who did uconn women's basketball lose to
Mississippi State
title: Connecticut Huskies women's basketball text: In the NCAA Tournament UConn easily advanced to the Final Four at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. UConn rallied from a 9-point deficit to beat Texas in the semifinals and, aided by Taurasi's 28 points in the finals, defeated rival Tennessee for UConn's fourth national championship. UConn became the first team to win a championship without a senior on their roster. Although the entire team returned and expectations were sky high for a "three-peat" in Taurasi's senior year, UConn had an uneven season. The team gave up large leads against Duke and suffered losses to Notre Dame and Villanova, also title: Connecticut Huskies women's basketball text: straight victory, beating #10 Ohio State at Madison Square Garden. Their 89th win came at home against #20 Florida State to set the college basketball record for most consecutive wins, previously held by the UCLA men's team. After a break in the schedule for the holidays, UConn traveled out west and beat the Pacific Tigers to stretch the streak to 90 games. That game, however, was largely a warm-up match for their biggest test of the season, a December 30 matchup at the powerhouse Stanford Cardinal. UConn trailed for the entire game and lost for the first time since their title: Basketball winning streaks text: 63-60. Of their wins, 31 were against ranked teams. UConn defeated South Carolina 66-55 on February 13, 2017 at home, to record their 100th straight win. The streak ended at 111 wins on March 31, 2017, following a last-second, 64-66 OT loss to Mississippi State in the semifinals of the 2017 NCAA Women's Tournament. In March 2001, UConn had won their second national championship a year earlier, and was headed to the NCAA tournament as a number 1 seed. They had only lost two games during the regular season, once to Tennessee, and once to Notre Dame, each of whom title: Connecticut Huskies text: in Houston, Texas. In 2014 led by American Athletic Conference Player of the Year Shabazz Napier, UConn become the first #7 seed to win the NCAA Championship, getting past No. 1 seed Florida, No. 2 seed Villanova, No. 3 seed Iowa State, and No. 4 seed Michigan State, before defeating the Kentucky Wildcats, 60–54, in the championship game in Arlington, Texas. Strong alumni, student, and fan support for UConn's men's basketball teams helped the Huskies' women's basketball program attract Geno Auriemma as head coach. Under the tutelage of Auriemma, UConn has become one of the few schools that consistently competes title: Basketball winning streaks text: the Huskies went on a 111-game winning streak. This streak included two national championships. They made history by being the first team in NCAA Division I women's basketball to win four consecutive championships. Over the course of this streak, only three games were won by fewer than ten points. The first game was at No. 12 Florida State on , where UConn won 78–76. The second game was at No. 4 Maryland in front of a sold out crowd on December 29, 2016, where UConn won 87–81. The third was at conference foe Tulane on February 18, 2017, UConn winning,