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Spartans making move to top of polls
By Michelle Touson February 25, 2005 |
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ALBUQUERQUE - In women's basketball, Michigan State eked out a win over Ohio State. Kristin Haynie hit two free throws 5.4 seconds left and the Spartans went on to beat the No. 2 Buckeyes 66-64 in front of 14,066 at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Mich. Michigan State, 24-3 overall, is tied on top of the Big 10 standings at 13-2 with Penn State. Ohio State really thought this was going to be an interesting matchup, but come the Big 10 tournament, it's going to be off the hook. No. 1 LSU is just plowing through the competition; their only loss this year was to Rutgers. I see them definitely as a No. 1 seed for the tournament. It's really going to be wild out there and they do have a lot of talent in that SEC with Auburn and Alabama, who are always good, and Tennessee, who always gives them a challenge. Vanderbilt is also nationally ranked. Stanford, who is 24-2 overall and 15-1 in conference, clinched the Pac-10 title on Friday. They will probably be a top seed at the NCAA tournament. Also from the top 25, Duke beat Georgia Tech, No. 24 Penn State beat Northwestern 83-56, No. 22 Vanderbilt took out the University of Florida 76-69, Virginia takes down No. 20 Maryland 63-61, and No. 12 DePaul beat Memphis 95-51. All of these teams are on the bubble now. For a lot of other teams, the bubble has already burst. Michelle Touson covers the NCAA nationally for Sports Radio and co-hosts Sportstalk each weekend on 1430 KVVN San Jose and KLIB 1110 Sacramento. |
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