Sam Gejdenson: “this is a spectacular day for all of us from Connecticut, but I am fortunate enough to have the University of…”

“this is a spectacular day for all of us from Connecticut, but I am fortunate enough to have the University of Connecticut stars in my district. I think as almost everybody saw last night, winning the 2000 NCAA national championship and beating the Tennessee Lady Volunteers 71 to 52, another great team with a spectacular record; but our team last night clearly controlled every aspect of the game, dominated both offense and defense. The margin of victory was the second largest in women's tournament history, a total team effort and really an astounding season with 36 wins and only 1 loss. There were outstanding contributions by all of the players: Shea Ralph, Svetlana Abrosimova, Sue Bird, Swin Cash, Kelley Schumacher, Asjha Jones, and Tamika Williams. Congratulations also to our great coach, Gino Auriemma, head coach; Chris Daily, associate head coach; Tony Cardoza, assistant coach; and Jamelle Elliott, another assistant coach. UConn Huskies have done really an outstanding job through the 1990s. National championships include an undefeated season 1994 to 1995, eight Big East championships, including seven straight NCAA tournament appearances every year, 313 victories, second only to Tennessee that we were lucky enough and able enough to beat last night. Husky fans really are the best fans in the Nation. We have had a spectacular time. To Coach Gino and all the women there, really an outstanding season and a great lift to the State.”