So the team next year is going to begin a 148+ game winning streak?!
I thought the same thing. But I'm replying in order to bump the thread, because, rather than it being deleted, I actually think it should be pinned. I think we should all meditate on how tasteless this whole discussion is; how much it violates respect for the actual game of basketball, which is hard and should never be taken for granted. I realize that the idea of a 200 game win streak was planted by the media. But the media has its own motives and we don't have to dance to them.
I agree... same for the 195-0 thread back during the Maya-EDD era!
Funny how a loss changes the narrative, now that it's over talkiing about the streak is "tasteless" and "violates respect for the actual game of basketball," but before the loss it wasn't. It was a monumental accomplishment that was bound to come to an end at some point and the 200 talk has been out there for a while. Don't blame the media or bad mojo or any of the other excuses, simply credit Mississippi State for playing better. No one is crying for Connecticut, they'll be fine probably better than ever because they'll remember Friday night.
Sure it was tasteless back then. Just scroll back to page 1 and up on p. 2 and see that I twice posted the very same sentiments on this thread before the loss. It's not about winning or losing. It's about assuming a dominance that even the players--and certainly not Geno--wouldn't dare assume ahead of time.
Kara Lawson (and other analysts) had put it out as a real possibility. As Geno says. UConn is not like everyone else. Even if it was not a real possibility, it is human nature to dream and fantasize. Just like buying a lottery ticket. 
No it is not like buying a lottery ticket. Winning the lottery is pure luck. Winning at WCBB means that you've worked hard all your life to be better on a given day than the players on any one of nearly 400 D-1 teams. It's presumptuous and arrogant and overlooks how hard it is everyday to get better. As Geno said (I think in the first or second HBO episode): because the competition is gunning for them, UConn needs to get better all the time just to stay the same. I love my Patriots, but I had more than a little Shadenfreude when they copyrighted the phrase "19-0" just before losing to the Giants on that fluke play.Bad Taste?
What would be bad taste is if after we lost, we went nuts and attacked our team and/or devalued MSU's accomplishment. Since we did not, I think our taste is pretty good. Hope our next streak goes over 111
Fans aren't players or Geno and while they didn't address it fans most certainly did. The streak may reach 200 was started by Kara Lawson during the South Carolina game in February and has been widely discussed in many venues since she made the statement. You're entitled to your opinion, but so are others and if you feel the discussion is tasteless you have the option not to participate, but you obviously felt the need to weigh in.