During the 2008-09 season , Coach Perretta led the Wildcats to the NCAA Tournament for the ninth time in his Villanova career . This marked the ninth postseason appearance in the previous 10 years for the Wildcats . After playing in the 2000 WNIT , Villanova went to four consecutive NCAA Tournaments from 2001 to 2004 before playing in the WNIT in 2005 , 2006 and 2008 . The 2002-03 season was a special one for the Wildcats . In addition to an impressive 28-6 overall record and a 12-4 Big East Conference mark , the Wildcats won their third Big East Conference Tournament championship and first since 1987 with an improbable 52-48 upset over previously unbeaten Connecticut . The win snapped Connecticut 's then NCAA Division I women 's basketball record of 70-straight victories and ended Connecticut 's streak of nine-straight conference tournament championships
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