COLUMBIA — They have no equal, not with 10 national titles, not with previous winning streaks of 70 and 90 games, not with 197 weeks ranked at No. 1. But the juggernaut Connecticut women’s basketball program has certainly had rivals, opponents that for a little while didn’t blink when they looked the Huskies in the eye.
WHAT: No. 1 Connecticut at No. 2 South Carolina
WHEN: Monday, 7 p.m.
TV: ESPN2
RECORDS: Connecticut 22-0, South Carolina 22-0
First it was Tennessee, the program that set the standard in the women’s game, and viewed UConn as an upstart in the empire Pat Summitt had built.