St. Louis, MO (My Sportsbook) - It was wire-to-wire domination for the Connecticut women's basketball team, as the Huskies captured their sixth championship, this one in unbeaten fashion, blowing out Louisville, 76-54, Tuesday night at Scottrade Center. UConn (39-0) was hardly threatened all season, winning every game by at least 10 points. The Huskies became the fifth unbeaten champion in women's NCAA tourney history. Among them were the 1995 and 2002 UConn teams, but this squad was the most dominant of any. Tina Charles had 25 points and tied a career-high with 19 rebounds for the Huskies. She hit 11-of-13 shots from the field. The other teams to win the title finishing unbeaten were Tennessee in 1998 and Texas in 1986. But the only team to win every game by double-digits was this year's squad for head coach Geno Auriemma, led by Charles, Maya Moore and Renee Montgomery. Moore was honored with the 2009 Naismith Award as women's college basketball Player of the Year on Monday, but a night later Charles was named the Final Four's Most Outstanding Player. Moore and Montgomery each had 18 points. Angel McCoughtry scored 23 for Louisville (34-5), which lost three times to the Huskies this season by a combined 89 points.
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