UConn Keeps Dominating the AP 1 vs. 2 Games

By Mel Greenberg @womhoopsguru

Since but not including, the 2001 NCAA semifinal meltdown against Notre Dame when an upstart freshman named Diana Taurasi suddenly couldn't make a shot, Connecticut has gone 15-1 in AP Women's Poll 1 vs. 2 games.

The one loss was at the Brittney Griner-led Baylor squad 66-60 in 2011 when the Huskies were the No. 2 team. Two of the wins in the run they were also the No. 2 team, beating South Carolina and Stanford.

Ergo since that 2001 loss to Notre Dame UConn is 13-0 as the No. 1 team, which means the voters in the battleground states that flipped the Huskies by a slim two-point margin past the Irish This week, despite both teams being unbeaten, must have seen something brewing Wednesday niight.

Previously UConn has one other loss as a No. 1 to Tennessee in 1999.

Here is the entire 1 vs. 2 AP file which the Guru keeps a spare and just updated. Hopefully it's in synch with what is on the wire. Beat up on the Guru if he is wrong.

Date: 12/07/2016

BC-BKW--No 1 vs No 2/578
No. 1 vs. No. 2 
The Associated Press

No. 1 leads 37-21

2016 – No. 1 Connecticut defeated No. 2 Notre Dame 72-61 on Dec. 7 2016) at South Bend, Ind.

2016 – No. 1 Connecticut defeated No. 2 South Carolina 66-54 on Feb. 8 in Columbia, S.C.

2015 – No. 1 Connecticut defeated No. 2 Notre Dame 63-53, on April 7 at Tampa, Fla., for NCAA Title.

2015 – No. 2 Connecticut defeated No. 1 South Carolina 87-62, Feb. 9 at Storrs, Conn.

2014 – No. 1 Connecticut defeated No. 2 Notre Dame 79-58 on April 8 at Nashville for NCAA title both were undefeated.

2013 – No. 1 Connecticut defeated No. 2 Duke 83-61 on Dec. 17 at Durham, N.C.

2012 – No. 2 Connecticut defeated No. 1 Stanford 61-35 on Dec. 29 at Stanford, Calif.

2012 – No. 1 Baylor defeated No. 2 Stanford in the NCAA semifinals 59-47 on April 1 in Denver.

2011 – No. 1 Baylor defeated No. 2 Connecticut 66-61 in Waco, Texas on Dec. 18

2011 – No. 1 Baylor defeated No. 2 Notre Dame 94-81 in Waco, Texas on Nov. 22 in final of Preseason WNIT.

2010 – No. 1 Connecticut defeated No. 2 Baylor 65-54 at Hartford, Conn. In the State Farm Tipoff Classic on Nov. 16.

2010 — No. 1 Connecticut 53, No. 2 Stanford 47, NCAA championship, at San Antonio on April 6.

2009 — No. 1 Connecticut 80, No. 2 Stanford 68 at Hartford, Conn. On Dec. 23.

2009 — No. 1 Connecticut 83, No. 2 Stanford 64, NCAA semifinals, at St. Louis on April 5.

2009 — No. 1 Connecticut 88, No. 2 North Carolina 58, at Chapel Hill, N.C. on Jan. 19.

2007 — No. 1 Duke 64, No. 2 North Carolina 53, at Chapel Hill, N.C. on Feb. 8.

2006 — No. 2 North Carolina 77, No. 1 Duke 65, at Chapel Hill, N.C. on Feb. 25.

2006 — No. 2 Duke 75, No. 1 Tennessee 53, at Durham, N.C. on Jan. 23.

2004 — No. 2 Tennessee 72, No. 1 Duke 69, at Durham, N.C. on Jan. 24.

2003 — No. 2 Connecticut 77, No. 1 Duke 65, at Durham, N.C. on Feb. 1. It was the 59th consecutive victory for the Huskies.

2002 — No. 1 Duke 76, No. 2 Tennessee 55, at Raleigh, N.C. on Nov. 24 in the inaugural women’s Jimmy V. Classic.

