orleans, La.)

Houston (No. 3 seed) W 62-47 No. 14 seed Wisconsin-Green Bay (West Region First Round, Santa Barbara, Calif.) L 56-52 No. 10 seed UC Santa Barbara (West Region Second Round, Santa Barbara, Calif.) Rutgers (No. 7 seed) L 74-69 No.10seedChattanooga(MidwestRegionFirstRound,Chattanooga,Tenn.) Temple (No. 11 seed) L 70-57 No. 6 seed TCU (West Region First Round, Philadelphia, Pa.)

2002-03 (7-1) Cincinnati (No. 10 seed) L

71-57 No.7seedArkansas(WestRegionFirstRegion,Austin,Texas)

UConn (No. 1 seed) W 91-44 No.16seedBostonUniversity(EastRegionFirstRound,Storrs,Conn.) W 81-66 No. 9 seed TCU (East Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.)

UConn (No. 1 seed) W W W W L

W 75-56 86-37 86-48 82-64 85-64 79-56 82-70

101-29 89-44 72-58 67-48 90-75

76-63 (ot) No.11seedSt.Peter’s(EastRegionFirstRound,Columbia,S.C.) No. 3 seed South Carolina (East Region Second Round, Columbia, S.C.) No.16seedSt.Francis(Pa.)(MideastRegionFirstRound,Storrs,Conn.) No. 9 seed Iowa (Mideast Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) No.4seedPennState(MideastRegionSemifinal,Milwaukee,Wisc.) No. 7 seed Old Dominion (Mideast Region Final, Milwaukee, Wisc.) No. 2 seed Tennessee (National Semifinal, San Antonio, Texas) No. 1 seed Oklahoma (National Championship, San Antonio, Texas)

No. 16 seed Long Island (East Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) No.9seedColoradoState(EastRegionSecondRound,Storrs,Conn.) No. 4 seed NC State (East Region Semifinal, Pittsburgh, Pa.) No. 3 seed Louisiana Tech (East Region Final, Pittsburgh, Pa.) No. 1 seed Notre Dame (National Semifinal, St. Louis, Mo.)

Rutgers (No. 4 seed) W 80-43 No.13seedStephenF.Austin(WestRegionFirstRound,Piscataway,N.J.) L 60-53 No.5seedSWMissouriState(WestRegionSecondRound,Piscataway,N.J.)

1999-00 (11-2) Connecticut (No. 1 seed) W W W W W

W 83-45 102-80 86-71 89-67 71-52

116-46 No.16seedHampton(EastRegionFirstRound,Storrs,Conn.) No. 9 seed Clemson (East Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 5 seed Oklahoma (East Region Semifinal, Richmond, Va.) No. 3 seed LSU (East Region Final, Richmond, Va.) No. 2 seed Penn State (National Semifinal, Philadelphia, Pa.) No. 1 seed Tennessee (National Championship, Philadelphia, Pa.)

Rutgers (No. 2 seed) W W W W L

91-70 59-39 60-45 59-51 64-54

No. 15 seed Holy Cross (West Region First Round, Piscataway, N.J.) No.10seedSt.Joseph’s(WestRegionSecondRound,Piscataway,N.J.) No. 11 seed UAB (West Region Semifinal, Portland, Ore.) No. 1 seed Georgia (West Region Final, Portland, Ore.) No. 1 seed Tennessee (National Semifinal, Philadelphia, Pa.)

SMU (No. 12 seed) W 64-63 No. 5 seed N.C. State (Midwest Region First Round, Athens, Ga.) L 96-76 No.4seedOldDominion(MidwestRegionSecondRound,Athens,Ga.)

