Connecticut's rivalry with women's basketball power Tennessee has been one of the most celebrated in the sport. The Huskies also have the two longest winning streaks in NCAA Division I basketball history, at 111 games from 2014–17 and 90 games from 2008–10. Under his guidance UConn has enjoyed unprecedented success, winning 11 national titles, including six at the end of undefeated seasons and four consecutive championships from 2013–16. Women's basketball was not a major sport at UConn until the arrival of Auriemma in 1985. Following Calhoun's retirement, new head coach Kevin Ollie would lead UConn to a fourth national championship win in 2014. Under Calhoun, UConn won three national championships ( 1999, 2004, 2011), seven Big East Tournaments, and ten Big East regular season titles, while placing twenty-six former players into the National Basketball Association (NBA). It was not until Calhoun took over the university's basketball program in 1985, however, that UConn grew from a regional basketball power to a nationally prominent one. The Huskies first achieved success under Coach Hugh Greer, who over a sixteen-year period led the team to twelve Yankee Conference championships, seven National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Tournament berths, and one National Invitation Tournament appearance before dying suddenly during the 1962–63 college basketball season. Men's basketball has been played at the University of Connecticut since 1901, when the school was known as Connecticut Agricultural College. Since that time, an additional nine women's basketball players, seven men's basketball players, five national championship teams, one women's basketball assistant coach, and one athletic director have been honored. The inaugural honorees, inducted in two separate ceremonies during the 2006–07 season, included thirteen men's basketball players, ten women's basketball players, and four head coaches, of whom two coaches- Jim Calhoun and Geno Auriemma-and two players- Ray Allen and Rebecca Lobo-are also enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Similar to a hall of fame, it honors the most significant figures in the history of the UConn Huskies-the university's athletic teams-especially the men's and women's basketball teams. Huskies of Honor is a recognition program sponsored by the University of Connecticut (UConn). Kemba Walker was inducted into the Huskies of Honor in a surprise ceremony following the Connecticut Huskies men's basketball 2011 National Championship victory.