Seattle Sportsnet

Yes, this really happened.

The setting: Washington State versus Oregon in the Pac-10 Men’s Basketball Tournament at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Wednesday, March 10, 2009.

The scene: Up one point with roughly seven seconds left in regulation, Washington State’s Reggie Moore heads to the line for two free-throws.

With remarkable ease, Moore, an 80% shooter at the charity stripe on the season, knocks down his first attempt.

Then, suddenly, disaster strikes.

Out of nowhere, Cougar head coach Ken Bone comes thundering down like a lightning bolt from Zeus, himself, smiting his own team with a form of sabotage that can only be described as the precursor to an epic Coug It.

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Oregon Ducks quarterback Jeremiah Masoli has been formally charged with one count of burglary.

That is all.

You care so little about women’s college basketball that you probably won’t read this article. That’s dedication to the cause.

But let’s be real here for a minute.

In a world of wings, posts, and other fictional positions that most recently existed in 1950, the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team is an absolute powerhouse of ridiculously irrelevant proportions.

The Lady Huskies (or, “Luskies,” as I like to call them) have run off 72 straight victories and nobody cares. You don’t care. I don’t care. Nobody. Cares.

Has there ever been a more meaningless streak?

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