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The top-seed Huskies will be making their 17th straight NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 appearance Sunday, when they take on No. 4 Iowa State, in the Dayton Regional semi-final game. UConn(35-0), has reached this point each season since freshman Kelly Faris was 3 years old. The next longest current streak behind the Huskies seven belongs to Stanford with three. The only others to have been there the last two years are Iowa State, Baylor, and Oklahoma.

"We can’t get to our main goal if we don’t get to the Sweet 16 and we’re not taking anything for granted," UConn guard,Kalana Greene said. "We’re not going to Dayton looking at the Final Four because we have to take care of Iowa State in the Sweet 16 first and we take it one game at a time." And while this familiar territory for most of the Huskies, it’s a new proving ground for some.

"This is going to be the first Sweet 16 for UConn sophomore guard, Caroline Doty, who missed the 2009 post-season with a knee injury. Caroline remarked that it being 17 in a row is great. And she's just glad she's going to be out there for this one.The Huskies are coming off back-to-back games of Southern and Temple in the Norfolk, Va., sub-regionals. Tuesday night against the Owls, UConn jumped out to a 33-5 lead. "I hope we come out with the same energy and focus Sunday," said UConn forward Maya Moore.