LOS ANGELES (AP) – The date the streak ended is burned in Bill Walton’s memory. He spits it out with distaste when asked what he recalls most about UCLA’s NCAA-record 88-game winning streak.
As a freshman, Walton wasn’t eligible when the streak that extended over four seasons started on Jan. 30, 1971, with a victory over UC Santa Barbara.
He joined it 15 games in and helped stretch it to an amazing 88 straight victories, including two consecutive 30-0 seasons and three national championships, before it ended at Notre Dame on Jan. 19, 1974.
Connecticut’s top-ranked women’s team can equal UCLA’s record Sunday when the Huskies face No. 11 Ohio State at Madison Square Garden.
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