Closest challenge to no back-to-back losses?

[ThisJustIn]

Or iare some other teams looming?

 

[choochoo]

Was thinking the same thing this morning. wondering does any one know the exact number of games and years its been since we have had back to back losses. Im thinking maybe post Diana, 2005 or 6?

 

[Centerstream]

I'm not positive but ABC showed a graphic and Baylor was #2 with 228. Or was that something else...

 

[HuskyNan]

Or iare some other teams looming?

From a 2018 Journal Inquirer article:

Eight of UConn’s 58 wins following a loss were against ranked teams. The closest was a one-point win at Rutgers on Jan. 27, 1999, though the Huskies needed overtime to top South Florida here on Dec. 1, 2004.

 

[HuskyNan]

Was thinking the same thing this morning. wondering does any one know the exact number of games and years its been since we have had back to back losses. Im thinking maybe post Diana, 2005 or 6?

1993

 

[Linart]

1993. 28 years. Rebecca Lobo said she was part of that stretch.

 

[hoopsfan22]

I'm not positive but ABC showed a graphic and Baylor was #2 with 228. Or was that something else...

Yeah I think that's right. I've never heard this streak mentioned anywhere else other than SNY or from the UConn local coverage, so I didn't think anyone really cared. In theory you can make up an infinite number of streaks to track if you really wanted to.

 

[Penn]

March 17, 1993

 

[Plebe]

I don't know why people are so enamored of this "streak". It's like in the absence of having a good team we are emotionally clinging to these obscure historical factoids.

If we had Maryland's schedule and had to play Baylor, NC State and Stanford in consecutive games, the "not twice in a row" streak would probably be gone.

 

[Aluminny69]

Over 1000 games, not sure of the exact number.

 

[choochoo]

I don't know why people are so enamored of this "streak". It's like in the absence of having a good team we are emotionally clinging to these obscure historical factoids.

If we had Maryland's schedule and had to play Baylor, NC State and Stanford in consecutive games, the "not twice in a row" streak would probably be gone.

sounds alot like what UConn has done in the eleven national championships that they have won!

 

[Papa33]

I don't know why people are so enamored of this "streak". It's like in the absence of having a good team we are emotionally clinging to these obscure historical factoids.

If we had Maryland's schedule and had to play Baylor, NC State and Stanford in consecutive games, the "not twice in a row" streak would probably be gone.

I think it's because NOone else has come even remotely close. And is a fact, a startling fact, not a "kind of," "sort of" possiblility. It is. And it has required a remarkable consistency of team performance involving many different rosters. I won't scoff at it.

 

[hoopingcrane]

From a 2018 Journal Inquirer article:

Eight of UConn’s 58 wins following a loss were against ranked teams. The closest was a one-point win at Rutgers on Jan. 27, 1999, though the Huskies needed overtime to top South Florida here on Dec. 1, 2004.

1,032 games.

 

[Penn]

I don't know why people are so enamored of this "streak". It's like in the absence of having a good team we are emotionally clinging to these obscure historical factoids.

If we had Maryland's schedule and had to play Baylor, NC State and Stanford in consecutive games, the "not twice in a row" streak would probably be gone.

Well, Geno considers it an achievement that the program is proud of.

Journal Inquirer

Serving towns east of the Connecticut River

www.journalinquirer.com

 

[Inthepaint]

I suppose it speaks to the resiliency and consistantcy of UCONN's WBB program over the long haul.
The injuries they are currently dealing with do not represent the only time something like this has happened.

 

[Centerstream]

Well, Geno considers it an achievement that the program is proud of.

Journal Inquirer

Serving towns east of the Connecticut River

www.journalinquirer.com

And if any other team had some kind of streak going on, you can be sure that it would be bragged about. For instance I think a couple of common ones are consecutive home wins and consecutive wins over a specific opponent.

 

[and one]

Not losing back to back since 1993 is an amazing streak although the number of total losses since then is small, making the chances of back to back loses much less. I doubt that any D1 team can ever hope to match it given the ever increasing parity in wcbb.

 

[sun]

I think that streak only has symbolic importance for UConn nation and is relatively meaningless to anyone else.

What would be next in importance, losing 3 in a row?

 

[pvdoggy]

I think that streak only has symbolic importance for UConn nation and is relatively meaningless to anyone else.

What would be next in importance, losing 3 in a row?

only because they don't have it.

 

[sun]

only because they don't have it.

Maybe it's because that streak doesn't earn a national championship, so no one else cares much about it.

 

[Forego]

I don't know why people are so enamored of this "streak". It's like in the absence of having a good team we are emotionally clinging to these obscure historical factoids.

If we had Maryland's schedule and had to play Baylor, NC State and Stanford in consecutive games, the "not twice in a row" streak would

 

[Forego]

This type of information is great stuff for the tv commentators to discuss when they don’t want focus on the game (which seems to happen a lot).

 

[MilfordHusky]

1993. 28 years. Rebecca Lobo said she was part of that stretch.

And she said she played horribly in the second game (as a sophomore). Blame it on Becca.

 

[MilfordHusky]

I'm not positive but ABC showed a graphic and Baylor was #2 with 228. Or was that something else...

Sounds about right. Is that a current streak or a past streak?

 

[oldhusky]

I think people are acting like the threat of that streak being broken disappeared with the UCLA win. Most would probably consider us underdogs against Louisville, so if we lose that, the pressure is back on again for our next game against Marquette. If we were healthy I wouldn't worry about that match-up at all, but if we don't get a couple of people back it may not be a given.