Commemorative 100 Dollar Bill Featuring Geno Auriemma
date: label: date made
content: 2017
name: label: Associated Name
content: University of Connecticut
notes: label: Description
content: Two paper tickets with Huskies logo. Price $0.00. Tickets were from the UConn Women's Basketball team's 100th consecutive win.
label: Description
content: On February 13, 2017, University of Connecticut’s Huskies women’s basketball team broke records for most consecutive wins when they won their 100th game. The last time the team had been defeated was in November 2014, 818 days prior to their record win. Under the leadership of head coach Geno Auriemma, UConn defeated South Carolina 66-55. When the game was over, fake one hundred dollar bills featuring Auriemma were released to the crowds and students spelled out “100” in the stands.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Connecticut, Storrs
topic: label: Subject
content: Basketball
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: Subject
content: collegiate
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0067.05
label: accession number
content: 2017.0067
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0067.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: commemorative item
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 8 in; 9.525 cm x 20.32 cm