That didn't take long. A top-10 upset helped tip off the opening day of the 2025-26 women's college basketball season. The No. 7 Duke Blue Devils, an Elite Eight team last season, fell 58-52 to the No. 16 Baylor Bears in the opener of the Oui-Play doubleheader in Paris.
Then one of the brightest stars of last season's freshman class, Mikayla Blakes, picked up where she left off, leading the No. 19 Vanderbilt Commodores over the California Golden Bears 75-65. Her 27-point effort in Oui-Play marked her 11th career game of 25 points or more, including two 50-plus-point outings last season.