1998-99 (6-4) UCF (No. 16 seed) L 90-48 No. 1 seed Louisiana Tech (West Region First Round, Ruston, La.) Cincinnati (No. 12 seed) L

65-56 No.5seedOregon(MideastRegionFirstRound,Ames,Iowa)

UConn (No. 1 seed) W 97-46 No. 16 seed St. Francis (Mideast Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) W 86-84 No. 8 seed Xavier (Mideast Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) L 64-58 No. 4 seed Iowa State (Mideast Region Semifinal, Cincinnati, Ohio) Rutgers (No. 3 seed) W W W L

84-70 90-47 53-42 75-62

No.14seedDartmouth(MidwestRegionFirstRound,Piscataway,N.J.) No.6seedArizona(MidwestRegionSecondRound,Piscataway,N.J.) No. 2 seed Texas Tech (Midwest Region Semifinal, Normal, Ill.) No. 1 seed Purdue (Midwest Region Final, Normal, Ill.)

Women’s Basketball

NCAA Appearances by Year

SMU (No. 11 seed) W 91-76 No. 6 seed Toledo (Mideast Region First Round, Athens, Ga.) L 68-55 No. 3 seed Georgia (Mideast Region Second Round, Athens, Ga.)

UConn L 74‑71 Louisville (Mideast Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.)

1997-98 (5-4) UConn (No. 2 seed) W 93-52 No. 15 seed Fairfield (East Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) W 75-67 No.10seedGeorgeWashington(EastRegionSecondRound,Storrs,Conn.) W 74-57 No. 3 seed Arizona (East Region Semifinal, Dayton, Ohio) L 60-52 No. 4 seed North Carolina State (East Region Final, Dayton, Ohio) Memphis (No. 5 seed) L

1992‑93 (0-1)

91-80 No.12seedYoungstownState(EastRegionFirstRound,Raleigh,N.C.)

Rutgers (No. 5 seed) W 79-76 No. 12 seed Oregon (Mideast Region First Round, Ames, Iowa) W 62-61 No. 4 seed Iowa State (Mideast Region Second Round, Ames, Iowa) L 92-60 No. 1 seed Tennessee (Mideast Region Semifinal, Nashville, Tenn.)

1991‑92 (1-2) UConn (No. 6 seed) W 83‑66 No. 11 seed St. Peter’s (East Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) L 75-47 No. 3 Vanderbilt (East Region Second Round, Nashville, Tenn.) Houston (No. 8 seed) L

80-69 No.9seedUCSantaBarbara(WestFirstRound,SantaBarbara,Calif.)

1990‑91 (3-1)

SMU (No. 11 seed) L 77-68 No. 6 seed Virginia (East Region First Round, Tucson, Ariz.)

UConn (No. 3 seed) W W W L

1996-97 (3-2)

1989‑90 (0-1)

UConn (No. 1 seed) W W W L

103-35 72-53 78-73 91-81

Memphis (No. 11 seed) L

No. 16 seed Lehigh (Midwest Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 9 seed Iowa (Midwest Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 4 seed Illinois (Midwest Region Semifinal, Iowa City, Iowa) No. 3 seed Tennessee (Midwest Region Final, Iowa City, Iowa) 93-62 No.6seedNotreDame(EastRegionFirstRound,Austin,Texas)

81‑80 82‑71 60‑57 61-55

UConn (No. 4 seed) L 61-59 No. 5 seed Clemson (East Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.)

1988‑89 (1-2) Cincinnati (No. 8 seed) L

UCF (No. 16 seed) L

98-41 No.1seedLouisianaTech(MidwestRegionFirstRound,Ruston,La.)

UConn (No. 1 seed) W W W W L

94-63 No. 16 seed Howard (Mideast Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) 88-68 No.9seedMichiganState(MideastRegionSecondRound,Storrs,Conn.) 72-44 No.12seedSanFrancisco(MideastRegionSemifinal,Rosemont,Ill.) 67-57 No. 3 seed Vanderbilt (Mideast Region Final, Rosemont, Ill.) 88-83 ot No. 1 seed Tennessee (National Semifinal, Charlotte, N.C.)

Temple (No. 8 seed) W 90-80 No.9seedHolyCross(MideastRegionFirstRound,Philadelphia,Pa.) L 88-54 No. 1 seed Auburn (Mideast Region Second Round, Auburn, Ala.)

1987‑88 (0-1) Houston (No. 6 seed) L 74-68 No. 3 seed Ole Miss (Midwest First Round, Oxford, Miss.)

