From 1998-2001, Washington University in St. Louis beat 81 straight teams, most of them soundly, while picking up four straight NCAA Division III titles. In a city preoccupied with the Cardinals, Blues and Rams, the run rolled on in relative obscurity until the Bears began to threaten UCLA’s streak under legendary John Wooden from 1971-74.

Washington University’s run was impossible to ignore, even if it was on a smaller stage in a quaint, old-school fieldhouse.