Hmmm... so maybe I shouldn't be whispering.

Forget those D-II teams. Ignore those NAIA teams. It's those dang Ivies you've got to watch out for! (Were you not paying attention a year ago?)

So discovered the Boston Eagles as they were stunned by their Cambridge rivals, Harvard, 82-81.

Speaking of the Eagles, Fairfield made sure Cathy Inglese's return to the sidelines was an unpleasant one: the Stags stomped Rhode Island 74-48.

Illinois State made sure UCLA Bears started the season off on the wrong foot, 61-55.

And, while the Harper era started out rather nicely for the Wolfpack, they had a close encounter with a Catamount and did not emerge unscathed: Vermont defeated NC State, 52-47.

By the way, Courtnay "no you didn't just Honorable Mention me" Pilypaitis added 15 points, four rebounds and five steals and, in the previous game, was one rebound shy of her third career triple-double in Friday's game (21 pts, 9 reb, 10 asst). Oh, and fellow Canadian May Kotsopoulos was no slouch neither, earning MVP honors at the Sheraton Raleigh Wolfpack Invitational.