Missy Ann Syndrome: Purse Grabbing White Women

TransGriot Note: Been a while since I had a guest post from my talented Canadian homegirl Renee, the creative force behind Womanist Musings. This one hit close to home because it reminded me of some pre-transition incidents I had.

And now...live from her undisclosed location in Niagara Falls, Ontario, here's Renee!


I went to the pharmacy to pick up some medication today and as I was passing by a White woman, she looked at me like I was lower than the dirt underneath her fake nails and grabbed her purse. I know that this is something often associated with Black men, but it happens to Black women as well. Apparently, the possessions of her coach purse were just so valuable, that a negro (that would be me) might find the temptation too much. Oddly enough, had she looked beyond the colour of my skin, she would have noticed that my purse, is also coach and it is no knock off (yes I am casting aspersions on her).

2-3 times a day I get some comment or even an e-mail suggesting that I hate White women, because I have the temerity to call them out on their shit. I even had one jack ass suggest that my father left my mother for a White woman, which btw is absolutely laughable. The problem must certainly be my uppity Black ass and not the fact that they think they are living in the antebellum south. Missy Ann syndrome runs deep in the veins of some White women, even when they pretend that they are liberal and tolerant. Missy Ann's constantly declare their strength and independence to the world, but aren't afraid to use their White woman tears and fears to keep Blacks in line.

Unless they can place us in a position that is significantly beneath them, the Missy Ann's of this world don't feel that they are being respected and valued. They know damn well that this is a White man's world and so the only way to have a piece of that power pie, is get into cahoots with them and lord their false superiority over people of colour. This is why you will often hear White women reduce the complaints of WOC to jealousy. On some level we must all want to be them, because how could we possibly be content with who we are. Even though Whiteness has been the cause of so much evil in this world, they have internalized the false belief that Whiteness is the height of human existence.

Talk about slavery and then stand back, because they will be more than happy to tell you about how Blacks owned slaves as well. Talk about the struggles that women face in this life, and they will be more than happy to erase your experience to talk about theirs, as they sing the praises of their White racist female heroes. Talk about their child theft, and they will tell you that they are better at raising your child than you. Talk about empowerment and listen as they elevate themselves, by claiming that all Middle Eastern women are nothing but dogs without agency. Talk about how they like to treat you like a petting zoo and touch you without permission, and they will tell some ridiculous story about the time some child of colour touched their hair as though it is somehow equivalent. No matter what issue you bring up, the one thing that is certain about a Missy. Ann, is that they will find some way to place themselves in the center of it, as though we don't already spend enough time fixated on their issues.

I don't write about White women because I hate them, I write about them because I am sick to death of being treated as less than human. I have had enough of them acting like they are above it all and then participating in racist behaviour that is every bit as damaging as that engaged in by White men. For generations, White women have sought equality with White men, ignoring the fact that in terms of the ability to behave in a racist manner, they long ago found parity. You won't hear this when they talk about oppression, because the only marginalization that matters is there own -- but you will feel their scorn in the most simple activities. I am not a violent person, but watching that woman grab her purse made me want to slap her upside her ignorant hateful head with mine. Each day we have to deal with this kind of ignorance and we are expected to swallow it. Is it really any wonder that when we do finally find out voice, our truth is the harsh to the ear. I do think that a compromise can be reached. I am quite sure that if White women agreed to stop playing Missy Anne and fouling the world with their racist ways, that WOC would be willing to go about our lives in peace, because that is all we have ever really wanted to do in the first place.

Team USA Women 2010 FIBA Worlds- Getting Ready To Play

Now y'all knew I wasn't going to give y'all updates on the USA Men's team without giving equal time and attention to the Team USA women.

The FIBA World Championships for Women kicks off later this month at several venues in the Czech Republic September 23-October 3.

Team USA head coach Geno Auriemma and his staff, DePaul University head coach Doug Bruno, Los Angeles Sparks head coach Jennifer Gillom and Atlanta Dream head coach/general manager Marynell Meadors are already prepping for an all out effort to take that medal away from the current FIBA world champion Australians.

The Team USA women are number one in the FIBA world rankings and want to atone for the 75-68 upset loss to Russia in the semifinals of the 2006 FIBA worlds in Brazil that ended their 50 game international winning streak and a chance at a FIBA title threepeat.

