A Look Back

The Titan women took care of business, winning 67-45 over the Big Blue. A win at home against Wheaton this Saturday at 2 pm would clinch the regular season conference championship. Of course, the women have loftier goals in mind, as most 21-0 teams would.

If you'll recall, I suggested yesterday that Villanova would beat Marquette, while the Bulls would down the Pistons. Read on:

Villanova shot a ridiculous 58 percent from the field, and laced Marquette 102-84. The victory pulls them within one game of the Golden Eagles and two games of conference leader Connecticut (10-1), and leaves Marquette with back-to-back Big East losses after winning their first nine league games.

The Bulls stayed hot, staging an exciting comeback to beat the Pistons. The Bulls trailed by as many as 15, and by 10 with about 3:30 left, but ended the game on a 17-2 run to win 107-102. Which means three things:
1) the Pistons have lost five straight at the United Center
2) the Bulls are actually playing pretty well of late
3) I am a sports genius

Plus it means I won my free bet on centsports

College Conference of Illinois Wesleyan?

The undefeated IWU women's basketball team (10-0 CCIW) takes to the home court tonight against Millikin (5-4 CCIW). With four games to go for a potential CCIW sweep, the Titans face one of only two conference foes that has given them a scare this year, as they trailed by four with under 10 minutes to go against the Big Blue on January 17. The Titans ultimately pulled out a six-point victory in that one.

The Titans are so thoroughly dominating the conference that their conference victories (10) equal the combined win total of the bottom half of the CCIW. As the number one team in the nation, it's fitting that they'll be shooting for 11-0 CCIW and 21-0 overall tonight.