UConn Women Deserve Same Respect as UCLA Men

Filed under: Connecticut, UCLA, Women's Basketball

The Connecticut women's basketball team is on the verge of history. On Sunday at Madison Square Garden, the Huskies will take the court against Ohio State trying to win their 88th straight game. That would match UCLA's record, the men's basketball team winning 88 in a row between 1971 and 1974. Should they win, they will play to break the record Tuesday in Hartford against Florida State.

Connecticut hasn't lost since the 2008 Final Four. They've won two national titles at the end of two unbeaten seasons.

But so many conversations about the Huskies' accomplishment begin with a preface, a hedge, a "yeah, but ..." Something that makes it clear that what the Huskies are doing shouldn't be compared with what UCLA did, that it's less worthy.

The Huskies are about to win more games in a row than anyone in the history of NCAA college basketball. And we've come to the part where the "merit" of the achievement has to become part of the discussion.

Source: http://ncaabasketball.fanhouse.com/2010/12/18/uconn-women-deserve-same-respect-as-ucla-men/

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