The Huskies have some experience when it comes to the nation's two best teams facing off. On Saturday, No. 2 UConn faces top-ranked Stanford; in three previous visits to Palo Alto, the Huskies are 0-3 but interestingly, are 3-0 against the Cardinal in games in which the teams were ranked first and second in the country.
Thanks to SNY.com's Carl Adamec, who did the heavy lifting, we have a brief history of just how well the Huskies have done when playing in a game between the the country's two best teams.
Jan. 16 1995: No. 2 UConn beat No. 1 Tennessee 77-66, at Storrs, Conn.
Jan. 10, 1999: No. 2 Tennessee beat No. 1 UConn 92-81, at Storrs, Conn.
Jan. 8, 2000: No. 1 UConn beat No. 2 Tennessee 74-67, at Knoxville, Tenn.
April 2, 2000: No. 1 UConn beat No. 2 Tennessee 71-52, for NCAA championship in Philadelphia.
Dec. 30, 2000: No. 1 UConn beat No. 2 Tennessee 81-76, at Hartford, Conn.
March 6, 2001: No. 2 UConn beat No. 1 Notre Dame 78-76, for Big East championship in Storrs, Conn.
March 30, 2001: No. 2 Notre Dame defeated No. 1 UConn 90-75, at St. Louis, Mo.
Jan. 5, 2002: No. 1 UConn beat No. 2 Tennessee 86-72, at Knoxville, Tenn.
March 31, 2002: No. 1 UConn beat No. 2 Oklahoma 82-70 for NCAA championship in San Antonio.
Feb. 1, 2003: No. 2 UConn beat No. 1 Duke 77-65, at Durham, N.C.
Jan. 19, 2009: No. 1 UConn beat No. 2 North Carolina 88-58 at Chapel Hill, N.C.
April 5, 2009: No. 1 UConn beat No. 2 Stanford 83-64 at St. Louis, Mo.
Dec. 23, 2009: No. 1 UConn beat No. 2 Stanford 80-68 at Hartford, Conn.
April 6, 2010: No. 1 UConn beat No. 2 Stanford 53-47 for NCAA championship in San Antonio
Nov. 16, 2010: No. 1 UConn beat No. 2 Baylor 65-64 in Hartford, Conn.
Dec. 18, 2011: No. 1 Baylor beat No. 2 UConn 66-61 in Waco. Texas.
On Saturday, something has to give: UConn is 0-3 at Maples Pavilion but 3-0 when facing Stanford in a game between No. 1 and No. 2 teams.
