35 is the New Number

[Wbbfan1]

http://snyuconn.com/uconn/for-huskies-35-is-the-new-20/

Amazing that UConn has done it 10 times, the rest of Women's Basketball has done it 11 times.

 

[TDiNozzo]

WoW....

 

[ndmb]

He forgot about Texas in 1986

 

[CamrnCrz1974]

He forgot about Texas in 1986

No, he did not. Texas went 34-0 in 1986. The team did not reach 35 wins because the team did not play 35 games.

 

[DobbsRover2]

http://snyuconn.com/uconn/for-huskies-35-is-the-new-20/

Amazing that UConn has done it 10 times, the rest of Women's Basketball has done it 11 times.

But go one more to the current Husky mark. How about the 6-squared mark? 12 teams have compiled 36 wins, and 8 have been from UConn (others, UTenn 2, Baylor 1, Stanford 1), though ND has a fair shot at being the 13th this year. If the Irish do get to 36, it will be only the third year that two teams have done it, the others being in 2008 when both UTenn and UConn and in 2010 when UConn and Stanford did it.

The 35+ win mark is pretty much a phenomenon of the last two decades. Back in the 1980s most teams entered the tourney with less than 30 games played, and western teams sometimes got only 26 in, as I'm guessing USC did not have a tourney in the pre-PAC days. Texas in 1986 did have 29 wins going in, but that was back in the 40-team tourney era, and the Horns got a first-round bye and needed only 5 wins in the tourney.

 

[ndmb]

No, he did not. Texas went 34-0 in 1986. The team did not reach 35 wins because the team did not play 35 games.

Oh man, I looked it up, but wikipedia led me astray:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_NCAA_Women's_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament

 

[UcMiami]

Heres another item: Uconn's current winning streak is now 42 games - tied with Baylor for #5 all time in women's NCAA history - so they now own the first, second and fifth longest streaks. If they were to win 4 more games this year, they would then tie TN for the fourth longest streak. And if they were to win their first 9 games next year they would then be in sole possession of the first, second, and third longest streaks - LA tech is currently in third place at 54.

 

[DobbsRover2]

Oh man, I looked it up, but wikipedia led me astray:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_NCAA_Women's_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament

It's hard keeping the numbers straight. Editors likely just added 6 games to the regular season wins for Texas, but it wasn't until 1994 that the champion were winning 6 games in the tourney.

 

[01Neaggrad02]

It's hard keeping the numbers straight. Editors likely just added 6 games to the regular season wins for Texas, but it wasn't until 1994 that the champion were winning 6 games in the tourney.

Or Wikipedia has once again been proven to be the root of all evil