We’re delivering our look around the NCAAW a bit earlier this week, checking in on the sport’s most impressive teams and players from Monday, Dec. 18 to Friday, Dec. 22.
Still undefeated?
Last week, we examined the then-15 remaining undefeated teams, assessing whether their thus-far-unblemished records accurately reflected their team quality. For a few teams, the answer appears to have been “no,” as they suffered their first loss when facing tougher competition. That group includes Old Dominion (8-2), No. 23 Washington (11-1) and California Baptist (10-1). Others burnished their resume, securing confidence-boosting wins that confirm they are the class of women’s college hoops. In that basket, we have No. 2 UCLA (11-0). The rest—such as No. 1 South Carolina (11-0), No. 3 NC State (12-0), No. 5 Texas (12-0), No. 6 USC (10-0) and No. 10 Baylor (11-0)—simply kept taking care of business.
Let’s take a closer look at the more informative outcomes from the past week:
No. 2 UCLA (11-0) 77, No. 13 Ohio State (10-2) 71
The Bruins have earned an undefeated record and ascended to No. 2 in the rankings due to the balance between their post and guard play, a balance that was on display Monday night—just as our Edwin Garcia surmised in his preview—as UCLA…
