Seimone named to SI All-Decade Team

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The following was comprised by Kelli Anderson at SI.com


Guard: Diana Taurasi, UConn. She won the 2002 NCAA title surrounded by great talent, the 2003 title accompanied by a team of role players and the 2004 title because, as Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma put it, "We have Diana and you don't." She is our women's college basketball Player of the Decade.

Guard: Sue Bird, UConn. Her unique package of playmaking skills, vision, instinct and clutch shooting helped Connecticut win two NCAA titles, in 2000 and 2002. Bird's 45.9 percent career three-point shooting is still the best in UConn history.

Forward: Candace Parker, Tennessee. The 6-foot-4 guard/forward/center could play every position, fill out every statistical box -- and dunk. She led the Lady Vols to back-to-back titles in 2007 and 2008, the latter while suffering a dislocated left shoulder.

Forward: Seimone Augustus, LSU. The player LSU athletic director Skip Bertman called "the most important recruit in the history of LSU," never led the Lady Tigers to a national title, but her trademark feathery jumper (and 19.3 points and 5.2 rebounds a game) guided LSU to three straight Final Fours and established the program as a perennial title contender.

Center: Courtney Paris, Oklahoma. While dominating the post for the Sooners from 2005-2009, the four-time Kodak/State Farm All-American set a number of records, including the NCAA mark for consecutive double-doubles, with 112.

Coach: Geno Auriemma. Five NCAA title in 10 years -- two of them, 2002 and 2009, capping undefeated seasons -- is downright Wooden-esque.

Posted by Bill Martin