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Post by unc40 on Dec 30, 2010 23:15:07 GMT -5
Stanford just beat UConn in women's basketball ending UConn's 90 game winning streak.
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Post by Munkie91087 on Dec 30, 2010 23:18:05 GMT -5
An absolutely unbelievable streak. It had to end sometime. Standford knows how to play UCONN very well. They beat them in 2008 as well.
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Dec 30, 2010 23:53:56 GMT -5
Do all streaks like this have to end with the last team to beat them prior to the streak to be the one to end it? Because ND did the same to the UCLA one.
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Post by A Dubya (El Hombre Muerto) on Dec 31, 2010 3:53:19 GMT -5
Yeah,, I saw this on Inside The NBA tonight. What a streak.
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Post by Bake Or Die on Dec 31, 2010 5:16:06 GMT -5
Bravo to the UConn ladies for being undefeated for so long.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Dec 31, 2010 6:05:02 GMT -5
Amazing streak, but this really isn't a shock that Stanford pulled it off. It was at Stanford, so you knew this would be UConn's toughest game. Do all streaks like this have to end with the last team to beat them prior to the streak to be the one to end it? Because ND did the same to the UCLA one. And Notre Dame did it to the Oklahoma football streak.
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Dec 31, 2010 8:39:57 GMT -5
Between this streak and Favre's streak ending...does this mean Undertaker has the best streak in professional sports?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2010 11:02:55 GMT -5
Congratulations to Stanford for beating UConn.
I know this sounds wrong, but I'm still considering UCLA's streak to be more legit given the circumstances.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2010 11:07:16 GMT -5
Congratulations to Stanford for beating UConn. I know this sounds wrong, but I'm still considering UCLA's streak to be more legit given the circumstances. They're both legit.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2010 11:17:22 GMT -5
Congratulations to Stanford for beating UConn. I know this sounds wrong, but I'm still considering UCLA's streak to be more legit given the circumstances. They're both legit. True, but I'm still looking at UCLA's record. I have nothing against the UConn's women's team: they are a legit team. The problem is that I always consider the worth of a streak dependent upon whatever and whoever they faced. In UConn's case, they flat-out dominated virtually all but 2 games during their streak, given the fact that the sport can be woefully lopsided if all the best players are on just one or two teams. Personally, it's really unfair to gauge the power of a streak between the men's and women's games, but I'm merely looking at it from a standpoint with regards to whom they defeated, which was quite bluntly, a bunch of nobodies 75% of the time, and the rest putting up a fight for a few minutes only to fade.
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Post by Brick Killed a Guy on Dec 31, 2010 11:52:55 GMT -5
Between this streak and Favre's streak ending...does this mean Undertaker has the best streak in professional sports? Oh no, the last thing I wanna see is ESPN doing non-stop coverage of the Undertaker.
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Post by A Dubya (El Hombre Muerto) on Dec 31, 2010 11:57:22 GMT -5
Between this streak and Favre's streak ending...does this mean Undertaker has the best streak in professional sports? Oh no, the last thing I wanna see is ESPN doing non-stop coverage of the Undertaker. Pfft. That would be better than non-stop Favre, Rothelisberger or NFL coverage in my view.
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Post by jobber2thestars on Dec 31, 2010 12:19:38 GMT -5
I don't consider UConn's streak to be on the same level as UCLA's. Some may call me sexist, but I don't care. There is nobody on UConn, or the rest of women's sports, who is as good as anyone on that UCLA team, or any current player in college basketball. In fact, I say that goes the same for most women's sports and female athletes in general. I have no problem with this being considered a great women's record, but this UConn women'steam wouldn't have a shot against a men's D2 basketball team.
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Post by Munkie91087 on Dec 31, 2010 12:33:00 GMT -5
Who cares if they're women? 90 consecutive wins is impressive either way you slice it. This sexist BS has to end. They beat John Wooden's UCLA team record by 2 games. Get over it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2010 12:38:51 GMT -5
Who cares if they're women? 90 consecutive wins is impressive either way you slice it. This sexist BS has to end. They beat John Wooden's UCLA team record by 2 games. Get over it. Thank you.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Dec 31, 2010 12:42:11 GMT -5
They jinxed themselves when they begged for more media coverage. As long as they weren't it the spotlight, it was all good. But once they got ESPN coverage, they lose.
