Next up, the Scarlet Knights

Before their road trip to the Bay Area, coach C. Vivian Stringer said of her five McDonald's All-American freshmen, "They don't know what they don't know." In other words, don't expect the newcomers to shy away from what promised to be a treacherous weekend.

They're beginning to understand after the 66-52 plain ol' whuppin' the Bears put on them at Haas last night. Playing without Devanei Hampton and Rama N'Diaye, still recovering from knee injuries, the Bears outplayed the Knights in all aspects of the game. In addition to all that's covered in the game reports, two things impressed me:

• The difference between our Jayne and the Knights' Big, Kia Vaughn. As has been the case with Jayne, Kia was double-teamed almost every time she got the ball (usually by Ashley Walker and Kelsey Adrian). The difference: her stats line -- 35 minutes, four points, four turnovers, eight rebounds, one block, zero assists. “Jayne is a very unselfish player,” Amy said after the New Mexico game, "so when she can’t do her own shooting, she passes off to someone who can." Kia was not able to do that last night.
  
  
• The Knights' defensive intensity. They pressed so hard in the last quarter of the game, that the Bears were often unable to inbound the ball. I expect the Cardinal will be ready for that on Sunday.

Here are the story about Rutgers' anticipated Bay Area road trip, the Cal/Rutgers game report, both from the New Jersey Star-Ledger, and the box score and play-by-play.