Coached by Geno Auriemma, the Huskies played their home games at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and on campus at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut, and are a member of the Big East Conference.

At the Big East women's basketball tournament, the Huskies won the championship by defeating Boston College 96–54.

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.

[2] One sophomore player, Kennitra Johnson, decided to leave UConn to be closer to her mother, and transferred to Purdue.

Although Marron had received scholarship offers from other schools, she chose to apply to UConn and attempt to make the team as a walk-on.