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[whitedudeluvswnba]

from 1997 until now, how many teams that have been in the finals that have had Uconn players on them and which Uconn players did they have? Which championship teams had Uconn players and who were they?

Just curious if having Uconn players increases your chances of winning championships.

[TotalCardinalMove]

I know for specifically this season, 7 out of the 12 teams have at least one UConn player.

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Counting just the ones who actually played in the finals...

1997

L Rebecca Lobo New York


2003

W Swin Cash Detroit


2004

W Sue Bird Seattle
L Asjha Jones Connecticut
L Nykesha Sales Connecticut


2005

L Asjha Jones Connecticut
L Nykesha Sales Connecticut


2006

W Swin Cash Detroit


2007

W Kelly Schumacher Phoenix
W Diana Taurasi Phoenix


2008

W Kelly Schumacher Detroit


2009

W Ketia Swanier Phoenix
W Diana Taurasi Phoenix
L Jessica Moore Indiana


2010

W Svetlana Abrosimova Seattle
W Sue Bird Seattle
W Swin Cash Seattle


2011

W Maya Moore Minnesota


2012

L Maya Moore Minnesota


2013

W Maya Moore Minnesota
L Tiffany Hayes Atlanta


2014

W Diana Taurasi Phoenix

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[rykhala]

I forgot about Schuey being a player on consecutive championship-winning teams.

[Jet Jaguar]

It's not that important. It's important to have good, skilled players. UConn recruits a lot of the best players every year, thus they have many of the better players in the league. Going to UConn is besides the point. The point is having good players, regardless of where they happened to go to college.

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[FollowtheCardinalRule]

I'm curious to see who else has a streak that's even close. I'm going to leave this here, and let people analyze it all they want. I'm too tired after putting it all together.


Alabama
1997: Cassie Crumpton-Moorer
1998: Shalonda Enis (Sting)
2007: Tausha Mills (Shock)

Arizona
2004: Adia Barnes (Storm)

Arizona State
1997: Kym Hampton
1999: Kym Hampton
2009: Briann January (FEVER)
2012: Briann January (Fever)
2015 Briann January (Fever)

Arkansas
2001: Wendy Willits (Sparks)

Auburn
1999: Michele VanGorp (Liberty)
2004: Le'Coe Willingham (Sun)
2005 Le'Coe Willingham (Sun)
2009: Dewanna Bonner and Le'Coe Willingham (Mercury)
2010: Le'Coe Willingham (Storm)
2013: Le'Coe Willingham (Dream)
2014: DeWanna Bonner (Mercury)

Australia
1998: Kristi Harrower, Michelle Griffiths, Michele Timms (Mercury)
2000: Jessica Bibby (Liberty)
2004: Tully Bevilaqua and Lauren Jackson (Storm)
2005: Laura Summerton (Sun)
2007: Belinda Snell and Penny Taylor (Mercury)
2009: Penny Taylor (Mercury) and Tully Bevilaqua (Fever)
2010: Abby Bishop, Lauren Jackson and Alison Lacey (Storm) (Lacey also went to Iowa State)
2012: Erin Phillips (Fever)
2013: Rachel Jarry (Lynx)
2014: Erin Phillips and Penny Taylor (Mercury)

Baylor
2003: Sheila Lambert (Shock)
2008: Sophia Young (Silver Stars)
2014: Brittney Griner (Mercury)

Belarus
2010: Yelena Leuchanka (Dream)

Belgium
2008: Ann Wauters (Silver Stars)

Brazil
1997: Janeth Arcain (Comets)
1998: Janeth Arcain (Comets)
1999: Janeth Arcain (Comets)
2000: Janeth Arcain (Comets)
2002: Erika DeSouza (Sparks)
2010: Izaine Castro Marques, Erika de Souza (DREAM)
2011: Izaine Castro Marques, Erika de Souza (DREAM)
2013: Erika de Souza (Dream)

BYU
2011: Erin Thorn (Lynx)

Bulgaria
1999: Polina Tzekova (Comets)

California
2014: Gennifer Brandon (Sky)
2015: Layshia Clarendon (Fever)

Central Florida
2000: Tari Phillips (Liberty)
2002: Tari Phillips (Liberty)

China
2005: Miao Lijie (Monarchs)

Colorado State
2000: Becky Hammon (Liberty)
2002: Becky Hammon (Liberty)
2008: Becky Hammon (Silver Stars)

Croatia
2001: Vedrana Grgin-Fonesca (Sparks)
2002: Vedrana Grgin-Fonesca (Sparks)

