Nicki wants the Horns back on the schedule.

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#5 Texas loses to #2 South Carolina 67-50. Doubt hornettes will fall out of top 10.

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There are not a lot pushing to get into the top 10, so you are probably correct.

#5 LSU had a handful with unranked Vandy, winning out 83-77. Four starters had to rotate sitting out with foul trouble, but three ended up with double digits in the 20s. Former Bear Jordyn Oliver still starting for Vandy.

Dawn Staley of South Carolina signs 6-year $25M contract, making her the highest paid WBB coach.

Dawn is earning her money

Oklahoma 24, South Carolina 49, at the half.

OU is 15-3, relatively easy non-conference schedule, but they're ranked #12.

I watched TCU play South Carolina in Ft Worth with geewago , TCU got hammered by 30.

Dawn has 10 girls that are all very good players, no Super Star, they may well win the NC.

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Just my opinion but so far UCLA and Dawns SC squad are the two best teams in the land. The gap between them and the rest of the field is pretty large to date.

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I agree with your opinion. SC leads the 12th ranked Sooners by 39 points at the end of the 3rd quarter.

SC 101- OU 60, the impressive stats were the SC bench scored 53 points and had the 3 high scorers.

Damn putting 100 on OK his crazy ..

Kansas State WBB graduate center Ayoka Lee suffered an apparently serious injury in the second quarter of today's 81-69 victory over Arizona State https://t.co/cFgGplGP8D pic.twitter.com/rpEWN2mgWF

—  Raoul (@Raoul_000) January 19, 2025

ScottyB_The_Baylor_King said:

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Kansas State WBB graduate center Ayoka Lee suffered an apparently serious injury in the second quarter of today's 81-69 victory over Arizona State https://t.co/cFgGplGP8D pic.twitter.com/rpEWN2mgWF

—  Raoul (@Raoul_000) January 19, 2025

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OH NO. I Hate to hear about this. So sad, a really nice young lady - total contrast from Prince

#9 undefeated Ohio St lost to unranked, terrible Penn State team today. OSU only scored 59 points. Now down to 2 undefeated teams, #1 UCLA and #5 LSU.

BearTiger said:

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#9 undefeated Ohio St lost to unranked, terrible Penn State team today. OSU only scored 59 points. Now down to 2 undefeated teams, #1 UCLA and #5 LSU.

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I suspect after Thursday it will most likely be down to 1 based on looking at who has played who thus far and the margins of victory. But transitive doesn't always pan out in BB. We can also hope it goes down to one tomorrow, but I think that is asking a lot. SC and UCLA certainly seem to be the cream of the crop this year.

UCLA is more vulnerable than SC despite beating them imo. I don't think Close is a very good good coach. She's struggled mightily with some pretty darn talented teams. This is her best squad yet. So will see how she fares in March.
SC likely wins Thursday but never doubt a Mulkey squad.

Carolina by 11. Uneducated guess

The Cocks beat LSU 66-56

IowaBear said:

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Carolina by 11. Uneducated guess

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Pretty good guess!

I get lucky once in awhile haha. Biggest conference game of the year for sure he Lady Bears tomm! Huge resume builder

i watched the entire #5 lsu (20-1) v. #2 usc,e (19-1) game friday. it was in columbia. full house. electric atmosphere. both teams are uber athletic as expected. and they defend like banshees. their speed, length and quickness are noteworthy. they play the game like wvu only at a superior level.

yesterday they didn't shoot worth a hoot. and they are not particularly tall. i can see why ucla beat usc,e earlier in the year for those two reasons, shooting and size.

side note, usc'e coach, dawn staley, just signed a $4.5 million/year contract. she's really the best in the business now. and i can't see any b12 team hanging with either but that's why we play the games. isu lost earlier to usc,e by 40.

tmcats said:

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i watched the entire #5 lsu (20-1) v. #2 usc,e (19-1) game friday. it was in columbia. full house. electric atmosphere. both teams are uber athletic as expected. and they defend like banshees. their speed, length and quickness are noteworthy. they play the game like wvu only at a superior level.

yesterday they didn't shoot worth a hoot. and they are not particularly tall. i can see why ucla beat usc,e earlier in the year for those two reasons, shooting and size.

side note, usc'e coach, dawn staley, just signed a $4.5 million/year contract. she's really the best in the business now. and i can't see any b12 team hanging with either but that's why we play the games. isu lost earlier to usc,e by 40.

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You never know. BB more than any other sport I watch is a game where you don't have to be the overall better team to win on a given day. Some days you can't hit the ocean. Some days you end up in awkward positions and pick up more than your share of fouls. It is one of the few games because of that where a player can be eliminated or lose major time on the court even if they play in a manner that is not unsportsman-like. If Baylor could have made their free throws and layups, the UCLA game goes to the final minutes and that UCLA team beat SC.