1986‑87 (0-1)

Memphis (No. 8 seed) L 97-75 No. 9 seed Ohio State (East Region First Round, Knoxville, Tenn.)

Memphis (No. 6 seed) L

SMU (No. 10 seed) L 96-82 No. 7 seed DePaul (Mideast Region First Round, Iowa City, Iowa)

1984‑85 (0-1)

1994‑95 (7-2) W W W W W W

105‑75 91‑45 87‑56 67‑63 87‑60 70‑64

69-59 No.9seedBowlingGreen(WestRegionFirstRound,BowlingGreen,Ohio)

UConn (No. 8 seed) L 72-63 No. 9 seed La Salle (East Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.)

1995-96 (4-4)

UConn (No. 1 seed)

No. 11 seed Toledo (East Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 2 seed NC State (East Region Semifinal, Philadelphia, Pa.) No. 4 seed Clemson (East Region Final, Philadelphia, Pa.) No. 1 seed Virginia (National Semifinal, New Orleans, La.)

76-65 No.3seedVirginia(MideastRegionSecondRound,Charlottesville,Va.)

Memphis (No. 6 seed) L 82-64 No. 3 seed Auburn (Midwest Region First Round, Auburn, Ala.) No. 16 seed Maine (East Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 8 seed Virginia Tech (East Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 4 seed Alabama (East Region Semifinal, Storrs, Conn.) No. 3 seed Virginia (East Region Final, Storrs, Conn.) No. 2 seed Stanford (National Semifinal, Minneapolis, Minn.) No. 1 seed Tennessee (National Championship, Minneapolis, Minn.)

1981-82 (1-1) Memphis (No. 3 seed) W 72-70 No. 6 seed Ole Miss (Mideast First Round, Memphis, Tenn.) L 78-68 No. 2 seed Tennessee (Mideast Semifinals, Knoxville, Tenn.)

Memphis (No. 8 seed) W 74-72 No. 9 seed USC (West Region First Round, Nashville, Tenn.) L 95-68 No.1seedVanderbilt(WestRegionSecondRound,Nashville,Tenn.) SMU (No. 10 seed) W 96-95 No. 7 seed Southern Miss (West Region First Round, Stanford, Calif.) L 95-73 No. 2 seed Stanford (West Region Second Round, Stanford, Calif.)

1993‑94 (3-2) UConn (No. 1 seed) W W W L

79‑60 81‑59 78‑64 81-69

No. 16 seed Brown (East Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 9 seed Auburn (East Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) No 4 seed So. Mississippi (East Region Semifinal, Piscatway, N.J.) No. 3 seed North Carolina (East Region Final, Piscataway, N.J.)

SMU (No. 13 seed) L

69-62 No. 4 seed LouisianaTech (Mideast Region First Round, Ruston, La.)

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WNIT Championship 2012-13 (0-2) Memphis L SMU L

2001-02 (4-2) 67-57 76-70

Arkansas (First Round, Fayetteville, Ark.) BowlingGreen(FirstRound,BowlingGreen,Ohio)

2011-12 (6-4) Cincinnati W L Memphis W L USF W W L Temple W W L

68-63 (ot) Duquesne (First Round, Cincinnati, Ohio) 72-51 Toledo (Second Round, Toledo, Ohio) 60-59 UT Chattanooga (First Round, Memphis, Tenn.) 82-65 MissouriState(SecondRound,Springfield, Mo.) 76-20 Florida Atlantic (First Round, Tampa, Fla.) 77-61 FloridaInternational(SecondRound,Tampa,Fla.) 72-45 JamesMadison(ThirdRound,Harrisonburg,Va.) 75-60 Quinnipiac (First Round, Philadelphia, Pa.) 64-59 Harvard (Second Round, Philadelphia, Pa.) 82-68 Syracuse (Quarterfinals, Philadelphia, Pa.)

2010-11 (0-1) Memphis L

80-69

Alabama (First Round, Memphis, Tenn.)

80-77 61-54 66-51

Texas Tech (First Round, Lubbock, Texas) Florida (First Round, Gainesville, Fla.) New Mexico (First Round, Albuquerque, N.M.)

