Another interesting week in MIAC women's basketball and a bit of reshuffling of the deck in my latest power rankings.
1. SMU
2. UST
3. CSB
4. Concordia
5. GAC
6. Bethel
7. Augsburg
8. St. Olaf
9. St. Kate's
10. Macalester
11. Carleton
12. Hamline
I still give the Cardinals a razor-thin edge over UST at the top spot as both teams recorded easy wins this last week and, on paper anyway, both should continue the trend this coming week as well. Easily the biggest climber this week was CSB as the Blazers recorded two huge road wins - at GAC in OT and at St. Olaf yesterday. CSB has a huge opportunity this coming week to keep the beat going as they host Hamline Wednesday night and then Bethel next Saturday. A good week as well for the Cobbers as they dispatched both Macalester and Bethel and if the Corn can keep the trend going this next week they could be very tough to beat the rest of the way.
I think you had to figure that, somewhere along the line, the youth and inexperience of the Gusties would come back to haunt them and that was clearly the case this last Wednesday when they dropped a 70-61 overtime decision at home in St. Peter to CSB. I still think GAC is a solid playoff team but again, the nagging question: WHEN does this squad finally put it all together? When will they go from being "We're young but fun!" to "We're experienced and by God we expect to win championships"? I think it's a fair question. Bethel's confounding season continues to unravel as they had to settle for a split this last week and anything but two wins for the Royals this last week is yet another huge step backward for them. Augsburg is still very much in the hunt for the sixth spot but the Auggies have an incredibly tough week coming up for them: At SMU on Wednesday and then home to Concordia on Saturday. The Oles had a bad week dropping two games and they've got to find a way to turn things around quickly before this thing gets away from them - again.
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