Sen. Barack Obama wasn't the only person who had a great Super Tuesday night.
Coach C. Vivian Stringer's number 7 ranked Rutgers Scarlet Knights took on their bitter Big East rival, number one ranked and unbeaten Connecticut and beat them 73-71.
Epiphanny Prince poured in a career high 33 points, of which 27 of them came in the second half. Kia Vaughn added 14 points and Matee Ajavon had 13.
In addition to handing them their first loss of the season, Rutgers snapped UConn's 34 game regular season unbeaten streak as well. The last time that UConn lost in the regular season was to North Carolina on Jan. 15, 2007. It was also the first time since Rutgers January 5, 2005 win over LSU that the Scarlet Knights had knocked off a top-ranked opponent.
The Scarlet Knights have become a more competitive thorn in UConn's side as well. Rutgers lost 17 of the first 18 meetings to the Huskies, but have taken five of the last eight meetings between the two schools, including last season's Big East tournament championship game.
It looks like this year's Big East Tournament will see another competitive and hard fought game should the two meet in the finals or the NCAA tournament.
I've always liked Tennessee's women's team and I'm a fan of women's basketball in general, be it pro, college or the Olympics. But this season, I'm rooting for the Scarlet Knights to win this year's NCAA women's championship.
The Scarlet Knights travel to Knoxville to play a rematch of last year's title game with Tennessee tonight.
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