2009-10 (0-3) Houston L USF L SMU L

2008-09 (5-1) USF W W W W W SMU L

2007-08 (0-1) USF L

66-49 Coppin State (Second Round, Tampa, Fla.) 73-71 Virginia (Third Round, Charlottesville, Va.)

81-75 (ot) Florida International (First Round, Miami, Fla.)

61-56 78-63 83-56

Florida (First Round, Tampa, Fla.) WakeForest(SecondRound,Winston-Salem,N.C.) SoutheastMissouri(FirstRound,Springfield,Mo.)

Ohio State (First Round, Columbus, Ohio) New Mexico (First Round, Albuquerque, N.M.) Alabama (First Round, Tuscaloosa, Ala.) James Madison (First Round, Harrisonburg, Va.)

1999-00 (2-2) Cincinnati W L Memphis W L

76-60 Pittsburgh (First Round, Pittsburgh, Pa.) 88-83 MichiganState(SecondRound,Cincinnati,Ohio) 76-74 Arkansas State (First Round, Memphis, Tenn.) 74-71 Florida (Second Round, Memphis, Tenn.)

1998-99 (3-1) Memphis W W W L

71-61 MiddleTennessee(FirstRound,Memphis,Tenn.) 87-73 UT Martin (Second Round, Memphis, Tenn.) 101-86 Arkansas State (Quarterfinals, Memphis, Tenn.) 92-73 Wisconsin (Semifinals, Madison, Wis.)

76-62

Toledo (First Round, Toledo, Ohio)

76-74 (ot) UNLV (First Round, Amarillo, Texas) 60-59 FIU (Second Round, Amarillo, Texas) 67-54 Arkansas State (Quarterfinals, Amarillo, Texas)

Houston W L L Louisville L W L

81-71 80-76 (ot) 69-67 71-66 80-75 81-75

Northern Illinois (First Round, Amarillo, Texas) Indiana (Quarterfinals, Amarillo, Texas) Kansas (Semifinals, Amarillo, Texas) Kansas (First Round, Amarillo, Texas) Notre Dame (Quarterfinals, Amarillo, Texas) UAB (Semifinals, Amarillo, Texas)

Temple L L W

80-73 81-77 76-65

Weber State (First Round, Amarillo, Texas) Texas Tech (Quarterfinals, Amarillo, Texas) Hawaii (Semifinals, Amarillo, Texas)

1981-82 (2-1)

2003-04 (1-3) Cincinnati L Louisville L Memphis W L

61-60 72-49 77-67 59-57

1982-83 (1-2)

2004-05 (1-2) USF W L SMU L

Cincinnati L Houston L Memphis L Temple L

1990-91 (2-4)

2005-06 (0-1) Cincinnati L

67-65 Rice (First Round, Houston, Texas) 83-76 Miami (Second Round, Houston, Texas) 61-53 Valparaiso (Quarterfinals, Valparaiso, Ind.) 77-72 Virginia Tech (Semifinals, Blacksburg, Va.) 54-52 Oregon (Finals, Eugene, Ore.) 95-84 Ball State (First Round, Muncie, Ind.)

2000-01 (0-4)

88-81 (ot) Florida Gulf Coast (Second Round, Tampa, Fla.) 1997-98 (0-1) 74-57 Mississippi (Third Round, Tampa, Fla.) 80-66 St. Bonaventure (Fourth Round, Olean, N.Y.) Cincinnati L 82-65 BostonCollege(Semifinals,ChestnutHill,Mass.) 75-71 Kansas (National Championship, Lawrence, Kan.) 1992-93 (2-1) 62-51 Louisiana Tech (First Round, Ruston, La.) SMU W W L 67-65 Florida Gulf Coast (First Round, Fort Meyers, Fla.)

2006-07 (1-1)

USF W L

Houston W W W W L Louisville L

80-78 (ot) 63-61 66-64 104-87

WesternKentucky(FirstRound,BowlingGreen,Ky.) Western Michigan (First Round, Louisville, Ky.) Tulsa (First Round, Memphis, Tenn.) WesternKentucky(SecondRound,BowlingGreen,Ky.)

