Conference coaches picked Texas A&M to take the Big 12 crown this fall in the women's soccer
preseason poll.
The Aggies, who made it to the third round of the 2009 NCAA Championship and finished the
season with a 15-7-3 mark, garnered eight first place votes.
Also receiving first place tallies were Nebraska, Missouri and Oklahoma State, who rank second,
third and fourth respectively.
A Sport Recoils From a Punch and Its Publicity
Griner, 19, created a major commotion, one that will be difficult for her to deflect, during the
second half of Baylor's game Wednesday night when she punched Texas Tech forward Jordan Barncastle,
who had been called for fouling her with a sharp elbow, breaking Barncastle's nose and causing both
benches to clear.
While we had another beautiful, warm, daffodil-blooming day yesterday in NH ... the snows were
still melting up at the lake. Thanks for the pics, HollyCornblog!
In the Women's Final Four last night the games that looked on paper like they could be
run-away's both offered some nailbiting moments as they wended their ways to their expected
denouments.
So ... it's down to the wire in our bracket tournament. As I see it playing out it's between
reades and afboyny23. Should Butler pull off the upset, reades will be set for life ... sorta.
And should Duke win its 4th national championship, afboyny23 will need to be hiring an attorney and
an accountant to help with managing the windfall!
... to RPE for:
- Finishing her thesis; and
- Sitting atop our men's bracket!
Oh yeah, and congratulations to West Virginia for upsetting John Calipari's Wildcats ... and to
Baylor (for totally screwing up my bracket on the women's side). Ah well, as DaddyCornblog would
say .
The college sports landscape is a-changin'. One big reason: the death of the Big 12 conference.
The death became all but official when Nebraska decided to leave the conference to join the Big
Ten.
The first school to jump ship was actually Colorado, which left the Big 12 to join the
Pac-10.
