The Danielle Show

In a spectacularly entertaining game to watch, Texas A&M squared off against Oklahoma last night at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, and the Aggies walked off the court with a two-point squeaker of a win, 80-78.

Players named Danielle combined to score 64 of the 158 points. Neither Danielle Adams nor Danielle Robinson would give an inch; both players had more than 30.

But Danielle Adams was more dominant all around. Gary Blair had this to say to Sooner fans: "You all had Courtney Paris for four (years). I only get (Adams) for two."

The result moved Texas A&M up to a number 1 seed in the College Women's Hoops S-Factor, but a better predictor of a #1 seed will come this weekend for the Aggies. They face top-ranked Baylor at College Station on Sunday.

Now in: Kansas State
Now out: Arizona State

Conferences with multiple bids:
Big East: 9
Big Ten: 8
ACC: 7
Big 12: 6
SEC: 5
PAC-10: 3
Atlantic 10: 2

California Creamin'

With every victory now, the Connecticut Huskies set a new Division 1 record for most consecutive wins, and they got another one last night. The Huskies made it out of snowy Connecticut to travel to Stockton, California, where they creamed Pacific 85-42 for their ninetieth straight victory.

But more impressive was Stanford's victory over Xavier yesterday in the friendly confines of Maples Pavilion. It was a rematch of the elite eight matchup from last year which was won by Stanford by an amazing drive performed by Jeanette Pohlen in the final 4.4 seconds that ended in a layup at the buzzer. This game was supposed to be close, but Stanford creamed Xavier 89-52. The victory shot Stanford up 13 spots in the College Women's Hoops S-Factor to number 10 and a predicted 3-seed. I'd wager the ranking will be higher by season's end.

This sets up Connecticut vs. Stanford tomorrow, which will of course be a huge game.

Other events that happened in California yesterday:

• UCLA lost their first game of the season at home to LSU, which propels LSU into a predicted at-large bid according to the S-Factor.



• Texas A&M slammed a formerly-ascendant Drexel team 74-45 in San Diego behind an impressive performance from Danielle Adams and a double-double from Adaora Elonu.



• Texas beat Cincinnati 80-77 in San Diego with a 3-pointer by Chassidy Fussell with 1.3 seconds left. Texas lies just outside of the S-Factor at-large bids, a status that will change as the season progresses.

Now in: Duquesne, LSU
Now out: Saint Joseph's, Drexel

Conferences with multiple bids:
Big East: 9
ACC: 7
Big Ten: 7
Big 12: 6
SEC: 5
PAC-10: 4
Atlantic 10: 2