The fans and followers of the Baylor Bears are undisputably proud of their football team that will meet Ilinois in Reliant Stadium's Texas Bowl later this month. But the real big story in Baylor sports is building on the women's basketball team.
The Baylor women might just win a second NCAA basketball championship this season.
After Sunday's impressive home court domination of Tennessee Baylor's record is now 10-1. Their only loss was by one point to #1 ranked Connecticut at UConn earlier this season.
They handled Tennessee before a sold out crowd at the Farrell Center of 10,569 with ease. Houston's Brittney Griner scored 21 points along with nine blocked shots. The big 6'8" pivot player also altered countless more as the Volunteers shot only 25% in the 65-54 Baylor win.
But Baylor is way more than just Brittney. In fact, Odessey Sims led the Bear scorers with 24 points. Of Griner's 21, fifteen of them came in the first half along with six of her nine blocked shots. She set the tone and the rest of the Lady Bears took over from there.
ROCKETS MAKE TWEAKS
Closer to home the Houston Rockets pulled off a deal that was more complicated than just Jermaine Taylor for Terrence Williams since other clubs and draft picks and cash were involved, but the bottom line is thd swap of the two player mentioned.
What will he do to help the Rockets, who have been as confounding as the Texans? Sometimes they look and play so well, yet other times they have stretches in which they look like the lottery team they presently are.
Williams is touted as a very good all round small forward who has all the physical skills to be good. In his limited play with New Jersey (between being late to practices or team meetings) he has shown those skills. When sent down to the D-league he scored and rebounded with the best ever in that loop. Now the Rockets hope he can show a better attitude and accept the discipline necessary to play meaningful minutes in the NBA.
Taylor was seeing very little playing time in Houston so the Rockets don't appear to be giving up much for a player in a position they need help. It is pretty much up to Williams to grab this chance and make something of it.
ASTROS WILL PUT A TEAM ON THE FIELD
Things remain quiet with the Astros. Hopefully for the club this is not harming season ticket sales extensively. While there are some solid players on the Astro roster and the top of the Astros starting rotation is certainly at the least adequate, the lack of any real excitement about the 2011 club is evident. With the club for sale and a stated desire to reduce a payroll that was inflated compared to the team's lack of success the past four years this is not a surprise.
Even with the commendable desire to build from within the system as much as possible the Astros still need a significant player move to attract attention, raise the interest and thus stimulate the desire to buy tickets by fans. Is there a move Ed Wade can make that would help both the business side and the baseball side of the Astros?
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