Czech Republic
2004: Kamila Vodichkova (Storm)
2010: Jana Vesela (Storm)

Delaware
2007: Tyresa Smith (Shock)
2014: Elena Delle Donne (Sky)

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2001: Mwadi Mabika (Sparks)
2002: Mwadi Mabika (Sparks) and Bernadette Ngoyisa (Liberty)
2003: Mwadi Mabika (Sparks)

DePaul
2001: Latasha Byears (Sparks)
2002: Latasha Byears (DePaul)
2014: Allie Quigley (Sky)

Duke
1999: Michele Van Gorp
2010: Allison Bales (Dream)
2011: Allison Bales and Lindsay Harding (Dream)
2012: Karima Christmas (Fever)
2013: Jasmine Thomas (Dream)
2014: Mistie Bass (Mercury)
2014: Tricia Liston (Lynx)

Duquesne
2002: Korie Hlede (Liberty)

Florida
1997: Tammy Jackson (Comets), and Sophia Witherspoon (Liberty)
1998: Tammy Jackson (Comets) and Bridget Pettis (Mercury)
1999: Tammy Jackson (Comets) and Sophia Witherspoon (Liberty)
2000: Tammy Jackson (Comets)
2001: Delisha Milton (Sparks)
2002: Delisha Milton and Sophia Witherspoon (Sparks)
2003: Delisha Milton and Sophia Witherspoon (Sparks)
2013: Aneika Henry (Dream)

Florida Atlantic
2005: Yolanda Griffith (Monarchs)
2006: Yolanda Griffith (Monarchs)

Florida State
2004: Brooke Wyckoff (Sun)
2005: Brooke Wyckoff (Sun)
2015: Natasha Howard (Fever)

France
2008: Edwige Lawson-Wade (Silver Stars)

George Mason
2004: Jennifer Derevjanik (Sun)
2005: Jennifer Derevjanik (Sun)
2007: Jennifer Derevjanik (Mercury)

Georgetown
2005: Rebekkah Brunson (Monarchs)
2006: Rebekkah Brunson (Monarchs)
2011: Rebekkah Brunson (Lynx)
2012: Rebekkah Brunson (Lynx)
2013: Rebekkah Brunson and Sugar Rodgers (Lynx)
2015: Rebekkah Brunson (Lynx)

George Washington
2011: Jessica Adair (Lynx)
2012: Jessica Adair (Lynx)

Georgia
2001: Kelly Miller (Sting)
2003: Kedra Holland-Corn and Deanna Nolan (Shock)
2006: Kara Braxton, Kedra Holland-Corn and Deanna Nolan (Shock)
2007: Kara Braxton and Deanna Nolan (Shock) and Kelly Miller (Mercury)
2008: Kara Braxton and Deanna Nolan (Shock)
2010: Coco and Kelly Miller (Dream)
2011: Coco Miller (Dream)

Georgia Tech
1997: Kisha Ford (Liberty)
2012: Sasha Goodlett (Fever)
2014: Sasha Goodlett (Sky)

Germany
1998: Marlies Askamp (Mercury)
2002: Marlies Askamp (Sparks)

Gonzaga
2014: Courtney Vandersloot (Sky)

Harvard
2001: Allison Feaster (Sting)

Illinois
2006: Angelina Williams (Shock)

Iowa
1998: Toni Foster (Mercury)
2004: Simone Edwards (Storm)
2007: Tangela Smith (Mercury)
2009: Tangela Smith (Mercury)

Iowa State
2000: Desiree Francis (Liberty)

Israel
1999: Mila Nikolich (Comets)

James Madison
2014: Tamera Young (Sky)

Kansas State
2000: Olga Firsova (Liberty?)
2009: Nicole Ohlde (Mercury)
2011: Shalee Lehning (Dream)

Kansas
2001: Tamecka Dixon (Sparks)
2002: Tamecka Dixon (Sparks)
2003: Tamecka Dixon and Lynn Pride (Sparks)
2009: Tamecka Dixon (Fever)

Latvia
2014: Anete Jekabsone-Zogota (Mercury)

Liberty Universtiy
2007: Katie Feenstra

Louisiana State
2003: Elaine Powell (Shock)
2006: Elaine Powell (Shock) and Scholanda Robinson (Monarchs)
2007: Elaine Powell (Shock)
2008: Elaine Powell (Shock)
2009: Temeka Johnson (Mercury)
2011: Seimone Augustus (Lynx)
2012: Seimone Augustus (Lynx)
2013: Seimone Augustus (Lynx)
2014: Sylvia Fowles (Sky)
2015: Seimone Augustus and Sylvia Fowles (Lynx)

