They enjoyed an undefeated season and won their sixth NCAA championship by defeating the Louisville Cardinals, 76–54.

Of the departing seniors, only Brittany Hunter started more than half the team's game, although Mel Thomas failed to reach that mark due to a career-ending injury.

It was the first chance for fans to see freshman Caroline Doty, Tiffany Hayes, and Heather Buck in action.

The game would be tied at halftime, with Connecticut pulling ahead late to win by eleven points 82–71.

Characterized as a "significant test" by ESPN's Graham Hays, Connecticut would win easily by 32 points, 106–72.

[9] On December 14, the Huskies competed in the Maggie Dixon Classic at Madison Square Garden and defeated Penn State by a score of 77–63.

Tina Charles has 21 points and 14 rebounds, helping lead the Huskies to their eleventh victory of the season.

The Hartford Hawks, coached by former UConn star Jen Rizzotti, were no match, falling behind by 33 at halftime.

However, LSU had graduated five seniors, so the Lady Tigers were not expected to be as strong as the previous year's team.

The pollsters concurred, not giving LSU a single vote for a top 25 position in either of the two major polls.

[14] The Big East opening game would be against South Florida USF would go on to win the WNIT this season, but UConn was far too strong on this day.

UConn built a 15-point lead by halftime against the unranked team, but despite falling another ten points behind, DePaul would play them even in the second half.

She would score 40 to easily surpass that mark, reaching the plateau faster than any other female in UConn history.

Moore's forty points is only the second forty-point performance in UConn women's history; the other is Nykesha Sales' 46 against Stamford in 1997.

The five starters, including Lorin Dixon in her first start of the season, would each score in double digits, led by Renee Montgomery with 21.

Louisville was ranked 10th in the nation, and still had Angel McCoughtry, winner of the Big East Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year in 2007.

Angle would live up to her reputation with 24 points and 14 rebounds, but it wasn't enough, as Maye Moore scored 27 to lead UConn to a 93–65 win.

As a surprise for the departing seniors, Maya Moore and Kaili McLaren sang the national anthem.

Moore then went on to score 18 points, to help lead UConn to an 81–50 win, and guarantee a share of the Big East regular-season title.

[32] Connecticut opened the Big East tournament against South Florida, a team it had beaten by 46 points earlier in the season.

[34] The final game, on 10 March, for the Big East tournament championship, was against Louisville, ranked #7 in the country.

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