The No. 16 Oklahoma Sooners and the Baylor Bears have the same number of conference losses (three), but only the Sooners can say that theirs have come against only teams currently receiving votes.
Hence, Oklahoma is ranked pretty far ahead of Baylor, which is the first team out of the Top 25. The Bears’ back-to-back losses to Oklahoma State (Jan. 11) and West Virginia (Jan. 15) are still hurting them. But, could the Bears be back on another one of their hot streaks? Before those back-to-back losses, they had four straight wins, the first two by 20-plus and the second two against then-ranked teams. And now, since losing to No. 20 Texas on Jan. 22, they have won three straight, including their most recent triumph, a win over No. 21 Iowa State on Saturday.
And, oh by the way, one of those conference losses for the Sooners came at the hands of the Bears (Jan. 3 in Norman). Now, as Oklahoma seeks revenge, it will have to seek it in Waco, which will be a difficult task.
Baylor hosts the Sooners at 8 p.m. ET Tuesday night (ESPN+). Sooner star Taylor Robertson of course recently set the new 3-pointers made record in NCAAW Division I. Robertson is averaging 2.9 made treys per game this season, which, incredibly, is a career low (her career average is 3.6 and her high is 4.4;…
