(CNN) — The No. 1 Connecticut Huskies winning another NCAA women’s basketball championship is nowhere close to surprising, as they did 82-51 against No. 4 seed Syracuse at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Tuesday night.
After all, this is now their record 11th championship, all under head coach Geno Auriemma, giving him the most college basketball titles of all time, surpassing legendary UCLA men’s coach John Wooden. Auriemma is perfect in national championship games, going 11 for 11.
But incredibly, Auriemma’s milestone was just one record broken on Tuesday. This particular title has even more significance.
UConn seniors Breanna Stewart, Moriah Jefferson and Morgan Tuck became the first basketball players — male or female — to win four national championships.
Stewart led the Huskies with 24 points and 10 rebounds.
Stewart, who grew up in Syracuse, also has bold predictions. When she was a freshman, she declared that she would win four championships with UConn. A bold statement considering that had never had been done before.
UConn’s winning streak now is 75 games, the second longest streak in NCAA history. The Huskies (38-0), of course, have the all-time record of 90 straight from November 16, 2008, until December 29, 2010.
The Huskies don’t just win games — they dominate them. They won every game this season by double digits. Heading into Tuesday’s championship game, they had routed their opponents by 52, 46, 60, 21 and 29 points in this year’s NCAA tournament. In the title game they won by 31.
Tuesday was another one of those nights. The offensive output of Stewart, Jefferson and Tuck outscored Syracuse by themselves in the first two quarters, combining for 38 points as UConn took a 50-23 halftime lead.
It was a daunting task for Syracuse (30-8). The Orange had never played for a national title before Tuesday and this was the first time they had reached the Final Four.
But though the final score may not show it, Syracuse didn’t quit. Despite being down 27 points at halftime, the Orange went on a 16-0 run to cut the lead to 60-43 with 2:14 left in the third quarter. The Orange actually outscored the Huskies in the period, 20-14.
After Tuesday’s result, Syracuse has lost to UConn 24 straight times.
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