Green Street Ending a title drought?

It's been a year longer on the women's side with the 1999 Purdue women's basketball team the last time a Big Ten program won it all as , , and coach led the Boilermakers to a 62-45 victory against Duke in the final. The last hope for a Big Ten team to ...

Apr. 1—There's been plenty of talk about how long of a title drought it's been for the Big Ten in men's basketball. 26 years and counting.

It's been a year longer on the women's side with the 1999 Purdue women's basketball team the last time a Big Ten program won it all as , , and coach led the Boilermakers to a 62-45 victory against Duke in the final. The last hope for a Big Ten team to deliver a breakthrough title lies with UCLA. The Bruins have felt like the best hope for someone other than Connecticut to capture the NCAA title.

The phrase "UConn Invitational" has been thrown out there this March to describe just how significant a favorite the reining champion Huskies are to defend their title. It's a repeat of last year's Final Four with the exact same four teams — all No. 1 seeds — after the Huskies knocked out UCLA and South Carolina to win it all last April.