UConn, Stanford, Tennessee, Nebraska Get Top Seeds

Defending-champion Huskies bring along 72-win streak
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Mar 15, 2010 9:15 PM CDT
UConn, Stanford, Tennessee, Nebraska Get Top Seeds
The Stanford women won the Pacific-10 Conference tournament, and played Connecticut tougher than anyone else this season, losing by 11.   (AP Photo)

The University of Connecticut's defending champions earned the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA women's basketball tournament, putting their record winning streak on the line. Geno Auriemma's Huskies have won 72 consecutive games, but none of them have come against Pat Summitt's Tennessee squad, which got another No. 1 seed. Stanford and Nebraska earned the other top seeds. (More NCAA women's basketball stories.)

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