Bird at the Buzzer: UConn, Notre Dame, and a Women’s Basketball Classic

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On March 6, 2001, the top two women’s college basketball teams within the nation, UConn and Notre Dame, played what used to be arguably the greatest game within the history of the sport. When UConn’s Sue Bird hit a twelve-foot pull-up jumper at the buzzer over national player of the year Ruth Riley within the Big East Tournament championship game, it marked the end of an epic contest that featured five future Olympians and eight first-round WNBA selections.
 
Bird at the Buzzer re-creates this unique season with a detailed account of the games that led as much as—and beyond—the tournament finale; profiles of the two coaches, UConn’s Geno Auriemma and Notre Dame’s Muffet McGraw; close-usaof the players who made the year so memorable; and, in spite of everything, an in-depth recap of the game worthy of being designated ESPN’s first-ever women’s basketball “Instant Classic.”
 
Author Jeff Goldberg shows us the drama at the court and in the back of the scenes as the big game pitted Riley and the upstarts from Notre Dame against what many believed used to be essentially the most talented team in UConn history, under Hall of Fame coach Auriemma. A see-saw affair through which neither team led by more than eight points, the 2001 Big East championship game encapsulates the quintessential inside story of the individual talents and skills, team spirit and smarts, and the moment-by-moment realities of college athletics that made this season a snapshot of sports at its finest.

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