At the time of publication , Connecticut and Notre Dame were two of the more successful college women 's basketball programs . The UConn Huskies then had seven national championships , while the Notre Dame Fighting Irish had three Final Four appearances with a National Championship in 2001 . Both teams played in the Big East Conference before its 2013 split , and appeared in the title game of the conference tournament multiple times , with UConn appearing 21 times between 1989 and 2011 , and Notre Dame appearing five times in the same time period
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Big East Conference (1979–2013)
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