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UConn Retires Sue Bird's No. 10 Jersey in Emotional Ceremony at Gampel Pavilion
UConn honored Sue Bird’s Hall of Fame career by retiring her No. 10 jersey, joining an elite club of Huskies legends with only two others similarly recognized.
- On Sunday, Dec. 7, Sue Bird's No. 10 jersey was retired at Gampel Pavilion about 30 minutes before tipoff, and the ceremony was streamed on UConn's Facebook, X, and YouTube channels.
- Earlier this year, Bird was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in June and the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in September, qualifying her for UConn jersey retirement criteria reserved for Naismith Hall of Famers, joining just two members.
- Her playing record includes retiring as the WNBA's all-time assist leader with 3,234, earning 13 All-Star selections, winning four WNBA championships with the Seattle Storm, and compiling 1,378 points, 585 assists and 240 steals at UConn, helping win NCAA championships in 2000 and 2002.
- After the ceremony, the UConn Huskies dismantled DePaul Blue Demons 102-35, led by Sarah Strong's 20 points, five steals, five rebounds and four assists, improving to 9-0.
- The ceremony caps Bird's 2025 tour of recognition and joins her with Swin Cash and Rebecca Lobo, reinforcing UConn women's basketball program's tradition of honoring generational players.
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STORRS — The first time Geno Auriemma met with Sue Bird in his office on campus, the thing he remembers most is how nervous the star point guard was. UConn women’s basketball, as Auriemma put it, “wasn’t what UConn is today” in the late 1990s when Bird was emerging as a high school superstar. The Huskies only had the 1995 national championship to their name, so Auriemma said the coaching staff was feeling the pressure to bring in a player of Bir…
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