In last year's national semifinal, Baylor pulled off a historic comeback against favored LSU. Last night, LSU got revenge.

LSU struggles when Fowles gets in early foul trouble; last night she didn't pick up her second whistle until less than five minutes remained in the second half, and Baylor triple-teamed her but couldn't deny her the low post position she likes.

Instead, Baylor players kept picking up fouls trying to guard her. Sophia Young and Abiola Wabara both picked up three fouls in the first half; Young got whistled later for checking a three-point shooter, and fouled out with more than eight minutes to play.

The result: a nationally-televised blowout. 20 minutes of, as it turned out, garbage time. A 33-point lead in the second half. Another midrange shooting clinic from Seimone, and another case for Fowles as 2008's top draft pick.

Best of all for the Tigers, LSU got power from more than two players: Ashley Thomas, Florence Williams and Erica White all contributed-- White looks like a clear upgrade over previous starting PG LeBlanc-- and long-range threat Scholanda Hoston sank her first five. Seimone led all scorers with 29, but three other Tigers hit double figures.

Coach Pokey enjoyed it: ""Usually when I give my opening [postgame] statement, I can find something that's wrong. But there wasn't a whole lot tonight. I think the energy and the execution led to so much offensively and defensively. And I was pleased how we extended it for close to 40 minutes."

Baylor coach Mulkey-Robertson: "I’m just sorry for television and women’s basketball purposes that we couldn’t make it a closer game... I don’t want to take away from LSU. Those guys are good. I don’t want to make excuses. They won in every phase of the game." Sure did.

Mulkey-Robertson also claims that Pokey "said something very unprofessional" before tipoff; after the game, Pokey nearly refused to shake coach Mulk's hand.

Chatman responds: "Did I say something unprofessional? Not at all. Have you ever heard something like that come from me? It was really hard to hear what [Mulkey-Robertson] was saying after the game. I was trying to get my hand away and congratulate her staff and get back to the locker room. The air is cleared. That's my story. There's nothing to clear." (Shades of Geno vs. CVS.)

Best of all: after suggesting that Abiola Wabara had her ATM card extended (i.e. that she charged) and that Fowles worked as a letter carrier (i.e. she had good post position), Mark Jones, for the first time in his broadcasting career, ran out of puns.