Bo Hamburger
Years ago
US college team snaps 207 game losing streak
They only play Division III, but Caltech snapped a 207-game NCAA losing streak today: details here.
Titbits about Caltech and their win, their first since 1996:
- They thrashed a team called Bard College 81-52 for the win. Bard College? I smell Cupcake City, in the words of Dick Vitale.
- Their coach is a dude with the great name Roy Dow.
- It has 850 students, and 31 Nobel Prize winners have either taught or studied there (including Albert Einstein, who was a lecturer). It gives out no athletic scholarships.
- If you include non-NCAA teams, its losing streak was "only" 60. One's mind boggles at what might constitute a "non-NCAA" team - anyone have any guesses?