[terry]

I have no idea what the second-longest NCAA-team-championship-streak is, but I'm sure it's nowhere near what Stanford has accomplished in the previous 49 academic years. This is the DiMaggio of streaks!

I looked at that issue about 10 or 15 years ago. As far as I could tell at that time, USC had the second longest streak of NCAA team championships with NCAA titles in 19 consecutive years from 1959-60 through 1977-78. (That streak could be extended to 21 years if you include USC's football championship in the fall of 1978, but of course that was a championship awarded by the polls, not an official NCAA title.)

I haven't updated the research since then, so it's possible that a school like North Carolina, UCLA, or Penn State might have had a pretty good run, though I'd be surprised if they exceeded USC's streak of 19 years.

So, yeah, Stanford's 49 year streak is indeed DiMaggio-esque.

[terry]

I have no idea what the second-longest NCAA-team-championship-streak is, but I'm sure it's nowhere near what Stanford has accomplished in the previous 49 academic years. This is the DiMaggio of streaks!

I looked at that issue about 10 or 15 years ago. As far as I could tell at that time, USC had the second longest streak of NCAA team championships with NCAA titles in 19 consecutive years from 1959-60 through 1977-78. (That streak could be extended to 21 years if you include USC's football championship in the fall of 1978, but of course that was a championship awarded by the polls, not an official NCAA title.)

I haven't updated the research since then, so it's possible that a school like North Carolina, UCLA, or Penn State might have had a pretty good run, though I'd be surprised if they exceeded USC's streak of 19 years.

So, yeah, Stanford's 49 year streak is indeed DiMaggio-esque.