What an opening day!!!!!
It is so very awesome to be back.
Upsets:
Western Kentucky 79, #16 Missouri 76.
Northern Colorado 94, #25 DePaul 88.
Almost-upsets:
#19 Oregon State pulled away from North Dakota in the game's final minutes to win, 65-55.
#20 Cal got by Saint Mary's, 87-80.
No. 23 South Florida got by LSU, 61-55.
Herstory:
#8 UCLA broke the program scoring record with a 129-69 win over San Jose State. Jordin Canada became only the second Bruin (after Ann Meyers Drysdale) to notch a second triple-double (her first was last year). She had 26 points, 11 steals and 10 assists.
#5 Ohio State's Stephanie Mavunga broke a school record with 26 rebounds in their win over #10 Stanford.
#22 Oklahoma retired Courtney Paris' jersey tonight.
Iowa coach Lisa Bluder notched career win 700.
The Gamecocks hung their banner.
No other surprises, but some interesting scores.
Thoughts/points of interest:
Washington State was supposed to be amazing, but they lost to UC Davis.
Rutgers started out with a win.
So did Loyola Marymount.
UC Santa Barbara is picking up where they left off, as is Navy.
Middle Tennessee over Vanderbilt and Hampton over North Carolina.
USC, Colorado, Arizona and #11 Oregon all making strong statement wins in the Pac-12.
First-year Pepperdine coach Delisha Milton-Jones getting her first win, over Long Beach State.
First-year Arkansas coach Mike Neighbors getting an inaugural win.
It's going to be an awesome season.
Tomorrow's game schedule.
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UC Davis is not a lightweight. This was a rematch of the WNIT 3rd round game that WSU won in Pullman last year. The "California Aggies" not only return all their starters from a 24-win team that dominated the Big West but stumbled in the conference tournament, they return *all 9 players who averaged over 10 mpg*. This is a quality, experienced, and *hungry* team.
I'm not surprised they beat WSU at home, though I am surprised at how easily they won. I caught part of the game, and they really won it from the 3-point line, hitting 10-of-15 three-pointers in the first half alone (17-of-32 overall), and getting multiple treys from six different players. There were periods when it seemed they couldn't miss.
UC Davis is a team to watch. I have their December game at Corvallis circled.
Whenever a mid-major beats a P5 school, it's a big deal. WSU was projected well, too.
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