 The Lady Vols did not win another national championship until 2007 , defeating Rutgers in the championship game in Cleveland . Tennessee lost three times to Connecticut in championship games ( 2000 , 2003 , 2004 ) , but also suffered a humiliating loss to Xavier in the 2001 Sweet 16 , marking only the second time since the NCAA first sanctioned women 's basketball championships in 1982 the Lady Vols did not reach at least the Elite Eight . Connecticut would later match the Lady Vols ' 39 – 0 mark in 2002 , 2009 , and 2010 before Baylor eclipsed the record in 2012 and tied by UConn themselves in 2014 , as the only teams to win 40 straight games in a season . 