Team USA assembles for training September 4-7 in Washington, D.C. and will have 10 AM EDT daily practices at two locations in the Washington area for those of who to wish to observe our lady ballers. On September 4-5 Team USA will train at The Flint School in Oakton, VA and on September 6-7 Team USA will practice at American University’s Bender Arena in Washington D.C.

Here's the list of the 20 previously announced members of the 2009-12 USA Basketball Women’s National Team.

Seimone Augustus (Minnesota Lynx), Alana Beard (Washington Mystics), Sue Bird (Seattle Storm), Swin Cash (Seattle Storm), Tamika Catchings (Indiana Fever), Tina Charles (Connecticut Sun), Shameka Christon (Chicago Sky), Candice Dupree (Phoenix Mercury), Sylvia Fowles (Chicago Sky), Lindsey Harding (Washington Mystics), Asjha Jones (Connecticut Sun), Kara Lawson (Connecticut Sun), Angel McCoughtry (Atlanta Dream), Renee Montgomery (Connecticut Sun), Maya Moore (University of Connecticut), Candace Parker (Los Angeles Sparks), Cappie Pondexter (New York Liberty), Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury), Lindsay Whalen (Minnesota Lynx) and Candice Wiggins (Minnesota Lynx).

Recent adds to the 24 woman roster are Jayne Appel (San Antonio Silver Stars), Rebekkah Brunson (Minnesota Lynx), Ebony Hoffman (Indiana Fever) and Kia Vaughn (New York Liberty).

One complication Coach Auriemma has that USA men's coach Mike Krzyzewski didn't in terms of assembling his team and making the cuts to the final 12 person roster for the FIBA worlds is that the WNBA playoffs are being contested and in the conference finals rounds as I compile this.

However he did get to coach and see Team USA play a collection of WNBA all stars on July 10 and beat them 99-72. UConn senior guard Maya Moore, the only collegiate player on this roster, played a major role in the demolition with 12 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals.

The Seattle Storm and Phoenix Mercury will be bumping heads in the Western Conference final. The Atlanta Dream and Angel McCoughtry are still waiting to find out whether their opponent will be the Indiana Fever or the New York Liberty. They square off in the deciding game of their playoff series later tonight in Madison Square Garden.

That means all the players on the Team USA roster who play for the Phoenix Mercury, Seattle Storm, Atlanta Dream and either the Indiana Fever or New York Liberty won't be available until their WNBA seasons conclude on or before September 21, two days before the start of the FIBA Worlds tournament on September 23.

That's a nice segue into breaking the bad news about another player who won't be available for Team USA at all.

Candace Parker won't play during the FIBA worlds because she's recovering from shoulder surgery.

That's okay, that will open up a spot for another player, give Candace time to completely heal that shoulder and be ready to kick butt in the London Olympics in 2012.

Like the men, the Team USA women will play a series of exhibition games in the States and in Europe prior to the start of the FIBA worlds.

They will take on defending FIBA world champion Australia in Hartford, CT September 10, followed by a September 12 matchup with FIBA number 5 ranked Spain.

They will travel to Europe to train and play another game with the Opals on September 17 in the 2010 Spain International Invitational in Salamanca, Spain. The host nation will take on Senegal in the second game of the day. Winners will play each other on September 18 while the losers play in the third place game.

Team USA will play a final warm-up scrimmage before the start of the 2010 FIBA World Championship when it faces off against the host Czech Republic in Brno on September 20 before it dives into Group B pool play.

Here's hoping for a speedy end to the WNBA playoffs and better success for the Team USA lady ballers than the bronze medal finish they had in Brazil.

Tina-All Time WNBA Scoring Leader

I'm still pissed at the WNBA for allowing my beloved Houston Comets to die without giving local peeps a chance to put an ownership group together to save a team that has two displays in the Basketball Hall of Fame and four consecutive WNBA titles.

But I have to take a moment to congratulate Tina Thompson for passing Lisa Leslie on August 8 to become the all time leading scorer in WNBA history.

Leslie spent her entire WNBA career playing for the (yecch) Los Angeles Sparks and scored 6,263 points before retiring last year.

