BBFL's WNBA/NCAAW Running Blog

[BaltimoreBoyFoLife]

Welcome all to the first entry in what hopefully will be a running blog which will spread the accolades of Women's Basketball to this board and hopefully will help some posters view the women's game in a new light. This will be a daily entry. Let's begin on the NCAAW side of things.

Women's Top 25-Feb. 8th:
AP Top 25
1. Connecticut (40) 23-0 1000
2. Stanford 21-1 959
3. Nebraska 21-0 896
4. Notre Dame 21-1 894
5. Tennessee 20-2 850
6. Xavier 18-3 775
7. Ohio State 23-3 740
8. Duke 18-4 709
9. West Virginia 21-3 627
10. Florida State 20-4 593
11. Baylor 17-5 537
12. Oklahoma 16-6 511
13. Texas A&M 16-5 510
14. Texas 16-6 475
15. Oklahoma State 18-5 436
16. Georgetown 19-3 402
17. Kentucky 20-3 372
18. North Carolina 16-5 358
19. Georgia 19-5 323
20. Iowa State 18-4 210
21. Georgia Tech 19-5 205
22. Gonzaga 19-4 118
23. LSU 15-7 93
24. TCU 17-5 70
25. St. John's 19-4 68
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Vanderbilt 64, Hartford 60, Virginia 56, Wisconsin-Green Bay 29, Mississippi 12, Michigan State 11, Miami (FL) 10, South Carolina 6, Princeton 5, Penn State 4, Dayton 3, Middle Tennessee 3, East Carolina 2, Marist 2, Fresno State 1, Syracuse 1,

Reactions-The Top 5 are truly elite. UConn is in a class of its own, but Stanford, Nebraska, Notre Dame, and Tennessee will challenge them come tournament time. Can't wait to see who comes out as the National Champ at the end of it!

How about them Huskies?

62 consecutive wins and counting, 9 away from the all-time NCAA Women's Record! There is not a more dominating team anywhere, in any sport, in the nation. The Lady Huskies win by an average of 39 points/game, that's simply astounding! They even beat #4 Notre Dame 70-46. They also beat Texas 81-53 in Austin, and #15 North Carolina 88-47! Last night, on Super Sunday, they went on the road into Louisville, the defending National Runner-Up, and won 84-38! They have a tough stretch coming up, but this team seems invincible.

A Challenger for UConn?

Don't look now, but the Nebraska Lady Huskers(20-0, #3 AP), look incredible as well. A shock to the system in the Women's Basketball World, the Lady Huskers, 15-16 and a Round 1 NIT Knock-Out a year ago, the Lady Huskers have exploded on the scene, scoring upsets of 6 ranked teams, including Texas, Texas A&M, and Baylor. Not only are the Lady Huskers winning, but they are winning in very impressive fashion. If anyone can challenge UConn, it might be the Huskers, not the Lady Vols.

North Carolina-Duke is still a big deal, even on the Women's Side.

Cameron Indoor Stadium is full of Cameron Crazies today. About 70% capacity it appears to be. North Carolina is in town, and the hate is still there. The Lady Heels come in in their hated powdered blues, and the Cameron Crazies are ready to shoo them away. The Lady Devils jumped out to a 6-0 lead and ran the table from there. It's halftime in Durham now, and the Lady Devils lead 45-35, but don't count out the resilient Lady Heels, who have trailed after halftime more than once this season.

ESPN Rivalry Week-Women's

Top 25 Games Today:
#24 Virginia at Maryland
Prediction: Maryland 78, Virginia 76

#5 Tennessee at #22 Vanderbilt-9 EST, ESPN2
Prediction: The Lady Vols are rolling and looking for another National Championship, their third in four years. They have a tough Vanderbilt team tonight.
Prediction: Pat Summit's Vols get trapped, 88-79.

WNBA News:
The Lynx have signed Simeone Augustus to a contract extension.

That's it for today, folks! Tune in tomorrow! I hope you will find this running blog informative and fun! It will only get better!

[STLSports4life]

nice blog

[yodawgimirish11]

go stanford women.....

[Philly Diehard]

Nice read, I enjoyed it. The main reason I don't watch womens basketball inparticular is because of the lack of upsets. A top team rarely ever gets upset, just look at UConn. They never lose. Ever.

[BaltimoreBoyFoLife]

Originally Posted by Philly Diehard

Nice read, I enjoyed it. The main reason I don't watch womens basketball inparticular is because of the lack of upsets. A top team rarely ever gets upset, just look at UConn. They never lose. Ever.

You are right, there is a lack of parity in the Women's Game, but that isn't the case at the WNBA Level. Because there are only 12 teams, and 8 make the playoffs, no one's eliminated until game 28 or 29(there are 34 games)

[Philly Diehard]

Originally Posted by BaltimoreBoyFoLife

You are right, there is a lack of parity in the Women's Game, but that isn't the case at the WNBA Level. Because there are only 12 teams, and 8 make the playoffs, no one's eliminated until game 28 or 29(there are 34 games)

The problem with the WNBA is that there are obviously a lack of games that they show on TV. If they showed them more often i'm bound to watch some since I love sports and i'll watch any of it almost.

[BaltimoreBoyFoLife]

Originally Posted by Philly Diehard

The problem with the WNBA is that there are obviously a lack of games that they show on TV. If they showed them more often i'm bound to watch some since I love sports and i'll watch any of it almost.

If you have an NBA.com login you can watch all WNBA games live for free on WNBA.com

[BaltimoreBoyFoLife]

ESPN/USA Today Poll-Feb. 9th
ESPN/USA Today Poll
1. Connecticut (31) 23-0 775
2. Stanford 21-1 741
3. Notre Dame 21-1 697
4. Nebraska 21-0 696
5. Tennessee 21-2 654
6. Xavier 18-3 610
7. Duke 19-4 567
8. West Virginia 21-3 551
9. Ohio State 23-3 543
10. Florida State 20-4 485
11. Texas A&M 16-5 442
12. Oklahoma 16-6 399
13. Georgetown 19-3 395
14. Oklahoma State 18-5 336
15. Baylor 17-5 331
16. Kentucky 20-3 319
17. Iowa State 18-4 255
18. Georgia 19-5 244
19. Texas 16-6 217
20. North Carolina 16-6 171
21. Virginia 17-6 121
22. Vanderbilt 17-7 117
23. Gonzaga 19-4 72
24. St. John's 19-4 67
25. Hartford 20-3 49
Reactions-Congrats to Hartford being ranked! UConn is still unbeatable.

[Philly Diehard]

When do you think the next time uconn will lose a game?

[BaltimoreBoyFoLife]

Originally Posted by Philly Diehard

When do you think the next time uconn will lose a game?

Sometime next season or in the National Title game vs. either Nebraska, Tennessee, or Stanford.

[BaltimoreBoyFoLife]

UConn, Nebraska trapped?


Both are being tested early.

#1 UConn leads DePaul 31-20 in the 1st period, being tested early. More from this later.
#4 Nebraska leads Kansas 19-14 late 1st half. We'll give you more from this as the night goes on.

[BaltimoreBoyFoLife]

Halftime:

#1 Uconn has pulled away from unranked DePaul. It is 52-32 UConn at halftime. Chalk up 63 straight W's, 8 from the record. Tiffany Hayes has 16 points, 6/8 from the floor.

Kansas continues to test its Big 12 Rival, unbeaten Nebraska(21-0). Kansas has opened the second half on a 4-0 run. More on this later.