Excellence Defined: UConn Women Make History Again with 91-Game Win Streak

Posted by Mirin Fader on January-14-2017 Add Comments

Connecticut wasn't satisfied with leading SMU by 24 points at the end of the first quarter, 26 at the end of the half, 35 at the end of the third Saturday afternoon. UConn refused to give an inch until the final buzzer sounded.

With the 88-48 win, the top-ranked women’s basketball team ascended into hoops immortality. The 11-time national champion Huskies won their 91st straight game, setting the longest streak for consecutive wins in NCAA Division I history for men or women.

But Connecticut has been here before.

Having topped John Wooden’s legendary UCLA streak of 88 consecutive wins (1971-74) when it won 90 st...

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