Division I Basketball History Is Made

Congratulations to Pat Summitt for becoming the winningest coach last night in Div I Basketball. The Tennessee Lady Vols defeated Purdue 75-54 to give Pat her 880th victory(and a Sweet 16 spot in the Tournament)! I was so happy and proud to see such a deserving person gain such a prominent piece of history. Pat Summitt is the consumate leader and teacher. She has her critics, but no one can take away the fact that she knows her sport and knows how to win games. Last night the school named the basketball floor after her. So now when games are played at Thompson-Boling Arena, they will be played on the "Summitt". Isn't that great! I think so.
In other basketball news:
Rutgers beat Temple 61-54 to end Temple's 25-game winning streak, the longest in the country. This is not what I expected. Surely I thought that Temple would win. Rutgers was in the zone and Temple just never got it going. Rutgers was able to shutdown Candice Dupree, holding her to only 11 pts in 39 minutes. Cappie Pondexter just may have been the missing piece to Rutgers' puzzle. See, she didn't play in the first meeting of these two teams in which Temple won. Last night she was just unstoppable...she was hitting 3's, making no-look passes, draining the short-range jumpers, and just plain playing her heart out. She finished with 25 points and 5 steals to give her team a Sweet 16 spot in the Philadelphia region.
Other results:

(1)LSU 76
(9)Arizona 43

(13)Liberty 88
(5)Depaul 79

(3)UConn 70
(6)Fla St 52

(2)OSU 75
(7)Maryland 65