Syracuse Women's Basketball Really Rocks

Who would have ever guessed that on December 27th, I would be writing the Women's team is receiving more AP votes in the polls than the men's team? Yes the women have seven votes and the men none. And why is this? Well the women's team has a sophomore by the name of Nicole Michael that had one of the best freshman seasons last year in the history of the Big East. They also brought in a top 15 recruiting class for this year and next year that I wrote about already here. The ladies stand at 10-1 with their only loss coming at the hands of North Carolina. Even that 25 point loss doesn't look as bad when you look at some of the numbers. The ladies couldn't hit a shot to save their lives that game, shooting just 22% in the first half. On the bright side they did get several of North Carolina's star players in foul trouble, forced 27 turnovers, and grabbed 24 o-boards. Not bad.

Coach Q's squad hammered Penn State 72-53, a game after the Nittany Lions came off an upset of number one ranked Duke. The S.U. lead was around 25-30 all game. The Orange pounded the boards and forced PSU into terrible shots all game.

And of course I can't forget, they won the Taco Bell Warhawk Classic in Monroe, Louisiana.

What's ahead? Well the Big East is having somewhat of a down year once you get past the top tier teams. There are only four or five legitimate threats to go to the NCAA tournament besides Syracuse. This means a 10-6 record in the Big East is certainly not out of the question. Assuming they can beat Siena and St. Bonaventure before conference play begins, a the Orange could be looking at a record somewhere around 22-7.

Not bad Coach Q, not bad at all.