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Message: [QUOTE="LETTERL, post: 2033884, member: 4687"] I would say the UCONN dominance is NOT good for women's basketball -- the Huskies are clearly on another plane from everyone else. Year after year after year. They play a very tough pre-conference schedule and tend to dominate the teams considered to be their biggest challengers. Sure, the streak is fun if you're a die-hard UCONN fan (my sister and late brother-in-law, who used to post on Boneyard are huge UCONN fans) but it's not so much fun if you're a fan of one of the hundreds of other teams with a WBB program. Of course, the onus is on all those other teams to raise their game to match UCONN and so far, noone has done that yet. Count me among the many who really thought the playing field would be evened out this year, after UCONN lost so much from last year...but they just reloaded with a collection of talent that far out-classes everyone else. I think what impresses me the most about this streak is that very rarely does UCONN have a "down" game; they bring it EVERY game. It's hard to bring your "A" game every time out; the length of the season and vast differences in quality of competition do mean that every once a while, a team will have an off night...where the shots just don't fall and nothing seems to go right; NCState has had several of those "lemon-type" games this year, but has also had some high-profile wins. UCONN never seems to produce a lemon on the court; they are a Rolls Royce every time out. Could the streak end during this year's NCAAT? Sure...and every team that makes the tournament has a belief, and a dream, that THEY will be the one to make history and end "The Streak". It will take an extremely high level of play, a nearly perfect game, and hope that UCONN finally has one of those "off nights" that seems to allude them...but noone is willing to concede the title. At least...not yet. [/QUOTE]

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