2001–02 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team Bird, Swin Cash, Asjha Jones, Tamika Williams, and Diana Taurasi are generally considered the greatest starting lineup in Women's College Basketball history. On December 29, 2011, the team was recognized as one of the greatest in the program's history by induction into the Huskies of Honor. Five players from the 2000–01 team (Shea Ralph, Svetlana Abrosimova, Kelly Schumacher, Christine Rigby, and Marci Czel) were seniors and are no longer part of the team. One sophomore player, Kennitra Johnson, decided to leave UConn to be closer to her mother, and transferred to Purdue. Two freshmen joined the team: Ashley Valley, younger
1988–89 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team 1988–89 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team The 1988–89 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois. The 1988-89 team may have been the most talented team ever assembled at the University of Illinois. The team was so athletic that they could "run and alley-oop" baskets using even the non-starting players, and a record number of 100+ game scores reflected this fact. The players known as the "“Flying Illini,”" included all the important pieces from the 1987-88 squad (Kenny Battle, Kendall Gill, Steve Bardo, Lowell Hamilton, Nick Anderson and Larry Smith) as well as junior college All-American