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UConn Basketball Doubles Again!!

April 15, 2014 --

The April 9, 2004 posting of LPR carried this headline:

"Hooray for UConn!!
Twin Tournament Triumphs"

Ten years later the UConn men's and women's basketball squads again got double championships in NCAA Division I basketball,with the men defeating Kentucky 60-54, April 7 and the women defeating Notre Dame 79-58, April 8.

LPR congratulates the UConn teams, men's coach Kevin Ollie, women's coach Geno Auriemma and their staffs. In 2004 the UConn s became the first school to win NCAA men's and women's basketball championships in the same season.

UConn is still the only school with a double NCAA championship in basketball, but now UConn is the also the only school with two NCAA double titles.

May the following words continue to resound: "Let's Go Huskies!!!

LPR expects there will be a new sign similar to this one at the UConn exit on Interstate 84, with 2004 updated to 2014. (From the LPR Archives, April 2004)