Womens NCAA basketball history: UConn women get 89th straight win.

Let's not be nonchalant or apathetic about this streak, folks, it is what it is and it is awesome. Coach Auriemma and his UConn Lady Huskers are not claiming to be UCLA or Coach Wooden, but people like me are saying it. Perhaps they are even better. UCLA did play the caliber teams back in their day that UConn faces these days within its own conference or even during non-conference games and tourneys. The Lady Huskies have gone everywhere (not just regionally) and made it quite difficult for the most part for other women's NCAA basketball teams to compete against them. Usually playing blow-out games versus their opponents with the exception of maybe the Lady Bears of Baylor, the Stanford women or the Lady Vols of Tennessee.
Hey, I am no Auriemma fan; this gal is a die-hard Pat Summitt fanatic. In fact Geno (born Luigi Auriemma, March 23, 1954 in Montella, Italy) quite repulses me at times with his brazen attitude and cockiness. But I guess that, too, is what it is. But at the end of the day, by the time he and his Lady huskies reached this impressive 89th victory, we cannot deny that the man is a great coach, perhaps even going as far as to say that he is a genius of his craft. According to the former and oh-so-great, Lady Husky herself, Rebecca Lobo, Geno is actually a very sensitive guy who cares a lot about his team (players - present and past); he is very likable and cares about all people and will often come to the aid of anyone whom needs assistance.
Again I stress that Geno does not compare himself to coach Wooden. Instead he separates himself from the great coach of UCLA fame. He does not want comparisons or verbal accolades that will attach his current accomplishment to that of the Bruins team ('71-'74). He is ecstatic that his Lady Huskies reached the 89 win mark - and more than likely will add even more victories to the streak and maybe even get more national championships than his current 7. He merely wants his Lady Huskies recognized for what they have attained with win #89. right here, right now! The lady Huskies are also not trying to compare themselves to the UCLA Bruins team that first reached the 89 win mark. They also want their own separate recognition. No demands for it, but would like the respect (maybe even lauds - quiet or loud) that the streak and the team clearly deserves. They are not asking for much - just merely what they earned...trying for the streak or not, they attained it and it was great - is great!
Coach Auriemma may not be coach Wooden, but Wooden was not even Wooden back in the day when his team first reached the 89 win streak. The UCLA Bruins were not the great team of the 70s when they reached the streak. It is our apathy I believe which keeps us all from being able to recognize greatness in present-day life instead allowing history and persons down the road, per se, to decide such things. Maybe the apathy is actually cowardice on our behalf in not wanting to acknowledge such greatness and such feats because we may find ourselves on the wrong side of the majority for now. Instead leaving such praise for others in the future who have had the benefit of time allowed to pass to be able to cite such greatness.
But why does greatness for the most part have to take so long to be recognized. Why can't we just admit to those things as they occur, in their present day history. Why are we so unwilling to take the bull by the horn and deem something so special, awesome and rare as it occurs. Why can't we define our own greatness today as it happens instead of leaving it to persons in the future to deem it as such. Persons who may not have even been born when greatness was happening or much too young to remember; they merely deem such things because it was written in the history books.
I say 'way the hell to go!' to coach Geno and his Lady Huskies for what they did on Tuesday, December 21st, 2010. I was here. I saw it on the tele. I am old enough to remember it. It truly was no small feat. It was fantastic! It was wonderful! It was just freaking awesome!
As I close I want to add that there should be less and less teams out there vying against UConn that end up losing by such huge, ridiculous points or end up losing to UConn at all. The time to kick up the notch and set the bar higher in women's NCAA basketball is upon us and it is in large due to the greatness that currently is Geno Auriemma and his Lady Huskies.

I'm just sayin...
Upset alert for UConn:
either Baylor, Stanford or maybe even Tennessee
will hand them their first upset since their streak!!!