Coaches are hesitant to quantify success in terms of dynasty, perhaps in part because of the assumption — and the demand — that the wins keep coming.
No women’s college basketball program in the country feels that tension more than the University of Connecticut. The Huskies had dominated the sport under Coach Geno Auriemma since he began building the program in 1985, with 11 championship titles, 22 Final Four appearances and, at one point, a 111-game winning streak.
But as the wealth of talent deepens across the N.C.A.A., UConn no longer stands alone as the top women’s basketball program.