alexrgct
RIP, Alex
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I have so much excitement and so many thoughts in my head this morning that I feel like I have to write something. I guess let me talk about dynasties and the 2010s.
No WBB program has been program of the decade twice in a row. Tennessee was a top 2 program three decades in a row, but UConn is going to close out the first 20 years this century having left the mother of all dynasties in its wake.
There have been many dynasties: UCLA in the 1960s and 70s, the Yankees in various eras, the 49ers and Lakers of the 1980s, etc. But UConn has already won nine championships in 20 years, including eight in the 2000s and 2010s. There have been 70-game win streaks and 90-game win streaks. There have been four successful defenses of a national championship (2003, 2004, 2010, 2014). That's definitely a dynasty.
This decade has five seasons left. The amazing recruiting class of 2012 will play two years of those five. Meanwhile, the class of 2015 will play the last four years of those five. Also meanwhile, the class of 2015 is shaping up to be incredible. How many national championships will UConn win before 2020? La Tech had three in the 1980s (counting the AIAW championship). Tennessee had four in the 1990s. UConn had five in the 2000s. The Huskies a) have already won three in the 2010s, b) are favored to win a fourth in 2015, and c) are going to close out the decade on the strength of tremendous year-over-year recruiting. There will be two more seasons of super-elite PG Moriah Jefferson and all-everything superstar Breanna Stewart.
Ironically, there's precedent that UConn's WCBB program has done things that are unprecedented. The unprecedented is coming again. Enjoy the ride- every second of it.
No WBB program has been program of the decade twice in a row. Tennessee was a top 2 program three decades in a row, but UConn is going to close out the first 20 years this century having left the mother of all dynasties in its wake.
There have been many dynasties: UCLA in the 1960s and 70s, the Yankees in various eras, the 49ers and Lakers of the 1980s, etc. But UConn has already won nine championships in 20 years, including eight in the 2000s and 2010s. There have been 70-game win streaks and 90-game win streaks. There have been four successful defenses of a national championship (2003, 2004, 2010, 2014). That's definitely a dynasty.
This decade has five seasons left. The amazing recruiting class of 2012 will play two years of those five. Meanwhile, the class of 2015 will play the last four years of those five. Also meanwhile, the class of 2015 is shaping up to be incredible. How many national championships will UConn win before 2020? La Tech had three in the 1980s (counting the AIAW championship). Tennessee had four in the 1990s. UConn had five in the 2000s. The Huskies a) have already won three in the 2010s, b) are favored to win a fourth in 2015, and c) are going to close out the decade on the strength of tremendous year-over-year recruiting. There will be two more seasons of super-elite PG Moriah Jefferson and all-everything superstar Breanna Stewart.
Ironically, there's precedent that UConn's WCBB program has done things that are unprecedented. The unprecedented is coming again. Enjoy the ride- every second of it.
