There are few dynasties in major North American sports more consistently impressive — and dominant — than the UConn women’s basketball team. They might be on their way to yet another national championship this season.
At least if history is any guide to what we are seeing from them this season.
Thanks to their 85-49 win over St. John’s on Sunday, the Huskies completed a perfect 31-0 regular season.
It is the 11th time in program history that they have completed a perfect regular season.
That tends to go well for them.
UConn is unbeaten again and looks poised for another championship run
Historically speaking, when UConn goes through a regular season unbeaten, it has a tendency to result in them winning the national championship by running the table the rest of the way.
In seven of their previous 10 undefeated regular seasons, they have gone on to win the championship that year, including their most recent undefeated championship run during the 2015-16 season.
All of those perfect seasons have come under the leadership of head coach Geno Auriemma.
While he has produced an extensive list of all-time great women’s college basketball teams, with a who’s who list of the best players in the sport, this team looks to be as dominant as any of them.
They not only won all 31 regular-season games, but their 37.8 average margin of victory is the third-largest in the history of the sport, trailing only two other previous UConn teams (the 2014-15 team and the 2015-16 team). Both teams won national championships, with the 2015-16 team going undefeated the entire way through. The 2014-15 team lost one game during the regular season.
With Sarah Strong and Azzi Fudd both averaging over 18 points per game, this UConn team has the star power you are accustomed to seeing from them, while also playing a dominant defensive game that was on display in Sunday’s win. They were already going to be major favorites after winning the national championship a year ago. The way they went through the regular season will only add to that.
