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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 4435133, member: 5798"] I know some will disagree, and that's fine. I don't think ANY TEAM should drop in the rankings if they lose to a team that is ranked ABOVE them. Even if they lose like Stanford did. I watched that whole game from start to finish. THAT game (to me) was much more exciting than ours. Stanford had their foot on SC's neck most of the game. Boston picked her 2nd foul in the 1st quarter and sat out the entire 2nd quarter. Stanford went ice cold in the 3rd quarter allowing SC to close the gap. [I]"The Gamecocks walked away from their 76-71 overtime road victory with an increased belief in their bench (outscored the Cardinal 34-9), their superstar ([URL='https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4432831/aliyah-boston']Aliyah Boston[/URL] had her struggles yet still finished with a double-double and never got rattled) and their resilience (down after the first, second and third quarters, they outscored Stanford 32-17 over the fourth period and OT)."[/I] SC kept their poise and caught them late in the 4th, but Stanford still could have won. Except for two mistakes late in the game and in overtime, Stanford played well enough to win. SC made some BIG clutch plays at the end of the game and in overtime. As another poster said, until somebody knocks them off, South Carolina should remain ranked the number one team in the country. Stanford (IMO) is still the number 2 team in the country. They showed they CAN go toe to toe with SC and win. They didn't yesterday, but they have the POTENTIAL to. They should have won that game. UConn can make their case to be the number one or two team in the country on February 5, when they host South Carolina at the XL Center. [/QUOTE]

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