Louisiana Tech
1997: Vickie Johnson and Teresa Witherspoon, Liberty
1999: Teresa Witherspoon, Vickie Johnson and Venus Lacy (Liberty)
2000: Vickie Johnson and Teresa Witherspoo (Liberty)
2002: Vickie Johnson and Teresa Witherspoon (Liberty)
2003: Cheryl Ford and Ayana Walker (Shock)
2004: Trina Frierson and Betty Lennox (Storm)
2006: Cheryl Ford (Shock)
2007: Cheryl Ford and Ayana Walker (Shock)
2008: Cheryl Ford (inj for Shock)

Louisville
2010: Angel McCoughtry (Dream)
2011: Angel McCoughtry (Dream)
2013 Angel McCoughtry (Dream)

Maryland
2000: Jawann Kelley-Gibson
2015: Lynetta Kizer and Marissa Coleman (Fever)

The Master's College
2005: Erin Buescher (Monarchs)
2006: Erin Buescher (Monarchs)
2008: Erin Buescher (Silver Stars)

Memphis
1999: Tamika Whitmore (Liberty)
2000: Tamika Whitmore (Liberty)
2002: Tamika Whitmore (Liberty)

Miami
2015: Shenise Johnson (Fever)

Michigan
2003: Stacey Thomas (Shock)

Michigan State
2005: Kristin Haynie (Monarchs)
2006: Kristin Haynie (Monarchs)

Minnesota
2004: Lindsay Whalen (Sun)
2005: Lindsay Whalen (Sun)
2011: Lindsay Whalen (Lynx)
2012: Lindsay Whalen (Lynx)
2013: Janel McCarville and Lindsay Whalen (Lynx)
2015: Lindsay Whalen and Shae Kelley (Minnesota)

Mississippi
1997: Yolanda Moore (Comets)
1998: Yolanda Moore (Comets) and Jennifer Gillom (Mississippi)
2003: Jennifer Gillom (Sparks)
2010: Armintie Prince (Dream)
2011: Armintie Prince (Dream)
2013: Arminte Herrington (Dream)

Nebraska
2013: Lindsey Moore (Lynx)

North Carolina
2001: Charlotte Smith (Sting)
2002: Nikki Teasley (Sparks)
2003: Nikki Teasley (Sparks)
2007: Ivory Latta (Shock)
2010: Camille Little (Storm)
2012: Erlana Larkins (Fever)
2014: Jessica Breland (Sky)
2015: Erlana Larkins (Fever)

North Carolina State
1997: Trena Trice (Liberty)
1998: Umeki Webb (Mercury)
2001: Rhonda Mapp (Sparks), Andrea Stinson and Summer Erb (Sting)
2014: Markeisha Gatling (Sky)

Notre Dame
1999: Coquese Washington (Liberty)
2000: Coquese Washington (Comets)
2003: Ruth Riley (Shock)
2006: Jacqueline Batteast and Ruth Riley (Shock)
2008: Ruth Riley (Silver Stars)
2012: Devereaux Peters (Lynx)
2013: Devereaux Peters (Lynx) and Ruth Riley (Dream)
2015: Devereaux Peters (Lynx) and Natalie Achonwa (Fever)

Ohio State
2006: Katie Smith (Shock)
2007: Katie Smith (Shock)
2008: Katie Smith (Shock)
2009: Jessica Davenport (Fever)
2012: Jessica Davenport (Fever)

Oklahoma
2011: Courtney Paris (Dream)

Oklahoma State
2014: Tiffany Bias (Mercury)

Old Dominion
1998: Nyree Roberts (Comets)
2001: Clarisse Machanguana (Sting)
2005: Harnchetou Maiga-Ba (Monarchs)
2006: Harnchetou Maiga-Ba and Ticha Penicheiro (Monarchs)

Oregon
2003: Shaquala Williams (Sparks)

Pepperdine
2007: Jennifer Lacy (Mercury)

Penn State
2004: Jessica Brungo (Sun)
2005: Jessica Brugo (Sun)
2007: Kelly Mazzante (Mercury)
2008: Helen Darling (Silver Stars)
2009: Kelly Mazzante (Mercury)
2010: Tanisha Wright (Storm)
2013: Alex Bentley (Dream)
2015: Maggie Lucas (Fever)

