The NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament (1982-) - 2015 Final: Connecticut 63 - Notre Dame 53

[DaveO]

The NCAA Women's championship ended last night.  Connecticut won.  Again.  That is 10 championships in the last 20 years.  That is a phenomenal streak.   It was their 3rd championship in a row.   They crushed teams in the tournament.  Up until the final game their smallest tournament victory was by 21.  They beat a #1 regional Seed, U Maryland by 23.   They beat Notre Dame in the final by 10.  They were ahead solidly through the entire 2nd half.

While we were wondering how Kentucky stood against all time college basketball teams upthread, there is little to ponder about U Conn.  Maybe they are the best women's basketball team ever.  Maybe not.  If not this U Conn team and its most recent predecessor's possibly past U Conn women's teams that also managed to win 3 championships in a row.

U Conn women's basketball.  Its currently one of those iconoclastic long running dynasties, similar to various Yankee teams, the Montreal Canadians, the old Boston Celtics, the UCLA college teams of Wooden's last years.

Now that is a dynasty and unquestionably ranking among the all time best.

[darkstar965]

In addition to "10 in the last 20 years" they've gone 10 for 10 in Finals appearances. That's why Auriemma has more championships than any other coach in history, despite having fewer bites at the apple than Pat Summit's great Tennessee teams. It really is an astoundingly impressive streak. I think it really unfortunate that Auriemma and the program won't likely ever get the acclaim of Wooden, Coach K, and Dean Smith.

[Al Dente]

The mention of Coach Wooden has me thinking about this:

Peyton Manning and Will Forte - Basketball Locker Room