Nothing quite like UConn women's past decade

STORRS (The Connecticut Post) — The UConn women's basketball team closed out the decade with a 78-59 victory at No. 12 Florida State Monday. It was the 50th straight win for the Huskies, and it's the second time they have had a streak this long in the last 10 seasons. Of course, they set an NCAA record by winning 70 straight games from Nov. 9, 2001 through March 11, 2003.

UConn coach Geno Auriemma has a difficult time fathoming his program's amazing accomplishments since the turn of this century.

"It's a remarkable 10 years," Auriemma said. "I'll probably look back and think that you'll never have that kind of opportunity probably ever again to do something like that, because you're doing it almost for the first time."

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By Rich Elliott, STAFF WRITER
Published Thursday, December 31, 2009
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