When it comes to women's college basketball, Geno Auriemma at the University of Connecticut has made significant strides in developing a first-class program.

With an .872 winning percentage for Auriemma and an undefeated record in the championship game, only one other NCAA Division I college coach, John Wooden, has reached the milestone of winning 10 national championships.

Some may say that Auriemma's accomplishment and Wooden's are like comparing apples to oranges. But ESPN was quick to point out that, by comparison in terms of the number of years the tournaments have been held and at what point in those timelines the two coaches achieved their championships, comparison is more like apples-to-apples.

Auriemma started with the Lady Huskies back in 1985, and he wouldn't win his first championship until 1995. But when a coach first takes over for a failing program – UCONN previously only had one wining season – it could take years to put together a championship-caliber team. Geno was up to the task. And after his 1995 championship win over rival Tennessee, they would wait another five years before the others started rolling in.

Tennessee went on to win the next three consecutive titles in 1996, 1997 and 1998. But in 2000, UCONN was back and they pulled out another win over Tennessee to give them their second championship.

Over the next 15 seasons, UCONN would claim eight national titles, including a three-peat from 2002 - 2004, a two-peat from 2009 - 2010 and another three-peat from 2013 - 2015.

Auriemma has built a first-class basketball program, and he recruits some of the top talents in the nation.

Auriemma has recently came under a fire, as reported by SI.com, for taking a few jabs at the NCAA D1 Men's Basketball programs. He made claims that the quality of their offense is "behind the times," and he also rejected claims that defense in the men's program has gotten so good that it has driven down the effectiveness of offense.