Day of surprises

San Antonio continues their role as disruptors, handing defending champs Minnesota their second loss of the season, 93-84.

The Mystics upended the Mercury, 90-77.

The Storm upset the Sun in overtime, 89-83.

The Sky snapped their own losing streak by squeaking out a 71-69 win over the Dream.

Olympics:

Canada secured the last remaining hoops berth to the 2012 Olympic Games earlier today by defeating Japan, 71-63.

Basketball competition at the Olympics begins Saturday, July 28. The pool is:

Angola, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, The Czech Republic, France, Great Britain, Russia, Turkey and the USA.

NCAA:

Boise State will leave the Mountain West Conference, presumably for the Big East.