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University of Connecticut (view source)
Revision as of 18:02, September 15, 2012
, 18:02, September 15, 2012adding note re Title IX
[[Image:UConn2.jpg|100px|left|thumb|The UConn Huskies]]
[[Image:UConn2.jpg|100px|left|thumb|The UConn Huskies]]
Connecticut currently has 10 men's and 12 [[Title IX|women's]] [[sports]] teams.<ref name="sports"/> The football program has won three bowl games while losing two.<ref>http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/bowl_history_connecticut.html</ref> The men's basketball program has won three national championships,<ref>http://www.ncaa.com/history/basketball-men/d1</ref> The women's basketball team is perennially among the best in the country, and has won seven national championships.
Connecticut currently has 10 men's and 12 [[Title IX|women's]] [[sports]] teams.<ref name="sports"/> The football program has won three bowl games while losing two.<ref>http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/bowl_history_connecticut.html</ref> The men's basketball program has won three national championships,<ref>http://www.ncaa.com/history/basketball-men/d1</ref> The women's basketball team is perennially among the best in the country, and has won seven national championships.
===Effect of Title IX===
In 2000, UConn upgraded its football team to Division I-A, the highest level. As a result, they added many more scholarships. In order to comply with [[Title IX]], the Huskies were therefore forced to drop all scholarships from men's ice hockey, so that the men's and women's scholarship amounts were equal <ref>[http://www.dailycampus.com/sports/hockey-needs-more-support-1.1714401#.UFTBDY1lTOJ]</ref> For the next ten years, the Huskies were among the worst hockey teams in the country, as most Division I teams offer full scholarships. The Huskies frequently finished as one of the two worst teams in the Atlantic Hockey Association, the worst hockey conference in Division 1 ([[American International College]] was the only team that UConn was able to regularly compete with). The Huskies did see some improvement in recent years thanks to the addition of decent non-scholarship players, but still remained in the middle of the AHA, and in the bottom third of teams nationally, according to the RPI rankings.
However, the Huskies announced in 2012 that they will add men's hockey scholarships beginning in 2014 and will upgrade to the Hockey East Conference, one of the premier national conferences. More women's scholarships will be added in other sports to comply with Title IX.
==Notable Alumni==
==Notable Alumni==