Pittsburgh
2012: Shavonte Zellous (Fever)
2015: Shavonte Zellous (Fever)

Poland
2004: Margo Dydek (Sun)
2005: Margo Dydek (Sun)
2014: Ewelina Kobryn (Mercury)

Purdue
2001: Ukari Figgs (Sparks)
2002: Camille Cooper (Liberty)
2004: Katie Douglas (Sun)
2005: Katie Douglas (Sun)
2009: Katie Douglas (Fever)
2012: Katie Douglas (Fever)

Russia
1998: Maria Stepanova (Mercury)
2010: Svetlana Abrosimova (Storm/UCONN/Russia)

Rutgers
1997: Sue Wicks, Liberty
1999: Sue Wicks (Liberty)
2000: Sue Wicks (Liberty)
2001: Tammy Sutton-Brown (Sting)
2002: Sue Wicks (Liberty)
2005: Chelsea Newton (Monarchs)
2007: Cappie Pondexter (Mercury)
2009: Cappie Pondexter (Mercury) and Tammy Sutton-Brown (Fever)
2012: Tammy Sutton Brown (Fever)
2014: Epiphany Prince (Sky)

San Diego State
2013: Courtney Clements (Dream)
2014: Courtney Clements (Sky)

Senegal
2003: Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (via Southern Nazerene for the Shock)

Slovakia
1998: Andrea Kuklova (Mercury)

South Carolina
2007: Shannon Johnson (Shock)

South Florida
1997: Wanda Guyton (Comets)

Southeastern Oklahoma State University
1999: Crystal Robinson (Liberty)
2000: Crystal Robinson (Liberty)
2002: Crystal Robinson (Liberty)

Southern California
1997: Cynthia Cooper, Tina Thompson (Comets)
1998: Cynthia Cooper, Tina Thompson, Monica Lamb
1999: Cynthia Cooper, Tina Thompson, Monica Lamb(Inj)
2000: Cynthia Cooper, Tina Thompson, Monica Lamb (COMETS)
2001: Lisa Leslie, Nikki McCrimmon (SPARKS)
2002: Lisa Leslie, Nicky McCrimmon (Sparks)
2003: Lisa Leslie, Nicky McCrimmon (Sparks)
2009: Ebony Hoffman and Eshaya Murphy (Fever)
2014: Eshaya Murphy (Mercury)

Southern Mississippi
1998: Brandy Reed (Mercury)
2014: Jamierra Faulkner (Sky)

Southwest Tennessee Community College
2008: Ashley Shields (Shock)

Southwestern Louisiana
1997: Kim Perrot (Comets)
1998: Kim Perrot (Comets)

Spain
1998: Amaya Valdernoro (Comets)
1999: Amaya Valdernoro (Comets)
2000: Amaya Valdernoro (Comets) and Marina Farragut (Liberty)
2010: Sancho Lyttle (Dream)
2011: Sancho Lyttle (Dream)
2013: Sancho Lyttle (Dream)
2015: Anna Cruz (Lynx)

Stanford
1999: Sonja Henning
2003: Vanessa Nygaard (Sparks)
2005: Nicole Powell and Olympia Scott (Monarchs)
2006: Nicole Powell (Monarchs)
2007: Olympia Scott (Mercury)
2009: Brooke Smith (Mercury)
2011: Candice Wiggins (Lynx)
2012: Candice Wiggins (Lynx) and Jeannette Pohlen (Fever)
2015: Jeannette Pohlen (Fever)

St. Edward's
2004: Taj McWilliams-Franklin (Sun)
2005: Taj McWilliams-Franklin (Sun)
2008: Taj McWilliams-Franklin (Shock)
2011: Taj McWilliams-Franklin (Lynx)
2012: Taj McWilliams-Franklin (Lynx)

St. Joseph's
2004: Debbie Black (Sun)

Temple
2014: Candice Dupree (Mercury)

Tennessee
1997: Tiffany Woolsey (Comets)
1998: Tiffany Woolsey (Comets)
2000: Tiffani Johnson (Comets)
2001: Tonya Edwards (Sting)
2006: Kara Lawson (Monarchs)
2008: Alexis Hornbuckle (Shock) and Shanna Crossley (Silver Stars)
2009: Tamika Catchings (Fever)
2010: Ashley Robinson (Storm)
2011: Alexis Hornbuckle (Lynx)
2012: Tamika Catchings (Fever)
2015: Tamika Catchings (Fever)


