30 years later: How UConn won its first NCAA title in 1995

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THE GAME WAS over, but the noise wouldn't stop. Rebecca Lobo and her UConn teammates were ready to head out after a historic victory. But as they walked out of the locker room toward the Gampel Pavilion court, Huskies fans were trying to make time stand still, lingering in the arena long after the final buzzer had sounded.

"The people were still there. Like, singing 'R-E-S-P-E-C-T.' It was like a party no one wanted to leave," Lobo told ESPN. "A euphoric sort of feeling. Almost like they were afraid that if they left, the feeling would go away."

It was Jan. 16, 1995, and No. 2 UConn had defeated top-ranked Tennessee 77-66. It was billed as the first meeting between a…