Temple L W Texas) W

74-69 Illinois State (First Round, Amarillo, Texas) 94-88 (ot) Southern Mississippi (Quarterfinals, Amarillo, 64-68

DePaul (Semifinals, Amarillo, Texas)

Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Basketball

American Athle tic Conference Schools That Have

PLAYERS DRAFTED IN THE WNBA Player

School

Current Team

Svetlana Abrosimova Connecticut (1997-01) Seattle Matee Ajavon Rutgers (2004-08) Washington Ashley Battle Connecticut (2001-05) Candyce Bingham Louisville (2005-09) Sue Bird Connecticut (1998-02) Seattle Essence Carson Rutgers (2004-08) New York Swin Cash Connecticut (1998-02) Chicago Tina Charles Connecticut (2006-10) Connecticut Willnett Crocket Connecticut (2002-06) Davalyn Cunningham Rutgers (1998-02) Jessica Dickson USF (2003-07) Usha Gilmore Rutgers (1996-00) Kalana Greene Connecticut (2005-10) Connecticut Tiffany Hayes Connecticut (2008-12) Charde Houston Connecticut (2004-08) Phoenix LaTonya Johnson Memphis (1994-98) Asjha Jones Connecticut (1998-02) Connecticut Rashidat Junaid Rutgers (2006-10) Rebecca Lobo Connecticut (1991-95) Angel McCoughtry Louisville (2005-09) Atlanta Renee Montgomery Connecticut (2005-09) Connecticut Jessica Moore Connecticut (2000-05) Connecticut Maya Moore Connecticut (2007-11) Minnesota Chelsea Newton Rutgers (2001-05) Tari Phillips UCF (1990-91) Cappie Pondexter Rutgers (2002-06) New York Tasha Pointer Rutgers (1997-01) Epiphanny Prince Rutgers (2006-09) Chicago Shea Ralph Connecticut (1996-01) Rebecca Richman Rutgers (2001-05) Jennifer Rizzotti Connecticut (1992-96) Khadijah Rushdan Rutgers (2008-12) Nykesha Sales Connecticut (1994-98) Paige Sauer Connecticut (1996-00) Kelly Schumacher Connecticut (1997-01) Shawnetta Stewart Rutgers (1997-00) Ann Strother Connecticut (2002-06) Tammy Sutton-Brown Rutgers (1997-01) Indiana Ketia Swanier Connecticut (2004-08) Atlanta April Sykes Rutgers (2008-12) Diana Taurasi Connecticut (2000-04) Phoenix Barbara Turner Connecticut (2002-06) Kia Vaughn Rutgers (2005-09) New York Tamika Whitmore Memphis (1996-1999) Rita Williams Connecticut (1995-98) Tamika (Williams) Raymond Connecticut (1998-02) Kara Wolters Connecticut (1993-97)

Drafted/Team

Round/Pick 2001/Minnesota 1st/7th 2008/Houston 1st/5th 2005/Seatle 2nd/25th 2009/San Antonio 3rd/39th 2002/Seattle 1st/1st 2008/New York 1st/7th 2002/Detroit 1st/2nd 2010/Connecticut 1st/1st 2006/Los Angles 2nd/8th 2002/Orlando 2nd/23rd 2007/Sacremento 2nd/21st 2000/Indiana 3rd/10th 2010/New York 2nd/13th 2012/Atlanta 1st/14th 2008/Minnesota 3rd/30th 1998/Utah 3rd/21st 2002/Washington 1st/4th 2010/Los Angeles 3rd/32nd 1997/New York Regional pick 2009/Atlanta 1st/1st 2009/Minnesota 1st/4th 2005/Charlotte 2nd/24th 2011/Minnesota 1st/1st 2005/Sacramento 2nd/22nd 1999/Orlando 1st/8th 2006/Phoenix 1st/2nd 2001/Portland 4th/4th 2010/Chicago 1st/4th 2001/Utah 3rd/8th 2005/New York 3rd/36th 1996/New England# Regional pick 2012/Los Angeles 1st/15th 1998/Orlando Assigned 2000/Los Angeles 2nd/15th 2001/Indiana 1st/14th 2000/Orlando 3rd/4th 2006/Phoenix 2nd/1st 2001/Charlotte 2nd/2nd 2008/Connecticut 1st/12th 2012/Los Angeles 2nd/28th 2004/Phoenix 1st/1st 2006/Seattle 1st/11th 2009/New York 1st/8th 1999/New York 3rd/30th 1998/Washington 2nd/3rd 2002/Minnesota 1st/6th 1997/New England# Regional Pick