2002 — No. 1 Connecticut 82, No. 2 Oklahoma 70, NCAA championship, on March 29 at San Antonio

2002 — No. 1 Connecticut 86, No. 2 Tennessee 72 on Jan. 5 at Knoxville, Tenn.

2001 — No. 2 Notre Dame 90, No. 1 Connecticut 75, NCAA semifinals, on March 30 at St. Louis

2001 — No. 2 Connecticut 78, No. 1 Notre Dame 76, Big East Championship final, on March 7 at Storrs, Conn.

2000 — No. 1 Connecticut 81, No. 2 Tennessee 76, on Dec. 30 at Hartford, Conn.

2000 — No. 1 Connecticut won the NCAA title with a 71-52 win over No. 2 Tennessee (tied with No. 2 Georgia) at Philadelphia.

2000 — No. 1 Connecticut 74, No. 2 Tennessee 67, on Jan. 8 at Knoxville, Tenn.

1999 — No. 2 Tennessee 92, No. 1 Connecticut 81, on Jan. 10 at Storrs, Conn.

1997 — No. 1 Tennessee 75, No. 2 Louisiana Tech 61, at Knoxville, Tenn.

1996 — No. 1 Stanford 74, No. 2 Alabama 65, on Nov. 17 at Stanford, Calif.

1995 — No. 2 Connecticut 77, No. 1 Tennessee 66, on Jan. 16 at Storrs, Conn.

1994 — No. 1 Tennessee 105, No. 2 Stanford 69, on Dec. 1 at Knoxville, Tenn.

1993 — No. 2 Tennessee 73, No. 1 Vanderbilt 68, at Nashville, Tenn.

1992 — No. 1 Tennessee 84, No. 2 Stanford 79, at Knoxville, Tenn.

1992 — No. 2 Tennessee 74, No. 1 Stanford 73, OT, at Honolulu, Hawaii.

1992 — No. 2 Virginia 75, No. 1 Maryland 74, at College Park, Md.

1989 — No. 2 Louisiana Tech 59, No. 1 Tennessee 58, at Knoxville, Tenn.

1989 — No. 1 Tennessee 76, No. 2 Auburn 60, NCAA championship, at Tacoma, Wash.

1989 — No. 2 Tennessee 66, No. 1 Auburn 61, SEC championship, at Albany, Ga.

1988 — No. 1 Tennessee 88, No. 2 Long Beach State 74, at Knoxville, Tenn.

1987 — No. 2 Texas 97, No. 1 Tennessee 78, at Knoxville, Tenn.

1986 — No. 2 Texas 88, No. 1 Tennessee 74, at Miami

1985 — No. 1 Old Dominion 84, No. 2 Long Beach State 71, at Norfolk, Va.

1984 — No. 2 Louisiana Tech 85, No. 1 Texas 60, NCAA Midwest championship, at Ruston, La.

1984 — No. 2 Louisiana Tech 75, No. 1 Southern Cal 66, at Ruston, La.

1983 — No. 2 Southern Cal 69, No. 1 Louisiana Tech 67, NCAA championship, at Norfolk, Va.

1983 — No. 2 Louisiana Tech 58, No. 1 Southern Cal 56, at Los Angeles

1982 — No. 1 Southern Cal 64, No. 2 Louisiana Tech 58, at Ruston, La.

1982 — No. 1 Louisiana Tech 76, No. 2 Cheyney 62, NCAA championship, at Norfolk, Va.

1982 _ No. 1 Louisiana Tech 71, No. 2 South Carolina 58, at Columbia, S.C.

1981 — No. 1 Louisiana Tech 68, No. 2 Old Dominion 51, at New York

1981 — No. 1 Louisiana Tech 79, No. 2 Tennessee 59, AIAW championship, at Euguene, Ore.

1981 — No. 1 Louisiana Tech 81, No. 2 Old Dominion 47, at Ruston, La.

1980 — No. 1 Old Dominion 68, No. 2 Tennessee, 53, AIAW championship, at Mount Pleasant, Mich.

1980 — No. 1 Old Dominion 75, No. 2 Texas 45, at Norfolk, Va.

1979 — No. 1 Old Dominion 75, No. 2 Louisiana Tech 65, AIAW championship, at Greensboro, N.C.