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Originally Posted by BBrules
Actually my argument is not solely from the fact that the NCAA considers this a single record, although they sure seem to with this headline from their website:
UConn eclipses UCLA with 89th winSubheadline: Moore's career-high 41 leads three Huskies in double figures
They didn't seem to split anything.
My argument is one from logic and is really answering the basic question: What NCAA basketball team has the most consecutive wins? There can only be one with "the most". That would be UConn without adding any additional qualifiers. Wayland Baptist was not NCAA. They were AAU. Whether the UConn record should be accorded the same acclaim as the men is a secondary question that can encompass all the other minutia.
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You're right, it's even weaker than that. You've been quoting headlines that are obviously designed to trumpet the occasion. Headlines aren't evidence. I looked through the NCAA records that they post on their website, and all the apparently official records are separated.
Your asking a question many of us are saying is irrelevant. As I stated, the relevant numbers are either within their category or the NCAA as a whole. They've already passed 70, but 137 (the highest record for NCAA Division 1 consecutive team wins) is a ways away. Will 110 (when they pass the volleyball record) get the same hype as 89 did? I doubt it; because they want to have their record equated with Wooden's.