UConn Women's basketball breaking records but still not receiving media attention.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/03/uconn_womens_basketball_team_a.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/08/AR2010030804682.html

Having an undefeated season is one thing, being undefeated since 2008 is another. The women of Connecticut Huskies have done this and thus far this season done so scoring double digits in each game. Their record is fantastic beating that of many mens teams across the nation and yet their media coverage in the sport is still not as largely televised as mens. Their game on Monday wasn't televised probably due to some other male team playing and the demand for that being greater, which leads the question at what does a women's athletic team have to do gain more mainstream attention? Sure they're being mentioned now in their own segment on ESPN due to the fact the only team to have a longer winning streak was the mens UCLA team from 1971-1974 with a grand total of 88 wins, but the question still stands in my mind that if women are outperforming in their sport compared to men why not give them more coverage? It seems to go back to a male dominated media where women need to fight for their own place in the media since performance doesn't seem to be enough to gather high ratings and that a restructuring is in order.


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