73-1

UConn’s record in their last 74 games when they limp out of Norfolk after the Dukes’ go full Buster Douglas on them next Tuesday night.

Ok, so maybe all my talk about broken curses in knocking off the Fighting Larry Wendys was the ultimate jinx as WBB can now join the long list of grievances various Dukes’ teams have had with NCAA Selection committes (see State, Youngstown).  The one team everyone’s afraid of looms as a potential second-round matchup if the LadyDukes can get by Temple in Round 1.

But if you’re into silver linings, there’s a ton of them.  Should the Dukes get to play UConn, what a stage!  Definitely a nationally televised game on Tuesday night.   Essentially a home game as the Dukes and Huskies got sent to Norfolk.  And the idea of ending the longest winning streak in college basketball history, while difficult to imagine, would be the greatest upset in the history of the women’s game (even over the 16/1 Harvard win).

Since our knowledge of the women’s game is limited to say the least outside of the Dukes, UConn, and Tennessee, we’re certainly also guilty of looking ahead and possibly shorting Temple, but I’m guessing their fans are doing the same as a 73-game winning streak casts a long shadow.

Notes:  Comcast DC did for once mention the Lady Dukes as a “local” last night and discuss the potential of playing Connecticut.  The Post, on the other hand, continued to suck.  Extra disappointing that Kathy Orton, who has gracefully covered Dukes in the past and even ventured to the ‘Burg a few times, wrote the “locals bracket roundup” piece and left Dawn and co. out. 

Game time vs. Temple 2:30 Sunday on ESPN.