If you had the #1 pick and could take any player, any class, what would you do? Parker? Augustus?

Maybe Sylvia Fowles.

Fowles absolutely abused Jessica Davenport last night on national TV. Davenport had 9 points outside the arc last night (yes, really); in the post, she shot 2 for 10 and had only 5 rebounds. Fowles had 25 points on 11 for 15 and pulled down 16 boards.

Fowles blocked 4 shots and altered a dozen more. She deflected away a half dozen post-feed passes. OSU couldn't get the ball to Davenport, and when it did, she couldn't score over Fowles's huge body.

The result: an LSU rout.

"We knew she was the head of the snake," Fowles said. "We made the assumption that if we took her away, if we slowed her down it would affect the rest of the team."

"It was physical out there," Davenport said.

"The chances of us having an upside and improving are greater than theirs, because Augustus and Fowles aren't getting any better," OSU coach Foster said smiling. "The goal is to make Jess and Brandie of that level. There's a toughness and competitiveness about that basketball team that we don't have right now."

(Graham Hays looks very smart.)