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Post by jobber2thestars on Dec 31, 2010 12:46:21 GMT -5
Who cares if they're women? 90 consecutive wins is impressive either way you slice it. This sexist BS has to end. They beat John Wooden's UCLA team record by 2 games. Get over it. No, it really isn't the same. The level competition and talent between men's and women's sports is so different, that they are barely the same game. A 90 win streak for a women's team really isn't all that impressive, espicially when you look at the level of competition they are playing their games. Honestly, I'd be more impressed by a men's team winning 20 straight than UConn women's team winning 90. I'd like to see this UConn team play against an average men's team and see what happens. Also, it's not just that they are women, but that nobody cares about women's sports. If this were a men's tennis or soccer team, I'd be saying the same thing, because nobody cares about those college sports either. When another men's basketball, football, baseball or hockey team gets close to the UCLA win record, then people will care.
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Post by Munkie91087 on Dec 31, 2010 12:49:21 GMT -5
Who cares if they're women? 90 consecutive wins is impressive either way you slice it. This sexist BS has to end. They beat John Wooden's UCLA team record by 2 games. Get over it. No, it really isn't the same. The level competition and talent between men's and women's sports is so different, that they are barely the same game. A 90 win streak for a women's team really isn't all that impressive, espicially when you look at the level of competition they are playing their games. Honestly, I'd be more impressed by a men's team winning 20 straight than UConn women's team winning 90. I'd like to see this UConn team play against an average men's team and see what happens. Also, it's not just that they are women, but that nobody cares about women's sports. If this were a men's tennis or soccer team, I'd be saying the same thing, because nobody cares about those college sports either. When another men's basketball, football, baseball or hockey team gets close to the UCLA win record, then people will care. The fact that the "level of competition" isn't the same is a terrible argument. They play at the highest level of their sport. You want to be sexist, that's fine, and you most certainly are. No offense to you, but to say that the streak isn't impressive is ridiculous. They won 90 straight games. I don't care if they're women, men, playing tennis, hockey etc. They didn't lose for 90 games. How is that not impressive? These women are the best at their sport, and believe me there are many women who are incredible athletes. This streak trumps any team streak ever.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Dec 31, 2010 12:50:28 GMT -5
Who cares if they're women? 90 consecutive wins is impressive either way you slice it. This sexist BS has to end. They beat John Wooden's UCLA team record by 2 games. Get over it. It isn't sexist, though. There's a reason their average margin of victory during their streak was over 30 f***ing points! Their opponents suck! The parity in women's college basketball is a JOKE. The only two teams that ever had a chance of beating this team is Stanford and Baylor. If they had a lot more close matches, then this would be a more respectable streak as it means they would've beaten a lot of good teams, but averaging a 30+ point win margin across 90 games? That doesn't mean they are good, it means their opponents were horrible. They were basically an NFL team going through middle school teams every game.
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Post by BearDogg-X on Dec 31, 2010 13:59:18 GMT -5
Who cares if they're women? 90 consecutive wins is impressive either way you slice it. This sexist BS has to end. They beat John Wooden's UCLA team record by 2 games. Get over it. It isn't sexist, though. There's a reason their average margin of victory during their streak was over 30 f***ing points! Their opponents suck! The parity in women's college basketball is a JOKE. The only two teams that ever had a chance of beating this team is Stanford and Baylor. If they had a lot more close matches, then this would be a more respectable streak as it means they would've beaten a lot of good teams, but averaging a 30+ point win margin across 90 games? That doesn't mean they are good, it means their opponents were horrible. They were basically an NFL team going through middle school teams every game. ^This. That streak was overrated no matter how you slice it. And that's not including that Baylor would have likely ended the streak before it even got to 88 if wasn't for the referees not calling a shot clock violation in the waning seconds. They may be incredible athletes, but when the vast majority of the top female basketball athletes go to either UConn, Tennessee, Duke, Rutgers, or Stanford(i.e. the schools that are almost always on the ESPN networks when they show women's college basketball outside of the NCAA tournament), it just diminishes the achievement. Sure they won 90 games in a row over two years, but there was only maybe between 10-20 of those games where the other team had a legitimate chance to beat them(Tennessee, Baylor, Stanford, Duke, Rutgers, Notre Dame, Oklahoma). It's like the NY Yankees winning 100 games in a row and only playing one three game series each with the Phillies, Red Sox, Rangers, Angels, and maybe the Mets, while playing the Orioles, Royals(minus Greinke), and Nationals(minus Strausburg) all the time. Oh, and the WNBA is the highest level of women's basketball, so that argument doesn't really fly.
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