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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

U.S. Sports Academy honors UConn

Add the United States Sports Academy to those recognizing UConn's record-breaking accomplishments.

Below is a release on the organization naming UConn its women's team of the year.

DAPHNE, Ala. –The University of Connecticut women’s basketball team, which is riding the longest winning streak in the history of college basketball, is the United States Sports Academy’s Women’s Team of the Year for the second year in a row.
The Huskies topped the 88-game winning streak set by John Wooden’s UCLA men’s team from 1971-74, beating No. 22 Florida State 93-62 on 21 December. As of that night, they had not lost since 6 April 2008, in the NCAA tournament semifinals. Only twice during the record run has a team come within single digits of Connecticut — Stanford in the NCAA championship game last season and Baylor in early November.
Connecticut established itself as the marquee program in the women’s game, the benchmark by which all others are measured. The Huskies already own seven national titles in 17 years, four perfect seasons under head coach Geno Auriemma. They’ve won five titles in the last nine years and are shooting for their second “three-peat” national title under Auriemma.
There are still milestones to reach. For Auriemma, there is the all-time career wins record for college basketball head coaches, which is currently held by University of Tennessee women’s head coach Pat Summit, who is approaching 1,100. For dynasties, Wooden’s UCLA team also won 10 national titles, including seven in a row.
There are still mountains to climb for this year’s honorees. But is there one too high for this program?

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