# - originally drafted in ABL

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PLAYERS IN THE OLYMPICS USA Basketball National Team Head Coach Geno Auriemma, Connecticut – 2009-2012

U.S. Olympic Team

Sue Bird, Connecticut, 2012 (Gold Medal) Swin Cash, Connecticut, 2012 (Gold Medal) Tina Charles, Connecticut, 2012 (Gold Medal) Asjha Jones, Connecticut, 2012 (Gold Medal) Angel McCoughtry, Louisville, 2012 (Gold Medal) Maya Moore, Connecticut, 2012 (Gold Medal) Diana Taurasi, Connecticut, 2012 (Gold Medal) Sue Bird, Connecticut, 2008 (Gold Medal) Diana Taurasi, Connecticut, 2008 (Gold Medal) Cappie Pondexter, Rutgers, 2008 (Gold Medal) Sue Bird, Connecticut, 2004 (Gold Medal) Swin Cash, Connecticut, 2004 (Gold Medal) Diana Taurasi, Connecticut, 2004 (Gold Medal) Kara Wolters, Connecticut, 2000 (Gold Medal) Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut, 1996 (Gold Medal) Kara Wolters, Connecticut, 1996 (alternate)

Swin Cash, Connecticut, 2007 (Gold Medal) Cappie Pondexter, Rutgers, 2007 (Gold Medal) Diana Taurasi, Connecticut, 2007 (Gold Medal)

USA World University Games Teams Tina Charles, Connecticut, 2009 (Gold Medal) Tiffany Hayes, Connecticut, 2009 (Gold Medal) Maya Moore, Connecticut, 2009 (Gold Medal) Cappie Pondexter, Rutgers, 2005 (Gold Medal) Megan Duffy, Notre Dame, 2005 (Gold Medal) Nykesha Sales, Connecticut, 1997 (Gold Medal) Kara Wolters, Connecticut, 1997 (Gold Medal) Kara Wolters, Connecticut, 1995 (Silver Medal) Kerry Bascom, Connecticut, 1991 (Gold Medal)

U.S. Junior National Team Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut, 1991

