Jesus Creed
Tell me why the biggest sporting event of the day — UConn vs. OSU in basketball — is not on TV today. The answer: Because it’s a women’s game, because this singular event in NCAA sports history won’t bring in as much money … but when it comes down to it, it’s a shame on the media. Geno and UConn Lady Huskies have established themselves as one of the finest basketball programs in the history of college sports.
About the only thing the same is the numbers. They are so staggering that any conversation about the UCLA basketball team of the early ’70s and the Connecticut women’s team of today must begin and end with them.
Save the middle part to debate the merits of women’s basketball all you want. Just don’t lose sight of the numbers, because we may never see anything like this again.
For the better part of four decades now, the magical number in college basketball has been 88. No one has come close to matching the winning streak of John Wooden’s Bruins, and no one who saw UCLA dominate during that stretch could imagine seeing another team equal its record for consecutive wins.
But on Sunday at Madison Square Garden, UConn will have a chance to do just that. The Huskies play No. 11 Ohio State with a lot more than just their No. 1 ranking on the line.
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