For over 20 years, UConn’s rivalries dominated the sport of women’s basketball. First, there was Tennessee. Beginning in 1995, the two teams battled for supremacy each season as they met in three national title games, two national semifinals and an Elite Eight.
After Pat Summitt abruptly ended the series in 2007, Notre Dame became the Huskies’ archenemy. They met in the Final Four every year from 2011-2015 and did so again in 2018 and 2019.
At the same time, those rivalries were also famous for everything that happened off the court. Geno Auriemma frequently exchanged verbal jabs with both Summitt and Muffet McGraw through the media — and has continued doing so with McGraw.