page_title: 2011–12 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team
section_title: Big East Tournament
hierarchical_section_title: 2011–12 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team / Big East Tournament
caption_attribution_description: English: On 6 March, The Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team played against Notre Dame in the finals of the Big East Tournament. UConn won the game, and the game represented the 800th win of UConn coach Geno Auriemma's career. Fan Danny Karwoski is holding a picture of Auriemma and a sign noting the milestone. A picture of Danny and the sign taken by ESPN was the feature picture on their website when announcing the game results. Auriemma reached 800 victories in fewer games than any other coach in NCAA history
context_page_description: The 2011–12 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2011–2012 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Huskies were coached by Geno Auriemma, and played their home games at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and on campus at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut. The Huskies are a member of the Big East Conference.
context_section_description: The 2012 Big East tournament was held at the XL Center. The opening rounds proceeded largely as expected, with the Marquette victory over Cincinnati the only upset in the first two rounds. Both Villanova and South Florida won by a single point each.
  In the quarterfinals, second seeded St. Johns beat Louisville in Overtime 68–61. Both Notre Dame and Connecticut won by 15, with Notre Dame beating DePaul 69–54, and UConn beating Rutgers in a low scoring game, 49–34. The defensive battle of the day was between West Virginia and Georgetown. Both teams were 11–5 in conference, but Georgetown was the higher seed, and nationally ranked. West Virginia achieved a mild upset, in a very low scoring game 39–32.
  Neither semifinal game was close. Both games featured a match up between a top-ranked team which had lost to an unranked (at the time) team. Notre Dame had only one loss in Big East play, but in the rematch, handled West Virginia easily, winning by a margin of 28 points, 73–45. Connecticut, which had lost to St. Johns a week earlier, ending a 99-game home win streak, beat the Red Storm by 31 points, 74–43.
  The finals featured Notre Dame and Connecticut, the same teams as had played in the 2011 Championship game. Connecticut won that game, but Notre Dame had won three consecutive match ups since that game, defeating Connecticut in the semifinals of the Final Four, and the two regular season match ups in 2012. In the rematch, Connecticut opened up a ten-point lead in the first half, but Notre Dame responded, and cut the margin to a single point at halftime. Connecticut only scored two points in the opening of the second half, and fans remembered that UConn had gone almost nine minutes without scoring in the previous match up.  However, UConn went on a run, helped by two three-pointers from Kelly Faris and 19 points from Mosqueda -Lewis, and went on to win the 2012 Big East Tournament Championship 63–54. Stephanie Dolson and Bria Hartley were named to the All-Tournament team, and Mosqueda-Lewis was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Tournament.
  The victory was also a personal milestone for coach Auriemma, representing the 800th win of his career. No one in NCAA basketball history has reached 800 wins in fewer total games.
caption: Auriemma's 800th career victory
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