Call it a "don't mess with Texas" kind of opening weekend in women's basketball. After unranked TCU got the upset train rolling Friday night, beating No. 5 Maryland, on Sunday No. 17 Baylor knocked off No. 2 Stanford 81-65.
And Texas A&M looked, not surprisingly, to be the most impressive of the four teams at the State Farm Tipoff Classic doubleheader in Baton Rouge, La. The No. 10 Aggies downed No. 23 Pittsburgh 56-50 in a game in which A&M coach Gary Blair rightfully worried if TV viewers were nodding off.
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Mechelle Voepel
espnW.comMechelle Voepel joined ESPN.com in 1996 and covers women's college hoops, the WNBA and additional collegiate sports for espnW.
Born in Los Angeles, she grew up 40 miles north of St. Louis and is a lifelong Cardinals fan still basking in amazement over their 2011 World Series title.
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