USA Pan Am Games Teams

Breanna Stewart, Connecticut, 2011 April Sykes, Rutgers, 2011 GenoAuriemma,Connecticut,2012,headcoach(GoldMedal) Matee Ajavon, Rutgers, 2007 (Gold Medal) C.VivianStringer,Rutgers,2004,assistantcoach(GoldMedal) Charde Houston, Connecticut, 2007 (Gold Medal) GenoAuriemma,Connecticut,2000,assistantcoach(GoldMedal) Angel McCoughtry, Louisville, 2007 (Gold Medal) Mel Thomas, Connecticut, 2007 (Gold Medal) USA Basketball Senior National Team Ann Strother, Connecticut, 2003 (Silver Medal) Sue Bird, Connecticut, 2007-12 Barbara Turner, Connecticut, 2003 (Silver Medal) Swin Cash, Connecticut, 2007-12 USA R. William Jones Cup Team Tina Charles, Connecticut, 2010Asjha Jones, Connecticut, 2007-12 Sue Bird, Connecticut, 2000 (Gold Medal) Angel McCoughtry, Louisville, 2011Shea Ralph, Connecticut, 2000 (Gold Medal) Maya Moore, Connecticut, 2011Kelly Schumacher, Connecticut, 2000 (Gold Medal) Cappie Pondexter, Rutgers, 2007-12 Paige Sauer, Connecticut, 1997 (Silver Medal) Diana Taurasi, Connecticut, 2007-12 Jennifer Rizzotti, Connecticut, 1996 (Gold Medal) Kara Wolters, Connecticut, 1999-00 Nykesha Sales, Connecticut, 1996 (Gold Medal) Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut, 1995-96 Kara Wolters, Connecticut, 1996 (Gold Medal) Sales, Connecticut, 1995 (Bronze Medal) USA Basketball World Championship Team Nykesha Nykesha Sales, Connecticut, 1994 (Gold Medal) Sue Bird, Connecticut, 2010 FIBA U21 World Championship Swin Cash, Connecticut, 2010 (Formerly the World Championship Tina Charles, Connecticut, 2010 Asjha Jones, Connecticut, 2010 For Young Women) Angel McCoughtry, Louisville, 2010 Essence Carson, Rutgers, 2007 (Gold Medal) Maya Moore, Connecticut, 2010 Kia Vaughn, Rutgers, 2007 (Gold Medal) Diana Taurasi, Connecticut, 2010 Cappie Pondexter, Rutgers, 2003 (Gold Medal) Sue Bird, Connecticut, 2006 (Bronze Medal) Diana Taurasi, Connecticut, 2006 (Bronze Medal) FIBA Americas U20 Championship Cappie Pondexter, Connecticut, 2006 (Alternate) (Formerly the World Championship for Sue Bird, Connecticut, 2002 (Gold Medal) Young Women Qualifying Tournament) Tari Phillips, UCF, 2002 (Gold Medal) Kara Wolters, Connecticut, 1998 (Gold Medal) Essence Carson, Rutgers, 2006 (Gold Medal) Kara Wolters, Connecticut, 1994 (Bronze Medal) Renee Montgomery, Connecticut, 2006 (Gold Medal) Vaughn, Rutgers, 2006 (Gold Medal) USA Basketball Olympic Qualifying Team Kia Cappie Pondexter, Rutgers, 2002 (Gold Medal) Sue Bird, Connecticut, 2011 (Gold Medal) FIBA U19 World Championship (Formerly Swin Cash, Connecticut, 2011 (Gold Medal) the FIBA Junior World Championship) Tina Charles, Connecticut, 2011 (Gold Medal) Asjha Jones, Connecticut, 2011 (Gold Medal) Stefanie Dolson, Connecticut, 2011 (Gold Medal) Angel McCoughtry, Louisville, 2011 (Gold Medal) Bria Hartley, Connecticut, 2011 (Gold Medal) Maya Moore, Connecticut, 2011 (Gold Medal) KaleenaMosqueda-Lewis,Connecticut,2011(GoldMedal) Diana Taurasi, Connecticut, 2011 (Gold Medal) Breanna Stewart, Connecticut, 2011 (Gold Medal) Sue Bird, Connecticut, 2007 (Gold Medal) Morgan Tuck, Connecticut, 2011 (Gold Medal)

Maya Moore, Connecticut, 2007 (Gold Medal) Essence Carson, Rutgers, 2005 (Gold Medal) Jessica Moore, Connecticut, 2001 (Bronze Medal) Diana Taurasi, Connecticut, 2001 (Bronze Medal) Cappie Pondexter, Rutgers, 2001 (Bronze Medal) Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut, 1993 (7th Place) GenoAuriemma,Connecticut,2001,headcoach(BronzeMedal)

FIBA Americas U18 Championship Team (Formerly the Junior World Championship Qualifying Team) Moriah Jefferson, Connecticut, 2012 (Gold Medal) Breanna Stewart, Connecticut, 2012 (Gold Medal) Morgan Tuck, Connecticut, 2012 (Gold Medal) Tina Charles, Connecticut, 2006 (Gold Medal) Charde Houston, Connecticut, 2006 (Gold Medal) Essence Carson, Rutgers, 2004 (Gold Medal) Ashley Battle, Connecticut, 2000 (Gold Medal) Cappie Pondexter, Rutgers, 2000 (Gold Medal) Diana Taurasi, Connecticut, 2000 (Gold Medal) Stacy Hansmeyer, Connecticut, 1996 (Silver Medal) Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut, 1992 (Silver Medal) GenoAuriemma,Connecticut,2000,headcoach(GoldMedal)

