HARTFORD, Conn. _ If a single photograph could sum up the dawn of a dynasty, this is it: No. 50 in Connecticut white-and-blue pointing two No. 1 fingers toward the roof of Gampel Pavilion, eyes wide, mouth agape, the Huskies' new place atop the women's basketball world now secure.
That was 24 years and 11 national championships ago. UConn, then the No. 2 team in the country, dethroned No. 1 Tennessee in January of 1995 and later beat them again in the national championship game to cap a 35-0 season. So It's fitting that Rebecca Lobo's No. 50 will be unveiled as the first number retired by either basketball program at UConn during Saturday's game at Gampel, preceding the retirement of Ray Allen's No. 34 by a day. Lobo, like Allen, is Husky royalty, but her impact far exceeds the four years she spent in Storrs.
As the ceremony approaches, here are seven things to know about the first Husky whose digits will be taken out of circulation:
