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In January 2014, UConn beat Baylor by 11 points. Of all of UConn's 40 triumphs last season, 11 points represent the team's lowest margin of victory.
The "highest lowest" MOV of 11 is a record; it'd never been done before. Any season with even one defeat means your team has a negative MOV to its relative discredit. Conversely, among other undefeated teams, Baylor 2012-12, UConn 2009-10, UConn 2001-02, Tennessee 1997-98, Uconn 1994-95, Texas 1985-86, and La Tech 1980-81, all have at least one single-digit victory during those seasons. Meanwhile, UConn 2008-09, which had no victories by nine or fewer points, did win two games by "only" 10. Finally, even the AIAW-era championship teams, based on my research, had single-digit victories.
In other words, no team has won all its games by 11 points or more. None.
And that record remains on the books.
VowelGuy's new thread about the remaining 12 undefeated teams this year inspired me to look at the season results of each. So, with all credit to VG and his research, here are those 12 teams: Texas, St Johns, Northwestern, Oregon St, Youngstown St, Princeton, Akron, Lehigh, Miss St, Texas A&M, Georgia, and South Carolina.
Well, I looked at each of these teams' seasons, and all 12 of them have victories by 10 points or fewer.
We all got to experience and appreciate last season's Huskies. They accomplished something that had never been done before in WCBB. As of this season, UConn still has done something no other team has done before.
And Lord knows if or when another team ever will.
The "highest lowest" MOV of 11 is a record; it'd never been done before. Any season with even one defeat means your team has a negative MOV to its relative discredit. Conversely, among other undefeated teams, Baylor 2012-12, UConn 2009-10, UConn 2001-02, Tennessee 1997-98, Uconn 1994-95, Texas 1985-86, and La Tech 1980-81, all have at least one single-digit victory during those seasons. Meanwhile, UConn 2008-09, which had no victories by nine or fewer points, did win two games by "only" 10. Finally, even the AIAW-era championship teams, based on my research, had single-digit victories.
In other words, no team has won all its games by 11 points or more. None.
And that record remains on the books.
VowelGuy's new thread about the remaining 12 undefeated teams this year inspired me to look at the season results of each. So, with all credit to VG and his research, here are those 12 teams: Texas, St Johns, Northwestern, Oregon St, Youngstown St, Princeton, Akron, Lehigh, Miss St, Texas A&M, Georgia, and South Carolina.
Well, I looked at each of these teams' seasons, and all 12 of them have victories by 10 points or fewer.
We all got to experience and appreciate last season's Huskies. They accomplished something that had never been done before in WCBB. As of this season, UConn still has done something no other team has done before.
And Lord knows if or when another team ever will.