The UConn Huskies women's basketball team secured their fifth straight Big East regular season championship with their 72-53 win over No. 22 ranked Creighton on February 27. While it might sound surprising that the Huskies haven't won more consecutive Big East titles considering their sustained dominance of the sport,

The No. 5 UConn Huskies, led by the legendary Geno Auriemma, clinched their fifth straight regular-season Big East title by defeating the Creighton Blue Jays Thursday night. This was also their 12th straight since the American Athletic Conference days and their 17th in 20 years.

UConn head coach Geno Auriemma thought the key to UConn's 72-53 win over Creighton was applying defensive pressure on them and playing at a fast pace. "They play with such a rhythm that, our whole objective was just to disrupt their rhythm.