X celebrates historic Colorado women’s basketball win over nation’s No. 1
LS-Who? It doesn’t appear as though the “Deion Effect” on the University of Colorado, aka bringing wins to where there weren’t many previously in recent seasons, wasn’t just confined to the gridiron. The Colorado women’s basketball defeated Kim Mulkey’s No. 1 LSU Tigers on November 6 in their season opener — and in return, X celebrated with untethered excitement; basking in the Buffs’ shocking dominance of an opponent most figured would handle business in their first act as defending NCAA champions.
“LSU built a literal super-team & lost,” one account prefaced before quoting a college hoops coverage great and saying, “As Jon Rothstein says, ‘the epitome of brutality.'”
“College basketball is such an insane sport,” one poster in his feels wrote of the upset. “I love it. Every single thing about it.”
“WOW, I did not see this coming,” one poster wrote. “Looks like Colorado’s great year last season is just the beginning of a new era. Shoutout to JR Payne for leading this team out of mediocrity.”
“Massive win for CU’s women’s team,” another poster prefaced before saying, “This program is going places quickly.”
“SO, YOU RETURN ALL THAT FIRE POWER FROM A SWEET 16 TEAM, YOU KNOCK OFF THE #1 TEAM, DECISIVELY, ON A NEUTRAL COURT, SHOULDN’T YOU BE AP #1 NEXT POLL RELEASE AFTER YOU TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS THIS WEEK,” screamed an emotional all-caps poster.
Analyst worried about Colorado women’s basketball upset due to ‘complicated’ infusion of new talent
LSU Wire’s Will Rosenblatt had a suspicion that the Buffs could catch the Tigers on opening night, though he didn’t fully go through with it; predicting LSU would claim victory over Colorado after pulling apart in the second half.
“This is the time of year when weird things happen as teams search for an identity,” Rosenblatt prefaced before saying, “This LSU team should already know who it is, but there are enough new faces to make it complicated.”
As it turns out, that second-half pull-apart never came, with Colorado only increasing their lead in the final two quarters. Rosenblatt’s hunch turned out to be justified, and now the Buffs are a presence across the sports world.