"Defense wins championships," Vandy's coach Melanie Balcomb said after yesterday's SEC title game.

Indeed. The Commodore defense stifled LSU's half-court sets all game long. For much of the game, LSU's offense stood around, waited, made a few passes, hesitated, then hoisted up low percentage shots late in the shot clock. The result? The Tigers shot just 29% and scored just 45 points.

The AJC's Carter Strickland described the game as "a battle of drips. Water torture-like drips."

LSU's defense was good too, but it couldn't stop Dee Davis, especially at key times. She finished with 19 and won MVP honors.

The win should earn Vandy a 2 seed (along with Maryland, the Big Ten champion, and one other). LSU is probably looking at a 3.