Going into the game , UConn and Syracuse had met 49 times in women 's basketball , mostly when both teams were in the Big East Conference , with UConn winning 37 games . The last game between the two teams was in 2013 , the final season before the three-way split of the Big East , when the Huskies won 64 – 51 in the Big East semifinals
Big East Conference
Big East Conference (1979–2013)
2016 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Game