Here’s an interesting stat for you. There is not one UConn women’s basketball player that was born the last time they didn’t make it to the Sweet 16.
On March 17, 1993, the UConn Huskies were eliminated from the NCAA Tournament by the Louisville Cardinals in the first round. On March 30, 1993, senior Kiah Stokes was born. For good measure, senior Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis was born on November 3, 1993.
Since then, the UConn women’s basketball team has now gone to at least the Sweet 16 22 straight times. And if they can beat Texas on Saturday, that would be 10 straight appearances in the Elite Eight.
After beating Rutgers on Monday night in the second round of the 2015 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament, UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma talked about the accomplishment:
