Congratulation to the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team and coach Geno Auriemma for posting their 88th consecutive win yesterday, an 81-50 drubbing of Ohio State. The number 88 is significant; it matches the all-time record for consecutive wins by a men’s college basketball team, set by John Wooden’s UCLA Bruins between 1971 and 1974. [...]
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The fact that Geno Auriemma and the Connecticut women’s basketball team won another championship isn’t much of a surprise. The shocker is that the Huskies were actually tested. Connecticut Completes Another Perfect Season originally appeared on About.com Basketball on Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 at 10:32:25. Permalink | Comment | Email this
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Geno Auriemma and the UConn women continue to treat the best teams in Division I like early-season out-of-conference patsies. The latest victims? Four seed Iowa state, blasted by the Lady Huskies 74-36 in their regional semifinal game. Maya Moore led Connecticut with 25 points. UConn Women Blast Iowa State originally appeared on About.com Basketball on [...]
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UConn’s 59-44 win over Notre Dame in the Big East semifinals last night was the team’s 71st in a row — breaking the all-time record set by Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird and this same University of Connecticut between November 2001 and March 2003. Connecticut hasn’t lost a game since they fell to Stanford in the [...]
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USA Basketball’s women’s national team will face a formidable opponent as part of their preparations for the 2010 FIBA World Championships: the WNBA’s All-Star team. Team USA and the All-Stars will play an exhibition on July 10 at the Mohegan Sun Arena — home of the WNBA’s Connecticut Suns. This is the second time a [...]
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