Tina surpassed her by scoring 23 points in an 92-83 loss to the San Antonio Silver Stars in a game played in Los Angeles.

A Thompson 16-footer with 5:01 left in the third quarter gave her the all time WNBA scoring lead.

"Basketball started here in LA for me," said Thompson. "Anything I'm able to accomplish here is a pretty big deal because it's in front of my family, my friends and the people who supported me."

The people in Houston who supported you would have rather seen you break the record while wearing a Comets uniform instead of a (barf) LA Sparks one, but it's all good.

We know that four of your championship rings have Houston Comet logos on them.

Congrats, Tina.

Peeps Still Hatin' on Semenya

For the first time since she was reinstated by the IAAF to compete, South African 800m world champion Caster Semenya faced world class competition in her event.

On Sunday she ran her third race since she was was forced to sit out 11 months to undergo gender verification testing at the behest of the IAAF after running the fifth fastest 800m time for a woman in last year's World Championships.

She returned to the scene of last year's triumph in Berlin and showed little effects from the alleged HRT she's undergoing and lack of elite level competition. She won the race by closing a 20 meter gap down the homestretch to win in 1:59:90.



But her competitors are still chomping Hater Tots and drinking Hateraid Fierce from 55 gallon drums.

British runner Jemma Simpson, who finished fourth in this race, let loose in a Telegraph interview.

"It's obviously a human rights issue but human rights affect everyone in the race, not just one person," Simpson said. "The rest of the field just gets ignored. No way is it a personal issue but it's a debate about what is right and fair for everyone. It's a really tough subject and a lot of people are very careful about what they say. You have to be.

"You have to be diplomatic and keep your opinions to yourself but sometimes it is so frustrating."

Canadian runner Diane Cummins plied on in her interviews comments.

"Unfortunately for Caster, she's grown up in an environment that is complicated not just for her but for human science. Basically, is she man, is she lady? What constitutes male, what constitutes female?"

"Even if she is a female, she's on the very fringe of the normal athlete female biological composition from what I understand of hormone testing. So, from that perspective, most of us just feel that we are literally running against a man."

"It is certainly frustrating to be running against someone who seems to be doing it effortlessly. We all believe that Caster Semenya, pushed to her full potential, could break the world record.

Well, lets see what her family has to say.

Semenya's grandmother said in a BBC interview last year, "I know she’s a woman – I raised her myself. If you go at my home village and ask any of my neighbors, they would tell you that Mokgadi (Semenya's given name) is a girl. They know because they helped raise her. People can say whatever they like but the truth will remain, which is that my child is a girl. I am not concerned about such things."

Canadian cyclist Kristen Worley, who attempted to become the first trans Olympian ever in 2008, is a co-founder of the Coalition of Athletes for Inclusion in Sport. She said the 19-year-old runner’s gender should never have been in question and blasted Cummins.

“She’s ignorant,” Worley said. “You’ve got a bunch of athletes who are women who are upset because they’re not running fast enough. It’s bad sportsmanship, that’s what this is. … It’s totally sour grapes.”

Worley took aim at the gender based performance double standard vis a vis Usain Bolt and Caster Semenya.

“Basically when Usain shows up, it’s a question of who’s going to be second and third. That’s a given,” she said. “We make him king of the day. We make him world champion. We the media, we society say ‘Usain, go faster, show us what you can do.’

“But when a woman does it, who didn’t actually set a world record (in winning at the Berlin worlds last year), who (more than 10) women have run faster than her, who didn’t set a meet record, we throw her into stirrups and virtually rape her. We did that because of the way her face looks and her voice.”

I agree and have said it since this controversy broke out last year. It's sour grapes tinged with transphobic bigotry.

Just win, Caster. The London Games are only two years away.

Learning, Growing, Evolving Femininity FB Discussion

When I began my transition in 1994, one of the things I was well aware of was the famous quote by French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir on womanhood.

Women are made, not born'

A few days ago I had an interesting discussion on my Facebook page about this very subject which ironically started in response to this comment.

Some ignorant elements of the Black community really need to chill with the transphobia and 'that's a man' shade aimed at Black women.

It was in response to the post I wrote slamming the transphobes at Bossip about the 50 gallon drums of Hateraid Fierce they were drinking over Wendy Williams.

