Tonight the Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team can set the NCAA Division I record for most consecutive wins, breaking John Wooden's 88-game record set with the UCLA Bruins. We can debate whether UConn's streak is more impressive than UCLA's, assuming the Huskies win tonight, or we can debate every winning streak all at once, because we have no attention span at all.
Where Does UConn’s Winning Streak Rank Among The Greatest In All Sports?
After the jump, a list of the biggest streaks in the biggest leagues around these parts. For my money, nothing’s topping that 151-game streak by Concord, California’s De La Salle High School Spartans football team. The Spartans didn’t lose for well over a decade, banging out 12 state titles along the way. California is a state very rich with football talent, too, so it’s not like they dominated British Columbia high school football or something.
Boxing: Julio Cesar Chavez, 1980-1993 (87)
College football: Mount Union Purple Raiders, 2000-2003 (55)
College football, Division I: Oklahoma Sooners, 1953-1957 (47)
High school football: De La Salle in California, 1992-2004 (151)
International soccer: Spain, 2008-2009 (15)
MLB: New York Giants, 1916 (26)
MLS: Los Angeles Galaxy, 1997-1998 (15)
MMA: Miguel Torres, 2000-2003 (20)
NBA: Los Angeles Lakers, 1971-1972 (33)
NFL: New England Patriots, 2003-2004 (21)
NHL: Pittsburgh Penguins, 1993 (17)
PGA Tour: Byron Nelson, 1945 (11)
Tennis: Martina Navratilova, 1984 (74)
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