WBB Journal: Coping with a Midseason Swoon

It feels bad right now.

Because for weeks I’ve been trying to deny the data.

Yes, I’ve been presenting the obvious: that all signs point to a Cal women’s team that is a fringe top 25--fringe top of the conference--squad, but has not shown that it can beat top level competition.

And here we are.

The Bears are 0-8 against top 50 RPI teams or, if you prefer, teams that are likely to make the NCAA tournament. They are 15-0 against everyone else.

Conclusion should be pretty easy, right? Pretty straightforward to predict what’s going to happen against better squads.

But my denial came in the form of finding reasons, in defiance of the evidence, that this year’s squad was going to reverse the trend,…