{"id":505,"date":"2010-12-31T18:34:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T18:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coyotebroad.com\/blawg\/2010\/12\/31\/2010-comes-to-an-end\/"},"modified":"2025-01-05T19:40:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T19:40:46","slug":"2010-comes-to-an-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coyotebroad.com\/blawg\/2010\/12\/31\/2010-comes-to-an-end\/","title":{"rendered":"2010 comes to an end"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am SICK of all the eye-rolling about the University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball team surpassing the UCLA men’s team record for consecutive wins. I am SICK of the dismissive comments that imply or say outright: it’s only women’s basketball, and there are only a few<\/span> teams that play at the same level as UConn and, therefore, it’s no big deal<\/span>.<\/p>\n

As my Mom used to say every time the Wooden record got brought up, “Who in the hell did UCLA play in the 1970s?!” How many college teams in the West Coast basketball league in the 1970s were any where near the level of play of UCLA? How many of those West Coast college teams, including UCLA, could have made it against the teams of the SEC or Big East?<\/p>\n

UConn’s accomplishment is EVERY BIT the accomplishment of UCLA in the 1970s, PERIOD.<\/p>\n

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What were the highlights of my year? In no particular order:<\/p>\n