Posting unbeaten records is not unusual for Geno Auriemma\u2019s Huskies, who have completed six unbeaten seasons (1994-95, 2001-02, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2013-14, 2015-16) on the way to winning 11 NCAA titles. While competing in the Big East between 1989 and 2012, the Huskies posted nine unbeaten conference seasons.<\/p>\n
This season the women\u2019s basketball team\u2019s only losses were to No. 1 South Carolina, No. 2 Oregon and No. 3 Baylor, but fans were wringing their hands with concern. However led by 26 points from junior forward Megan Walker, the conference\u2019s Player of the Year and AAC Championship Most Outstanding Player, and 22 points from Christyn Williams, UConn put an exclamation point on seven years of domination in the American Athletic Conference with an 87-53 win over Cincinnati at Mohegan Sun Arena on Monday.<\/p>\n
The No. 5 ranked Huskies, who return to the Big East next season, will move on to the 2020 NCAA tournament after completing a record of 139-0 in both regular season and tournament games since joining the American Athletic Conference in 2013. UConn posted seven seasons in the American with a regular season record of 118-0. The record for consecutive conference wins including postseason games is held by Texas of the Southwest Conference, which won 143 straight games from Dec. 9, 1981 to Feb. 23, 1990, according to the NCAA Record Book. Texas also has the record of most consecutive regular season conference wins with 124 during that same time period.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know some people are devastated we\u2019re not the favorite going in [to the NCAA tournament],\u201d Auriemma said after the game. \u201cI find it kind of humorous, to be honest with you. A horrible year at Connecticut is 29-3 and winning the conference championship and being ranked fifth in the country. It\u2019s a rebuilding year. Look around the country. Rebuilding years at other places means you don\u2019t even make the tournament. I think [we need] some perspective; when we have the best team in the country, I\u2019m the first guy to tell you\u2026When we don\u2019t, I tell you. There\u2019s nothing wrong with that. We are where we are.\u201d<\/p>\n
Walker and Williams said the team did not feel pressured to leave the AAC with an unblemished record.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s more of a pride thing,\u201d Walker said. \u201cWe wanted to get it done for our coach and the people who came before us. It\u2019s understood.\u201d<\/p>\n
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