Insta-Recap: WBB Season Ends at Baylor

It’s customary to post a box score here, but you really don’t wanna see it. Here’s what happened.

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We knew this was an overwhelmingly likely outcome. In women’s basketball, #1 seeds don’t lose on their home court during the opening weekend. It hasn’t happened in a decade. The California Golden Bears were a prohibitive underdog against the Baylor Bears on Monday, and the odds won. Our women’s basketball season is over.

For a quarter, Cal hung in the game. By packing the paint, they discombobulated the Baylor offense, and early aggression from the frontcourt and Kianna Smith provided just enough offense. The Golden Bears were within one possession the entire 1Q, and ended it down only three…