FIBA 3x3 World Championship Bria Hartley, Connecticut 2012 (Gold Medal) Ann Strother, Connecticut 2012 (Gold Medal)

Russian Olympic Team Svetlana Abrosimova, Connecticut 2008(bronzemedal) Svetlana Abrosimova, Connecticut 2000

New Zealand Olympic Team Jessica McCormack, Connecticut

2004

Nigerian Olympic Team Rashidat Sadiq , Connecticut 2004

Women’s Basketball

American Athletic Conference Media Directory AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 15 Park Row West Providence, RI 02903 TBD, Director of Communications Megan Erbes, Communications Assistant Office............................................... (401) 453-0660

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA Wayne Densch Building #77 4000 Central Florida Boulevard Orlando, FL 32816-3555

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS 570 Normal AOB Room 203 Memphis, TN 38152

Joi Williams, Head Coach Office............................................... (407) 823-6266 Jenna Marina, Assistant Director of Communications Office............................................... (407) 823-2464 Mobile............................................. (727) 271-0227 e-mail........................ jmarina@athletics.ucf.edu

Melissa McFerrin, Head Coach Office............................................... (901) 678-4532 Tammy DeGroff, Assistant Director, Communications Office............................................... (901) 678-5787 Mobile............................................. (901) 734-1504 e-mail..............................tdegroff@memphis.edu

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI 880 Richard E. Lindner Center 2751 O'Varsity Way Cincinnati, OH 45221-0021

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY Louis Brown Athletic Center 83 Rockefeller Road Piscataway, NJ 08854-8053

Jamelle Elliott, Head Coach Office............................................... (513) 556-2255 Katie Botsis, Director of Sports Communications Office............................................... (513) 556-5191 Mobile............................................. (269) 760-6639 e-mail................................... katie.botsis@uc.edu

C. Vivian Stringer, Head Coach Office............................................... (732) 445-4251 Kim Zivkovich, Associate AD/Athletic Communications Office............................................... (732) 445-7882 Mobile............................................. (201) 690-6716 e-mail............... kzivkovich@scarletknights.com

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT 2095 Hillside Road, Unit 1173 Storrs, CT 06269-1173

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, ATH 100 Tampa, FL 33620

Geno Auriemma, Head Coach Office............................................... (860) 486-4756 Pat McKenna, Asst. Director, Athletic Communications Office............................................... (860) 486-2394 Mobile............................................. (860) 240-7311 e-mail...................patrick.mckenna@uconn.edu

Jose Fernandez, Head Coach Office............................................... (813) 974-7472 Mark Heise, Assistant Director of Communications Office............................................... (813) 974-5755 Mobile............................................. (320) 333-2647 e-mail..........................................mheise@usf.edu

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON 3100 Cullen Boulevard Houston, TX 77204-6002

SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY 5800 Ownby Drive Dallas, TX 75275

Todd Buchanan, Head Coach Office............................................... (713) 743-9388 TBD, Assistant Director of Communications Office............................................... (713) 743-9391 Mobile...............................................................TBD e-mail................................................................TBD

Rhonda Rompola, Head Coach Office............................................... (214) 768-3536 Travis Chamblee, Assistant Director, Public Relations Office............................................... (214) 768-3735 Mobile............................................. (214) 931-1714 e-mail..................................tchamblee@smu.edu

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE Student Activities Center Louisville, KY 40292

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY 1700 North Broad Street, Fourth Floor Philadelphia, PA 19122

Jeff Walz, Head Coach Office............................................... (502) 852-0221 Kim Pemberton, Assistant Sports Information Director Office............................................... (502) 852-7711 Mobile............................................. (502) 852-7401 e-mail.......................... kapemb01@louisville.edu

Tonya Cardoza, Head Coach Office............................................... (215) 204-1955 Cathy Bongiovi, Associate Director of Communications Office............................................... (215) 204-3850 Mobile............................................. (215) 778-6814 e-mail....................................cathyb@temple.edu

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