Fans hold up signs for Connecticut's 90 game win streak at the end of an NCAA college basketball game against South Florida, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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STORRS, Conn. (AP) - UConn's women's basketball team is on the verge of winning its 91st straight game, which would break its own NCAA Division I record that was set between 2008 and 2010. The Huskies play Saturday at SMU, a team that is 10-6 and just lost to Tulane. UConn's streak ranks among the most impressive in sports, but there are plenty of others. Here's a look at some of them:
TRINITY-SQUASH
UConn's women don't own the longest winning streak in college sports history, or even in the state of Connecticut. That streak belongs to the Trinity men's squash team. The Bantams won 252 consecutive matches, including 13 national championships, between February 1998 and January, 2012, when they lost to rival Yale.
WAYLAND BAPTIST-WOMENS BASKETBALL
The Huskies also don't own the longest streak in women's college basketball. Wayland Baptist in Plainview, Texas, won 131 straight between 1953 and 1958, when the Flying Queens finally lost in the AAU national semifinals to their rivals, the Nashville Business College. Their streak included four straight AAU national championships.
UCLA-MEN'S BASKETBALL
UConn's streaks are most often compared to the 88-game benchmark put up by John Wooden and the UCLA men between 1971 and 1974. There are parallels. Both programs are considered the best in the history of their sport. UCLA won 10 titles during the Wooden era. UConn and Auriemma have 11. UCLA won the final three of its seven consecutive titles during the winning streak. UConn has won four straight, two during the streak.
OKLAHOMA-COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Oklahoma went more than three seasons without losing or tying a game. Their 47 consecutive wins between 1953 and 1957 is seven games longer than the second longest major college football streak, put up by Washington between 1908 and 1914. Alabama, by comparison, won 26 straight before losing to Clemson on Monday.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS-NFL
New England won 21 straight games between October 2003 and October 2004, including two playoff games and a Super Bowl (32-29 over Carolina). The Patriots' streak was broken in 2004 by Pittsburgh. But the Patriots recovered to go 14-2 that season and beat the Eagles for a second consecutive title.
EDWIN MOSES-TRACK AND FIELD
Moses holds perhaps the most impressive individual winning streak. The two-time Olympic champion hurdler won 122 consecutive 400-meter races, including 107 straight finals between August 1977 and June 1987. Moses was 31 years old when he lost to fellow American Danny Harris, who was 10 years younger, at a meet in Spain.
BYRON NELSON-GOLF
Byron Nelson dominated the PGA Tour in 1945, winning 18 tournaments, including an unprecedented 11 in a row. The closest any other golfer has come to that record is seven straight, accomplished by Tiger Woods 2006 and 2007.
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA-TENNIS
Martina Navratilova won 74 straight matches in 1984, including 13 straight tournaments. She also holds the doubles streak record with Pam Shriver. The pair won 109 straight matches between 1983 and 1985.
HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS-EXHIBITION BASKETBALL
The games were a lot more exhibition than competition, but the Harlem Globetrotters lay claim to an 8,829-game winning streak that ran between 1971 and 1995. The streak was ended in Vienna, Austria by an all-star team led by Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2008 file photo spectators crammed the lofts to watch Princeton University's David Letourneau in a match against Trinity College's Manek Mathur, Jr. (yellow jersey) at the George A. Kellner Squash Center on the campus of Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. UConn's women's basketball team is on the verge of winning its 91st straight game, which would break its own NCAA Division I record that was set between 2008 and 2010. The streak ranks among the most impressive in sports but UConn's women don't own the longest winning streak in college sports history, or even in the state of Connecticut. That streak belongs to the Trinity University men's squash team. (AP Photo/George Ruhe, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 23, 1988 file photo Edwin Moses of the United States., right, pulls ahead of Allan Ince of Barbados during heat competition in the men's 400 meter hurdles at the Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Moses of Dayton, Ohio, won the heat with a time of 49.38 seconds to advance to the finals. The hurdler holds perhaps the most impressive individual winning streak. The two-time Olympic champion won 122 consecutive 400-meter races, including 107 straight finals between August 1977 and June 1987. UConn's women's basketball team is on the verge of winning its 91st straight game, which would break its own NCAA Division I record that was set between 2008 and 2010. The streak ranks among the most impressive in sports. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)
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FILE - In this June 1984 file photo, Martina Navratilova stretches to reach the ball during a singles' match at Wimbledon in London. Navratilova won 74 straight matches in 1984, including 13 straight tournaments. She also holds the doubles streak record with Pam Shriver. They won 109 straight matches between 1983 and 1985. UConn's women's basketball team is on the verge of winning its 91st straight game, which would break its own NCAA Division I record that was set between 2008 and 2010. The streak ranks among the most impressive in sports. (AP Photo/Adam Stoltman, File)
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FILE - In this this Jan. 19, 1974 file photo, UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, center, talks to his team during the last time out against Notre Dame, in South Bend, Ind. At left foreground is Bill Walton (32). The date the streak ended is burned in Walton's memory. He spits it out with distaste when asked what he recalls most about UCLA's NCAA-record 88-game winning streak. UConn's women's basketball team is on the verge of winning its 91st straight game, which would break its own NCAA Division I record that was set between 2008 and 2010. The streak ranks among the most impressive in sports. (AP Photo/File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2004 file photo New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) passes the ball under pressure from New York Jets Dewayne Robertson (63) in Foxboro, Mass. The Patriots won 13-7, giving the team a record 18 consecutive regular season wins. UConn's women's basketball team is on the verge of winning its 91st straight game, which would break its own NCAA Division I record that was set between 2008 and 2010. The streak ranks among the most impressive in sports. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
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FILE - In this July 9, 1945 file photo Byron Nelson, right, has his caddie, George Gould, kiss his putter for good luck before he teed off in the 27th PGA Championship at Dayton, Ohio. UConn's women's basketball team is on the verge of winning its 91st straight game, which would break its own NCAA Division I record that was set between 2008 and 2010. The streak ranks among the most impressive in sports. Byron Nelson dominated the PGA Tour in 1945, winning 18 tournaments, including an unprecedented 11 in a row. (AP Photo/File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 13 1995 file photo Craig Johnson of the Kareem Abdul Jabbar's All Stars (3) scores for his team against the Harlem Globetrotters in Vienna, Austria. The Harlem Globetrotters' 24-year, 8,829-game winning streak was stopped in the 91-85 loss to the Kareem Abdul Jabbar's All Stars. UConn's women's basketball team is on the verge of winning its 91st straight game, which would break its own NCAA Division I record that was set between 2008 and 2010. The streak ranks among the most impressive in sports. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 16, 1957, file photo, Oklahoma's Carl Dodd (22) runs the ball downfield as Notre Dame's Nick Pietrosante (49) is upended by Oklahoma blocker Dennitt Morros (51) during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game in Norman, Okla. Notre Dame won 7-0 at second-ranked Oklahoma in 1957 ending the Sooners' NCAA-record winning streak at 47 games. UConn's women's basketball team is on the verge of winning its 91st straight game, which would break its own NCAA Division I record that was set between 2008 and 2010. The streak ranks among the most impressive in sports. (AP Photo/File)
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FILE - In this May 9, 2003 file photo Wilda Redin, right, widow of Claude Hutcherson, who piloted the Wayland Baptist College (Texas) women's basketball team, points to the "First 100 Years" of women's basketball wall as 2003 Hall of Fame inductees, Leon Barmore, second from right, former Louisiana Tech coach; Doris Rogers, seven-time All-American with Wayland Baptist College; and Patsy Neal, left, three-time All-American with Nashville Business College; tour the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tenn. Behind Rogers and Neal is Harley Redin, a 1999 inductee and Wayland Baptist College coach who is married to Wilda. UConn's women's basketball team is on the verge of winning its 91st straight game, which would break its own NCAA Division I record that was set between 2008 and 2010. The Huskies however don't own the longest streak in women's college basketball. That belongs to Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)
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