Texas
1997: Fran Harris (Comets)
2004: Candace Futrell (Sun)
2005: Jamie Carey (Sun)
2010: Brittany Raven (Dream)

Texas A&M
2008: Morenike Atunrase (Silver Stars)

Texas Christian
2008: Sandora Irvin and Adrianne Ross (Silver Stars)
2011: Sandora Irvin (Dream)

Texas Tech
1997: Sheryl Swoopes (Comets)
1998: Sheryl Swoopes (Comets)
1999: Sheryl Swoopes (Comets)
2000: Sheryl Swoopes (Comets)
2004: Alicia Thompson (Storm)
2006: Pienette Pierson (Shock)
2007: Pienette Pierson (Shock)
2008: Pienette Pierson (Shock)

Tulane
2003: Barbara Farris (Shock)
2004: Janell Burse (Storm)
2007: Teana Miller (Mercury)

UCLA
2004: Michelle Greco (Storm)

UNLV
2002: Linda Frohlich (Liberty)

Utah
2006: Kim Smith (Monarchs)

Vanderbilt
1997: Rhonda Blades
2004: Sheri Sam (Storm)
2008: Sheri Sam (Shock)
2009: Christina Wirth (Fever)

Virginia
2001: Dawn Staley (Sting)
2004: Wendy Palmer (Sun)
2005: DeMya Walker (Monarchs)
2006: DeMya Walker (Monarchs)
2011: Monica Wright (Lynx)
2012: Monica Wright (Lynx)
2013: Monica Wright (Lynx)

West Virginia
2008: Olayinka Sanni (Shock)
2010: Yelena Leuchanka (Dream)
2013: Yelena Leuchanka (Dream)

Wisconsin
2001: Keisha Anderson (Sting)

Xavier
2001: Nicole Levandusky (Sparks)
2011: Amber Harris (Lynx)
2012: Amber Harris (Lynx)

[justintyme]

^^I kind of want to quote that just for giggles ...

That is a really neat list, thanks for putting it together!

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[whitedudeluvswnba]

Great list. I'd never have the patience to do that. Not to nitpick, but you missed Whalen in 2005 for CT Sun. Thanks for doing these lists. Was interesting to read. What I get out of it is that you need a Uconn star to get to the finals and to win a championship except for a couple times over the years where a team got lucky to win without one.

I don't buy Jet's claim that Uconn recruits all the best players therefore they populate the WNBA more. Sure they get a lot of good players but so do many many other teams and Uconn also recruits a lot of players that are just so-so coming in that end up becoming big time WNBA players (Dolson, Stokes for example) because they are lucky enough to be coached by the best coach there ever was who helps make them into future WNBA stars. Then you have players in college just as good as most Uconn players that flop in the WNBA because they're not coached nearly as well in college. Not saying all, just a lot.

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[ninti9]

Delle Donne MVP, certainly didn't need Geno, all of the top players in the country run to UConn, to me it signals that they don't want to be challenged. Like Angel, said UConn get the top all-Americans in the country. It's the same thing that happens in the WNBA, Big Syl, ran to Minnesota because she wanted to win a championship. Dirty Diana, flopped the entire season to get 6'8 Brutus. What would happen if Angel decided to run to Chicago. Tamika Catchings, is a warrior, Tamika doesn't pull all sorts of scams to win, she plays with heart and desire, one all American, ready to take on all challenger. I really admire Tamika, and Delle Donne, she turned down UConn, got ripped apart for doing so. Teams that win Championship have 2 and 3 olympians and two all-stars on their teams. The big Australian didn't won't to play for Tulsa, she wanted to play with Candice Parker, players don't want to be challenged.

[Nixtreefan]

Or, they could want to be coached by a really good coach, play team basketball, have really good fan support, rather than dealing with some self centered stars who have to take every shot and be spoiled brats. I don't know that could be another viable option.

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[TotalCardinalMove]

I certainly think playing for UConn is a challenge. Living up to the pressure (championship or bust every year) because perfect seasons are the norm for Connecticut. There's that expectation from fans that you have to make an impact. Then being pushed to the limit every day by an intense coach, then you throw in the team aspect. These girls are going from being the star on the high school team, to being a role player in some instances. So having to do all that, while having to keep your ego in check is something that can be very challenging for a teenager coming out of high school.

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[mercfan3]

This should really be called "the importance of having Diana Taurasi or Maya Moore" Given they've won 6 in the last 9 years . Also called "The Importance of having one of the best players in the league."

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