Overview
- The ceremony at Gampel Pavilion took place about 30 minutes before tipoff and streamed on UConn’s Facebook, X, and YouTube channels.
- Bird becomes the third UConn women’s player with a retired number, joining Rebecca Lobo and Swin Cash under the program’s Hall of Fame criterion.
- A two-time NCAA champion at UConn, Bird finished with 1,378 points and 585 assists and helped the Huskies go 114–4 in games she played.
- Her pro résumé includes the WNBA all-time assist record, four league titles, 13 All-Star selections, and five Olympic gold medals.
- Top-ranked UConn is 8–0, with recent practices featuring alumni Paige Bueckers and Aaliyah Edwards as Geno Auriemma jokingly dubbed Bueckers “Dennis the Menace.”