UConn Lady Huskies. Amazing

It almost doesn't seem fair. In a conference tournament semi-final game Geno's Bambinos not only beat Cincinnati, they obliterated them.

Cinci only scored 5 points -- FIVE?? -- in the entire first half? Good grief, they were completely shut out in the second quarter. Skunked. When's the last time you heard of a basketball team going a whole quarter and not scoring a single point?

UConn would wind up winning the game by over 50 points. And it might have been 100 had they not sat all their starters shortly after halftime for the rest of the game. How embarrassing.

It has long become apparent that UConn, at least the lady's version, has outgrown the American Athletic Conference. There's really no decent competition for them. As long as the 5-star recruits keep rolling in every year, and there appears to be no end in sight -- winning begets more winning -- elite prep players want to go there -- it's going to stay that way.

Thing is, where else could they go? They'd be a geographical fit for the ACC, but schools there likely don't want them in their midst either. Big time universities aren't exactly jumping at the possible chance for tiny little UConn to start embarrassing THEIR schools every year.

True, there are a few others around the country that can at least give them a game. Notre Dame's always pretty good. Earlier this year, the Fighting Irish ladies had UConn right where they wanted them, several points down late in the game. And then they didn't have them, as the Huskies came roaring back.

Since the untimely illness and demise of Pat Summitt, Tennessee has fallen back a bit. South Carolina won it all last year after UConn was upset in the NCAA semis by Miss State. Baylor won it all a few years back, but only because they had a freakishly tall 6'8" player on their team. After she left, Da Bears have come back to earth. Stanford seems to always be in the mix.

Others come and go, but UConn remains the standard of ridiculous excellence.

Will they win it all this year? They'll certainly be heavily favored to do so, but they were last year too. Now at 31-0 and steamrolling right along, they'd have to have a bad game, or a couple serious injuries, while an opponent played its very best.

But ya never know.

One thing appears to be a lock. If head coach Geno Auriemma stays at it for another 8-10 years, he'll set the all-time winning record by ANY coach so far out of sight it will never be approached again.

Love em or hate em, you have to tip your hat to the program. It's likely the greatest dynasty the world of sports has ever seen.