One of the things I realized pretty quickly was that French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir wasn't kidding when she said 'A woman is made, not born.'

When some people transition, I believe they fail to realize just how much of femininity is internal. Anybody with the money, time and a good plastic surgeon can buy a slamming female body. But if you still carry around those masculine attitudes and behaviors, you'll get 'sirred' in a minute no matter how much money you spent on your feminization surgery or the neocoochie between your legs.

One thing many cis people fail to realize is that I and many transwomen take their transitions seriously. We wish to be compliments to womanhood, not detriments to it as our detractors try to slander us with.

And let's face it, it you want to be good at something, you observe and talk to the people who live those roles in everyday life.

Cis women are born into their bodies, get to develop in them from birth, get the chance to get comfortable in your skin, get to ponder what type of woman you wish to project to the world, make mistakes along the way while being encouraged and molded by their families and society into their feminine gender roles.

Trans women for the most part are fought every step of the way by society and our families in addition to getting shame and guilt piled on us for daring to morph into the bodies that match our gender programming and the types of women we wish to project to the world.

And that's the situation before we even get to grapple with the sexism, being a moving sexual target, and all the other societal baggage positive and negative of walking around on this planet in a female body.

It's enjoyable when I get to have those kinds of thoughtful interactions with cis women about femininity and what it means to them.

I'd like to have those conversations more often.

Caster Semenya Finally Races Today

Caster Semenya will participate in an 800m race at the Lappeenranta Games in Finland today. It's her first race for the 800 meters world champion since she was cleared by the IAAF to compete last Tuesday.

She was left off South Africa’s team for the African championships which start July 28 in Kenya and according to the South Africa’s athletics federation the 19 year old would work toward qualifying for the Commonwealth Games being held in Delhi, India this October.

“She is really looking forward to the competition but is not expecting anything great,” her manager Jukka Harkonen said to a reporter Thursday. “She’s in the middle of her training right now, but needs the experience of competing again.”

So am I, Caster. Hope you kick butt and take names all the way to the 2012 London Olympic Games and beyond.

The Trans No Makeup Zone

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There's an interesting discussion going on at Womanist Musings about makeup in reaction to the No Makeup Zone Today show episode. I'm going to toss in another angle of this makeup debate, from a transwoman's point of view.

One o the things we are constantly dealing with in addition to the usual baggage women deal with in terms of the beauty standard is also our insecurities about whether were accepted as women, period.

Those concerns are elevated or depressed based on whether or not you've had GRS, race, class and how long you've been living in the feminine gender role.

And that's even before we start talking about makeup issues.

My sisters fall along the makeup continuum from being either militantly anti-makeup to embracing it.

While we know that makeup is only a tool we use to enhance our femininity and our overall feminine presentation, it takes on a heightened importance for a transwoman. The more feminine we look to the average person, the better because it draws less attention to us.

That's a major concern when it's in the back of your mind that a transwoman is killed somewhere on this planet every three to four days. .

We know how to expertly put on that other face to the point where ciswomen are asking us for makeup tips.

Personally, I'm in the 'I like wearing it' camp. I own makeup books by Emmy Award winning makeup artist Reggie Wells and Sam Fine. I'm always experimenting with new ways of perfecting and polishing my look and use a mix of budget and Fashion Fair products that I discovered through trial and error work for me.

I'm also aware of the fact that I'm considered a role model for the African descended trans community. My appearance has to be on point when I do presentations and speeches. I never know when I step into a room whether this might be a person's first encounter with a professional African-American transperson and I want that interaction to be a positive one. So looking my gender best includes putting my other face on.

So do I feel different in my bareface than I do when I'm 'in face'? Yep.

I'm fortunate that in addition to having a tall and thin body build, I have a relatively androgynous face with high cheekbones and naturally long eyelashes.

Makeup enhances what I have. But some of my transsisters aren't so lucky.

I like the way I look when it's done, I feel more confident when I walk out the door and that translates into me being more confident in my ability to blend in with other ciswomen and society.

As to being more comfortable with going without it? That's an ongoing process.

2010 French Open Williams Watch-On To Third Round!

Little Sis had to wait an additional day to punch her ticket into the third round of the 2010 French Open singles tournament, but was all business when she stepped onto the court for her second round match with Germany's Julia Georges.

