The UConn women’s basketball team finished its latest undefeated regular season and remains the No. 1 team in the USA TODAY Sports coaches’ poll.
The Huskies (31-0, 20-0 Big East) are on a 47-game winning streak dating back to last season. They have won 67 consecutive games in the Big East and will be the No. 1 seed for the conference tournament, which begins Friday, March 6 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
UConn hasn’t lost a game in conference play in three seasons.
“UConn it’s much different than playing somewhere else,” Huskies coach Geno Auriemma said. “It’s not easy when you’re expected to win every single game, and if you do lose it’s because there’s something wrong with you, not because the other team played great.’
The top 10 in the women’s college basketball poll stayed the same, minus Michigan and Oklahoma swapping spots at No. 7 and No. 8, respectively. UCLA, South Carolina, Texas and Vanderbilt are ranked No. 2 through 5 as conference tournaments in the Power 4 conferences get underway on Wednesday, March 4.
The SEC, ACC, Big Ten and Big 12 tournaments should help sort out the top 16 teams for March Madness, who will host the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament on their campuses.
North Carolina is the biggest riser in the poll, moving up three spots after defeating No. 14 Duke last week. Princeton returned to the poll at No. 24, the only mid-major in the top 25. Iowa State, which went 3-3 in its final six games of the season, dropped out.
The Rice Owls, who are on a 21-game win streak, received 28 votes as the highest vote-getter outside of the top 25.
