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Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap
We will not agree. Jack & Tiger still play[ed] golf. Still hit from the same tees. Jack is still better when the measure is majors won, and that may still be the case in 10 years. While it is an impressive streak in women's basketball it is still a women's record. And parity in women's basketball is nowhere near what it was/is in men's basketball. It is likely that if the size of the ball had not been reduced, that the game would be 20 years behind what it is today. And have even less viewership. I remember when the University of Vermont had a streak of 50 regular season wins in women's basketball, which was a record at the time. I doubt many outside of Vermont knew or even cared. Same with this. Best basketball team of all time? UCLA in the 60s & early 70s. Nobody has even come close. And five years from now, nobody will remember who broke the UConn streak. Except the participants and ESPN if they televise and make a special out of it.
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UCLA and UConn play(ed) basketball. The basket is still the same height. I know that because I've seen Hoosiers.
Are you trying to say the difference in technology in golf equipment today makes less of a difference in the game between eras than the different size ball does in basketball? How about the length of the courses? How about the overall athleticism of the competitors between eras? If television ratings are one of the main measuring sticks, then obviously Tiger is better than Jack because he has had to perform in front of a larger television audience than Jack ever did.
All I'm saying is the only comparison is the numbers against each one's competiton in a particular sport, and in this case, UConn has more consecutive victories than UCLA. Nothing more, nothing less. It does not necessarily mean women's basketball is better or worse than men's. Of course the 2 sports are slightly different, just like the sport of golf is slightly different today than it was 30 years ago. We can argue all day as to the similarities and differences in eras, or who would beat who if they played against each other, but the bottom line is Jack has won the most majors in professional golf, and UConn has the longest consecutive victory streak in college basketball. Whether one is "better" than another is for minds larger than mine.