The tournament Number One seed dispatched Georges in a 6-1, 6-1 straight set demolition that only took 55 minutes. Serena takes on Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in her third round singles match.

Meanwhile tournament Number Two seeded Big Sis took out Spain's Arantxa Perra Santonia 6-2, 6-4 on Tuesday and beat Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 6-3, 6-4 in her third round match to advance to the fourth round of the French Open singles draw.

Their next doubles match has the number one doubles seeds taking on the Czech Republic's Daniela Hantchuova and Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark.

Black Men-Stop Contributing To The Transphobic Disrespecting Of Black Women

I was checking out my Louisville play nephew Jaison Gardiner's Facebook feed when he started a thread discussing Fantasia.

He's a big fan of hers (and Wendy Williams) and asserted during this discussion that Fantasia is one of the most talented winners American Idol has unearthed during its time on the air.

We were debating that proposition when the thread was interrupted by one of his commenters making a crack comparing Fantasia's looks to gospel call and response rapper Kirk Franklin.

Of course, you know I brought the pain on that one. Nephew deleted the comment in question, and I'll have mercy on the guilty by not further embarrassing him.

@name...watch the transphobic crack... our sisters get enough disrespect about their femininity and their looks vis a vis the vanilla flavored beauty standard without Black men, who are supposed to be our swords and shields and defenders, contributing to that disrespect

One of the things that really pisses me off in terms of the disrespect leveled at African-American women is how quickly Black men pile on.

It doesn't matter whether the Black woman in question is 5'2" or 6"2", if she isn't 'feminine enough' in the beholder's eyes, the transphobic comments freely flow from their mouths.

Ask Ciara, the Williams Sisters, writer Kola Boof, Wendy Williams and a distressingly long list of African-American ciswomen how fast the 'that's a man' shade gets deployed against them.

And sadly, the people leading the charge are Black men.

News flash boys, you're disrespecting the mothers of civilization when you do so. You are also breathing air on this planet because you were conceived, carried to term in her womb and given birth to by a Black woman. You better recognize and respect that fact.

I'm compelled to point out the obvious once again to some of y'all that transwoman does not equal 'NFL linebacker in a dress'. Some of my transsisters are stunningly beautiful women.

Beautiful enough that some have walked runways from New York to Milan, competed on America's Next Top Model and gotten high dollar contracts to model in advertising campaigns.

As I stated in the Facebook comment and it bears repeating, Black women take enough crap from society being compared to a vanilla beauty standard that wasn't designed or created with us in mind.

The last people on this planet that need to be joining in on the attacking of Black womanhood, and using transphobic insults to do so is Black men.

So Far, So Good In Paris

The 2010 edition of the French Open so far has gotten off to a great start for my fave tennis playing sisters.

Serena had to work a little in her 7-6, 6-2 opening round match against Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland. She won the first set in a 7-2 tiebreaker before getting it in gear and rolling to a straight set victory.

Big Sis had an easier time and did so in a self-designed black corset inspired tennis outfit that's getting more worldwide attention and discussion around the globe than the 6-3, 6-3 straight set beatdown she dished out to Patty Schnyder of Switzerland.

The best thing about that match was that Venus' knees weren't wrapped in miles of tape and she showed no signs off the leg problems that plagued her last season.

She was in a more conventionally dressed outfit in her and Little Sis' opening round doubles match with Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium and Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand.

They rolled Flipkens and Tanasugarn in straight sets 6-0, 6-1 to secure their place in the doubles tournament second round.

Number one seeded Serena takes on Julia Georges of Germany in the second round, while Number two seeded Venus takes on Spain's Arantxa Perra Santonia.

Their next doubles match has the number one doubles seeds taking on the Czech Republic's Daniela Hantchuova and Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark.

Girl Power Aboard The International Space Station

TransGriot Note: My latest piece for Global Comment

Though many of us did not notice, April 9, 2010 was a historic day for humankind.

When the shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station, three women, Naoko Yamazaki, Stephanie Wilson, and Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, were part of that seven person crew. Waiting onboard the ISS was Tracy Caldwell Dyson, who had launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 2. Out of the 13 people currently aboard the ISS, the four history-making women are a former schoolteacher, a chemist who once worked as an electrician, and two aerospace engineers. Three are from the United States and one from Japan. Collectively, they represent the largest number of women in orbit at one time in human spaceflight history.

All of this points out the undeniable fact that there are women who indeed excel in math and science, regardless of stereotypes. If they are encouraged to do so, one day they might make even more history.

Since Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s June 1963 flight aboard Vostok 6 gave her the distinction of becoming the first woman in space, there have been 54 women from the United States, Russia, Canada, Japan and Great Britain that have followed in her footsteps.

Others followed to make history in their own right, like cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya did. She was not only the second woman launched into space in 1982, she was the first woman launched into space twice. On July 17, 1984 she became the first woman to perform a space walk.

In June 1983, Dr. Sally Ride became the first American woman launched into space. Dr. Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman in space in September 1992. She was quickly followed by Dr. Ellen Ochoa, the first Latina astronaut in space on April 1993.

Eileen Collins holds the distinction of not only being the first woman to pilot a space shuttle in February 1995 – in July 1999, she became the first woman to command a space shuttle mission.

Read the rest at Global Comment

UConn Perfect Perfect

The University of Connecticut Huskies overcame an abysmal first half in which they scored 12 total points and went 10 minutes without scoring to beat the Stanford Cardinal 53-47 at the Alamodome.

It was UConn's 78th consecutive win, and they became the first NCAA women's basketball team to win consecutive national championships with an unbeaten record. Interestingly enough, UConn won the 2002 national title game against Oklahoma in San Antonio with a perfect record as well.

The Huskies get to savor this history and their seventh national championship for a few months before they resume chasing the legendary John Wooden coached UCLA Bruins.

The Bruins won 88 straight games in the 70's before Notre Dame knocked them off . They are only 11 wins shy of passing that mark, and it'll be interesting to see if they can do it.

Checking Out The 2010 Women's Final Four

I'll get my hate on for Dork, er Duke tomorrow night, but tonight I'm going to sit down and watch the Women's Final Four and the national semifinal games from the Alamodome in San Antonio.

First up is Stanford versus Oklahoma. I'm rooting for Oklahoma not only because of all the Texans on their squad, but because they have an Olajuwon on the team.

Abi Olajuwon that is. And yes, she's the daughter of NBA Hall of Famer and my UH classmate Hakeem Olajuwon.

Number 2 Stanford made UConn work to beat them earlier this season. They had a two point halftime lead before they succumbed 80-68 and also has a Houstonian on their squad in sophomore and Pac-10 Player of the Year Nnemkadi Ogwumike. Interestingly enough her sister, high school All American Chiney will join her on the Stanford campus next year.

But the game I and every NCAA women's basketball fan is waiting for is UConn versus the Baylor Lady Bears.

It's my Houston homegirl and Baylor freshman phenom Brittney Griner and her baby Lady Bear teammates versus the b-ball juggernaut that is UConn.

Seems this season Brittney has become known more for blocking shots than dunking them. She broke the NCAA tournament record for blocks in only four games, and will probably add to that tonight.

Baylor is also playing 150 miles down I-35 from their Waco campus. Sic 'em Bears.

But they have an Amazonian task in playing mighty UConn.

The Huskies have won 76 straight games are only two games away from becoming the first NCAA women's team ever to repeat as national champs with unbeaten records in both seasons.

The last loss for UConn? The 2008 Final Four national semifinal against Stanford.

So will Maya Moore and Tina Charles lead UConn to a historical title coronation? Will Oklahoma finally break through and win their first title? Will Baylor get a dunk or two and lots of blocks from Brittney Griner in order to slay the basketball giants UConn and win their second title in school history? Or will Jayne Appel and Stanford add another title to their storied women's basketball tradition?

Should be fun to watch.

Lady Bears Going To San Antonio!

Brittney Griner hit the go ahead jumper with 45 seconds remaining to propel Baylor to a 51-48 win over Number 2 seeded Duke and a trip to San Antonio for the 2010 Women's Final Four.

The Lady Bears are headed to only their second Final Four in school history. The last time Baylor went they claimed the 2005 Championship.

But can they knock off mighty UConnn?