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Hoops Journey

4 stories · about 21 minutes

Women's Basketball Milestones

Women's basketball in the United States has two stages that feed each other: the college game, where programs like Tennessee and UConn built national audiences, and the WNBA, which gave those players a professional league at home from 1997. This journey follows that path — a coach who built a program from almost nothing, a college streak nobody could break, the WNBA's first dynasty and the player who made one of its most famous plays.

Covers: NCAA women's basketball and the early WNBA. The final quiz focuses on the WNBA; the college stories are covered in the college classics quiz.

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    The Stare: Pat Summitt and the Making of Tennessee Basketball

    How one coach turned a program with no tradition into eight national titles.

    4 min read

  2. 2
    111 Straight: Inside UConn's Unbeatable Streak

    The longest winning streak in college basketball — and the night it ended.

    3 min read

  3. 3
    Four for Four: The Houston Comets and the WNBA's First Dynasty

    The WNBA's first four champions were the same team. Who they were and what happened next.

    3 min read

  4. 4
    Lisa Leslie, the Sparks and the First Dunk in WNBA History

    Back-to-back titles and the first dunk in WNBA history.

    3 min read

Finish with a quizWNBA TrailblazersThe quiz covers the WNBA. For the college stories, try the college classics quiz.Start

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