How is it possible that this Cyclone team isn't rated?
The women are rated in the coaches poll at #22, and have been for most of the conference season. They got knocked to 26th this week in the AP poll after the loss at TCU. Since all the other teams that have been making up 2nd through 7th place in the Big 12 kept beating each other up, it kind of makes sense that we'd all get bumped down the polls bit by bit. No one aside from Baylor strung enough wins together to earn staying in the rankings the entire way. We should definitely move up in the new polls and reappear in the AP, regardless of the outcome of the title game tomorrow night.
Did people catch the Bowlsby interview during the broadcast? He was talking about how great it was to have the tournament in Dallas and how many all-session tickets people had bought (announced as 5000). Total spin and I didn't buy how thrilled he was with having it there. There were not many people left in that arena by the 2nd half of our game. The Baylor fans mostly left by our halftime, if not long before. Most of them support only their team and have no interest in anyone else's games. The Oklahoma and Iowa State fans looked to be there for pretty much everything I saw on tv today and yesterday. THAT's who your true fans are in this league, not the Texas schools.
Anyhoo, fantastic game to watch and I hope they can come out with that much energy tomorrow night. Even if there's not a win, I hope it's competitive like the game was today when OSU played "(sucks to) BU." Anna played out of her mind and everyone else did exactly what was needed. It was a great team effort that resulted in a three game sweep of the Sooners. You don't get to say that very often!