By Justin Kortick, Staff Writer
The sports world has never quite seen this much dominance by one team over two decades as we have seen in the women’s basketball team at the University of Connecticut. Dating back to 1995, UConn has won ten of the national championships, including the last four.
Led by superstar and future WNBA lottery pick, Breanna Stewart, a three-time MOP (Most Outstanding Player) award winner, the Huskies have won over 70 straight games. This doesn’t top UConn’s all time record of consecutive wins though, as the Huskies won 90 straight games dating from November 2008 to December 2010. UConn was then led by current WNBA superstar Maya Moore.
With coach Geno Auriemma at the helm of the program, UConn women’s basketball will be the best team in the nation for however long he is there. Auriemma started coaching the Huskies back in 1985, and has won a jaw-dropping 10 NCAA Championships since 1995. Coach Geno is also a 6-time Naismith Coach of the Year award winner and 7-time AP Coach of the Year award winner. Auriemma has won the most championships by a head coach in women’s college basketball history.
In this season, UConn is outscoring their opponents by an average of 40.1 points per game, while only allowing 47.9 points per game. To say this is amazing would be an understatement.
As previously mentioned, UConn is on their way to a fourth straight championship. Assuming they win the championship, which they are heavily favored to do, that would push their winning streak to 75 games. We are witnessing a dynasty like no one’s ever seen.