Women's Hoops Blog

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Sunday, November 30, 2008

The trend continues:

1) #6 Louisville was stunned by the Nevada Wolf Pack, 85-82. It's the school's first victory over a top-10 team, and you may recognize their first year coach, Jane Albright:
"This is why you coach," she said. "This is why they play. This is why they do all the hard things they've done. This is for all the people that worked really, really hard long before I got here ... the coaches, the players. This is for all those people."
2) Speaking of Albright's former team, down in St. Thomas, the Badgers took down #7 Baylor. The Bears led 58-53 with 2:43 left before Wisconsin rallied behind Alyssa Karel -- who scored 15 points, including a jumper with 7 seconds left -- scoring the game's final six points.

3) Playing in warm weather (and being from a warm weather state) seems to be a bit of a distraction if you're ranked. Down in the Bahamas, Florida knocked off Arizona State, 65-60.

The upset list almost got longer:

a) Oregon State gave the #2 Tar Heels something to think about as squeaked by, 78-82.

b) #10 Notre Dame got all they could handle from Michigan State, 78-72.

c) #15 Virginia escaped with a win over Marquette, 76-71.

d) Georgia Tech showed that, perhaps the UConn game wasn't a fluke, and chased #9 Texas all game, finally falling,