of their own. >> i knight breanna stewart and moriah jefferson as the great uconn basketball players>> reporter: since the three joined the team, the huskies have never lost in the ncaa tournament going 24-0 and overall they have now won 75 straight games. it's the greatest four-season stretch of any team in american sports ever. the syracuse coach quentin hillsman says his team clearly had some trouble competing with that. >> the trouble came from uconn. it's a great basketball team. they really moved the ball. they did a pretty good job of pressure. >> keep in mind syracuse is the number four seed. they were already an unexpected guest at the final four in indianapolis let alone at the championship game. so you have to hope they're walking away with their heads held very high today. >> it was a tough game. >> it was. this team is incredible. we were running througso the stats. not only have they had that kind of winning streak but all those games have been won by double digits. the last game they lost was in 2014 by two points in overtime. it's unbelievable. >> even that was a clos

of their own. >> i knight breanna stewart and moriah jefferson as the great uconn basketball players. >> reporter: since the three joined the team the huskies have never lost in the ncaa tournament going 24-0 and overall they have now won 75 straight games. it's the greatest four-season stretch of any team in american sports ever. syracuse head coach quintin hillsman said his team clearly had trouble competing with that. >> the trouble comes from uconn basketball team and they really move the ball. >> reporter: still syracuse did have a surprising fan in the arena. breanna stewart, uconn star player actually grew up in syracuse watching syracuse basketball and said ending her college career facing her full circle. >> one interesting detail. >> she beat them. >> she beat them but, hey, these are people she looks up to. >> that's what's >>> good morning. it's 4:30. and victories for the underdogs, bernie sanders and

moriah jefferson got the steal. uconn blew out oregon state 80-51 for their 74th straight win. they're one win away from their fourth straight national title. so we'll see what happens as the second half of that semifinal game unfolds with syracuse trying to hang on to that one. tomorrow next door it will be baseball as the curtain will raise for the oakland as' 2016 campaign. i do want to talk about one of the members of the team, he's my new favorite. he's a relief pitcher. his name is john axford. this time last year he had other things on his mind. let me tell you about his son jamison who was about 2 years old this time last year when he was bitten by a rattlesnake in the backyard of their arizona home. he was in jeopardy of losing his foot. so needless to say, baseball wasn't on axford's mind at the start of the rockies, his team last year, 2015 season. axford will be one of my guests on game day tonight. >> i think we hadn't broken camp yet. i was still i think sleeping in the hospital next to him a night like this a year ago. it happened march 25th last year. i was in t

moriah jefferson to steal and forget it. 80-51. their 74th straight win. they're now within one game of their fourth straight national title. >>> not the most flattering shot of roy williams but his north carolina tarheels will be looking to do more of this in monday night men's finale. they beat syracuse for their 10th straight win. one more and roy williams can silence his second guessers again. >> take this the way it's intended, not to be as critical, but i'm a hell of a lot smarter about basketball than you guys are. i'm serious. what do you do after basketball season is over with? you cover baseball. what do you do after baseball is over? you cover football. i don't take any breaks. >> next door tomorrow night the oakland as will raise the curtain on their 2016 baseball campaign and new pitcher john axford, he's my new favorite on the team. he had other things on his mind this time last year. axford's young son, he was 2 years old at the time, jamison was bitten by a rattlesnake in the backyard of their arizona home. he was in jeopardy of losing his

the team powered behind the senior triumvirate of moriah jefferson. >> she drills the three. >> reporter: morgan tuck. >> nice dish. >> reporter: and breanna stewart. >> stewart will pull up and knock it down. >> wanted to come on and make sure our last game was the best one. the winners walking off the floor together for the last time straight into the arms of 11-time championship coach geno auriemma. >> he is the lord of the rings. >> reporter: there's three key ingredients that go into this kind of success. one, two, three. >> we're going out with a bang. we're going out with a bang. that's it. >> reporter: and the next record uconn's sights taking down the record for the most consecutive championships in college basketball history. that one is held by the men's team at ucla coached by the legend john wooden and won it seven times in a row. >> seven. >> you got to remember in college sports it's so hard to repeat. in pro sports you can keep michael jordan and wayne gretzky for years but guys graduate in college. >> from the sublime to the ridiculous. these fans at tuesday's astros/yan