By Kat McKay
So… I missed a week. Because of midterms and the thrill of finally being a *second semester senior*, I forgot to write up the Week 6 rankings. To make up for it, here are the stats for this week, out extra early. The top three teams have remained the same for a while now. Because of this, the differential between the good and the bad has become basically impassable.
1. Hoosiers- W, 42-28; 6-1 (Last week: 1)
Another dominant performance by the league’s most dominant team. What makes this win more impressive than usual is that it came against the second place Huskies, and it was still incredibly one-sided. It’s nice that the Hoosiers are doing so well but it’s kind of intimidating that nobody can touch them.
2. Huskies- L, 28-42; 5-2 (Last week: 2)
Named for the greatest team in women’s college basketball, the Huskies retain their second-place spot in spite of a loss solely because it was to the best team. Alexa Sheldon, Emma Hamilton, and the rest of this tall, fast group are excellent at rebounding. House fans will watch to see if they can rebound from this L to reassert their success next week.
3. Sun Devils- W, 30-17; 5-2 (Last week: 3)
Because the Sun Devils won this week, it seems counterintuitive to keep them at third—so here’s my rationale. In the uncovered week 6, they were stomped by the Blue Devils. All in all, a loss to the Blue Devils is worse than a loss to the Hoosiers, so Brooke Connors et. al remain locked in third. They have been here for a while—a significant win next week may allow them to break the chains and go up, but they can’t count on the Huskies or Hoosiers to make this easy.
4. Tarheels- W, 24-9; 4-3 (Last week: 4)
I played the Tarheels and here is what I think: this team has a very strong top 3 (senior Charlotte Peters, junior Liz Style, and sophomore Elizabeth Fucigna). But they’re not excellent—we were winning for part of the game—so one could conclude that the Heels’ performance is opponent-dependent. They’ve seen good and bad days. The type of day it is depends, it would seem, on who they play.
5. Blue Devils- W, 32-22; 4-3 (Last week: 6)
With their fourth consecutive win in the books, The Blue Devils assert themselves as this year’s comeback team. They killed the Bears this week, and last week, the third-ranked Sun Devils. I expect Caylee Waters and Phoebe Taylor will continue to move up. Their season is going to end on a much, much better note than it started.
6. Bears- L, 22-32; 3-4 (Last week: 5)
I stayed to watch this game, so I have the advantage of knowing how close the match was—for a while. They played the Blue Devils very equally until the later part of the second half, when they lost their grip. Basketball is all about finishing strong, and because the Bears haven’t been able to do that, they’ve dropped to sixth. They have a few scattered wins, but doing well in this league means doing better than that.
7. Wildcats- L, 17-30; 1-6 (Last week: 7)
It seems like the Cavs are gaining company at the bottom. The Wildcats began the season 1-0, but haven’t seen a win since then. I wonder if Morgan Sawitsky’s team lost faith in itself or if it never had any to begin with. Next week’s showdown provides an opportunity for the Wildcats to prove that they are better at basketball than recent history seems to show.
8. Cavaliers- L, 9-24; 0-7 (Last week: 8)
Look at the Cavaliers’ “results” page and you see a really pathetic streak of red Ls. I think this was our single worst performance, considering we scored in the single digits. I began the season saying we had close losses and missed chances… now even that excuse doesn’t fly. More commentary would be painful. Hopefully we win next week against the Wildcats, and finally prove to this league that we aren’t its weak joke.
The first round of February games begins next week… until then, DHS.
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