Baylor coach Kim Mulkey knows a thing about winning both as a player at Louisiana State and as the coach of the 2004-05 national championship team at Baylor so when she talks about the significance of what this current UConn squad is accomplishing, it bears mentioning.

Among the words of praise she heaped on the Huskies was the nugget "it is Connecticut's time and it is their era."

For the sake of full disclosure, Mulkey's answer was in response to a question asking whether UConn's recent success makes many forget about the Louisiana Tech, Old Dominion, Tennessee and Immaculata teams that dominated the sport at various times.

Mulkey was gracious when it came to addressing the intimidation factor some teams feel facing a Connecticut team which has won its last 76 games.

"That may be the case with some programs that the name 'UConn' is intimidating before you every hit the floor," Mulkey said. "I really want to give UConn more credit than that, I think the fact that they are just so dang talented and good is what is beating people. Having been a player myself and having gone through an era with Louisiana Tech which was the UConn of the 80s and then you had Tennessee after that, you had Old Dominion before that. The players I have played against weren't intimidated by Louisiana Tech any more than we were intimidated by other teams. I just think it is just the fact that they are good. It's not the streak or the UConn name bothers you, they are just darn good."