Sue Bird joined Swin Cash and Rebecca Lobo as the only UConn women’s basketball players to have their numbers retired.
STORRS, Connecticut — Sue Bird she walked onto the Gampel Pavilion court Sunday to a thunderous ovation, just as she did during her four seasons as one of the best players in UConn women’s basketball history.
The members of the number one team of the 2025-26 season flanked the legend of UConn while Bird stepped on the court before the game where the Huskies would beat 102-35 DePaulthis time without his famous number 10 shirt UConn. A few minutes later, Bird nor union a her classmate Swin Cash already Rebecca Lobo as the only women’s basketball players in UConn on having their numbers retired.
“This is my home, this is where it all began,” he said. Birda member of the Naismith Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. “It’s an incredible honor.”
Bird He was part of two national champion teams in UConn. Despite playing only eight games in his first year due to a knee injury, Bird He finished his career with 1,378 points, 585 assists and 240 steals. UConn had a record of 114-4 with Bird in the lineup. He was the first pick in the draft WNBA of 2002 by the Seattle Storm and helped Seattle win four WNBA titles. Bird He was also part of five Olympic gold medal-winning teams and four FIBA World Cup championship teams.
The coach of UConn, Geno Auriemmarated Bird as the best point guard in the history of women’s college basketball.
Bird came to UConn after playing at New York’s prestigious Christ the King Prep School, with a generation that included Swin Cash, Asjha Jones, Tamika Williams y Keirsten Walters. Auriemma has said that this generation changed the way the teams played Huskies.
Then, UConn He had won only one national championship. What followed was the rise of UConn until reaching a record of 12 titles.
