uconn shoots for three-peat

Can it happen again?

Can UConn pull off another double, just like it did in 2004?

The Huskies are getting closer of doing just that. The UConn men's team is one victory away from its third national championship after beating Kentucky on Saturday in the national semifinals in Houston.

About 1,160 miles away, the UConn women is looking to win its third consecutive national championship. The Huskies will play Big East rival Notre Dame in the national semifinals on Sunday in Indianapolis.

It's the third time UConn had both its men's and women's teams in the Final Four in the same year. In 2009, the UConn men's team lost in the national semifinals in Detroit and the women's squad won the national title in St. Louis. In 2004, the men's and women's teams won national titles in San Antonio and New Orleans, respectively.

A total of seven schools had both men's and women's teams in the Final Four. Georgia became the first school to accomplish that feat in 1983.

On Tuesday, Baylor and Texas A&M played for the fourth time this season when the two teams squared off in the Dallas Regional championship game.

On Sunday, UConn will play Notre Dame for the fourth time this season. The Huskies won all three meetings, including the Big East title game.

The Huskies are playing in their fourth straight Final Four. During its Final Four trips the last four years, UConn, which is located in Storrs, Ct., has traveled a total of 5,318 miles. Indianapolis is 860 miles from the UConn campus, making it the shortest Final Four trip for the Huskies during that four-year span. A year ago, UConn made the 2,029-mile trek to San Antonio and won the national title.

So far, the Huskies haven't lost in the 2011 portion of the women's basketball season. UConn had its 90-game winning streak snapped by Stanford two days before New Year's Day.

When UConn became the first Division I team to win the men's and women's basketball championships in the same year in 2004, Diana Taurasi was the best player on the women's team.

Now, Maya Moore is the best player on the UConn women's team. On Saturday, she became the first three-time winner of the Wade Trophy, awarded to the most outstanding player in women's basketball.

Lorin Dixon is the other senior on the UConn team. Like Moore, she played in the last three Final Fours.

The Huskies will take a 36-1 record into Sunday's game with Notre Dame. They advanced to their fourth straight Final Four by beating Duke 75-40 in the Philadelphia Regional championship game on Tuesday.

Moore scored her 3,000th career point against Duke.

"I don't really think about it right now," Moore told the UConn Daily Campus on Wednesday. "Of course, it's really exciting to be able to be at a program where I've been able to flourish."

Now, Moore is looking to end her career with a flourish. All she needs is two more wins.