IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1169 

Commending and congratulating the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team, the UConn Huskies, for winning the 2024 National Collegiate 

Athletic Association Men’s Basketball Championship, and commending 

and congratulating the University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball 

team for securing a place in the Final Four. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 23, 2024 

Mr. COURTNEY (for himself, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. 

HIMES, and Mrs. HAYES) submitted the following resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

RESOLUTION 

Commending and congratulating the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team, the UConn Huskies, for 

winning the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Association Men’s Basketball Championship, and commending 

and congratulating the University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball team for securing a place in the Final 

Four. 

Whereas, on Monday, April 8, 2024, the University of Connecticut’s men’s basketball team (referred to in this preamble as the ‘‘UConn Huskies’’) won the 2024 National 

Collegiate Athletic Association (referred to in this preamble as the ‘‘NCAA’’) Men’s Basketball Championship 


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with a 75–60 win over the Purdue University Boilermakers at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona; 

Whereas this is the UConn men’s basketball team’s sixth national championship, continuing the team’s undefeated 

streak in national championship games; 

Whereas this is the UConn men’s team’s second consecutive 

national championship, becoming only the eighth NCAA 

Division I men’s basketball team to accomplish this feat; 

Whereas the UConn men’s basketball team has earned all 6 

national titles since 1999, a feat that no other college 

team has surpassed during that time; 

Whereas UConn player Tristen Newton was named the Most 

Outstanding Player of the NCAA tournament in 2024, 

averaging 14.5 points per game; 

Whereas UConn player Donovan John Clingan earned the 

2024 AP Honorable Mention All-American, scoring an 

exceptional 22 points in the NCAA tournament championship game; 

Whereas UConn player Hassan Diara earned the 2024 Big 

East Sixth Man Award, becoming the second University 

of Connecticut player to receive the award since its creation; 

Whereas UConn player Cameron Spencer’s transfer to 

UConn was an invaluable asset to the team’s success, 

and he is one of the top free throw shooters in the country; 

Whereas UConn player Stephon Castle won Big East Freshman of the Year; 


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Whereas UConn player Alex Karaban in his two years at 

UConn has now helped the team secure two national 

championships; 

Whereas UConn player Paige Madison Bueckers earned the 

2024 Unanimous First-Team All-American for the second time, the 2024 Big East Player of the Year for the 

second time, and the 2024 Big East Tournament Most 

Outstanding Player for the second time; 

Whereas UConn player Aaliyah Edwards contributed an extraordinary 17 points to the Final Four game as the University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball teams active 

leading scorer with an average 17.6 points scored per 

game; 

Whereas UConn player Nika Mu ̈hl is the all-time leader in 

career assists at the University of Connecticut, holding 

the program record for most assists in a single season; 

Whereas UConn player KK Arnold averaged an impressive 

2.3 steals per game; 

Whereas UConn player Ashlynn Shade is Big East Freshman 

of the Year and averages 11.2 points per game; 

Whereas the UConn men’s team won every NCAA tournament game by 13 points or more for a second straight 

year, and set the record this year for the largest margin 

of victory over its 6-game run with 140 combined points; 

Whereas the University of Connecticut is home to the most 

successful NCAA Division I women’s basketball program 

in history, having won a record 11 national championships and appearing in their 23d Final Four this year; 

and 

Whereas, due to the incredible feats of both the women’s and 

men’s collegiate basketball teams, Storrs, Connecticut, is 


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the College Basketball Capital of the World: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) commends the University of Connecticut 

3 men’s basketball team for winning the 2024 Na4 tional Collegiate Athletic Association Men’s Basket5 ball Championship and commends the University of 

6 Connecticut women’s basketball team for reaching 

7 the Final Four of the Collegiate Athletic Association 

8 women’s Basketball Championship for the 23d time 

9 in program history; 

10 (2) congratulates Coach Geno Auriemma on his 

11 39th year coaching for the University of Connecti12 cut’s women’s basketball team, achieving an unprec13 edented 11 National Collegiate Athletic Association 

14 Women’s Basketball Championships and 1,200 ca15 reer victories, and congratulates Coach Dan Hurley 

16 on his 2d national victory with the men’s team; 

17 (3) celebrates the fans, students, and faculty of 

18 the University of Connecticut; and 

19 (4) respectfully requests that the Clerk of the 

20 House of Representatives transmit an enrolled copy 

21 of this resolution to— 

22 (A) the President of the University of Con23 necticut, Radenka Maric; 


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1 (B) the Head Coach of the University of 

2 Connecticut men’s basketball team, Dan Hur3 ley; and 

4 (C) the Head Coach of the University of 

5 Connecticut’s women’s basketball team, Geno 

6 Auriemma. 

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