"You get down 15, and I'm looking at my coaches going, ‘We're getting embarrassed on national television,'" said Baylor coach Mulkey-Robertson. "I challenged my players, and once again, what warriors they are. This is something else."

Baylor came back with the plan and the execution needed to shut down LSU, the nation's best team until last night. Baylor was just better.

The Bears switched to a zone designed to take away Augustus's midrange game and Johnson's penetration. Augustus ended 10 for 26, and Johnson was largely ineffective down the stretch.

Perhaps more importantly, Emily Niemann exploited Augustus on the other end. "Emily was hook-shooting big-time tonight," Mulkey-Robertson said. "That's in her repertoire. She was so valuable tonight."

The report from Steve in Indy:

LSU's lack of depth exposed--they seemed like a slightly better Ohio State: take away plan A (Augustus makes her midrange jumpers) and plan B (Fowles) and there's no plan C. Young just went right at Fowles and got enough of the calls to make it worthwhile. The biggest difference maker, though, was probably Kim's decision to take Blackmon out-- both in the first half and in the second half, LSU was ahead when Blackmon went out, fell far behind for the game after that.

The Tigers were in shock after the game. "You never are happy when you lose especially on the stage like this," said Augustus. "I can't see anything else but anger and frustration."

"I still think we're the No. 1 team in the country. I still think we're the best team in the country. It just didn't show," Temeka Johnson said. "Baylor played a better game. We could play ten times, ten times in a row against each other. But this was the only one that counted."