{"id":110548,"date":"2026-01-31T05:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T05:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/reason-for-optimism\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T05:13:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T05:13:00","slug":"reason-for-optimism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/reason-for-optimism\/","title":{"rendered":"Reason for optimism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"blogPost\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\">\n<meta content=\"3294024409625186001\" itemprop=\"blogId\"\/><br \/>\n<meta content=\"6623943223133460245\" itemprop=\"postId\"\/><br \/>\n<a name=\"6623943223133460245\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\" itemprop=\"name\">\nReason for optimism<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-header\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body entry-content\" id=\"post-body-6623943223133460245\" itemprop=\"description articleBody\">\n<p><b>Upsets:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/vanderbilt-mississippi-score-7055892e9052e4b60fc0502cc6216008?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No. 17 Mississippi upended No. 5 Vanderbilt, 83-75<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbiaspectator.com\/sports\/2026\/01\/30\/womens-basketball-shocks-no-19-princeton-securing-73-67-upset-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbia shocked No. 19 Princeton, 73-67<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/womens-college-basketball\/scoreboard\/_\/date\/20260130\/group\/50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All scores<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/womens-college-basketball\/scoreboard\/_\/date\/20260131\/group\/50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tomorrow&#8217;s game schedule<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>College team news:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/ucla\/story\/2026-01-30\/ucla-women-look-to-refine-game-against-no-8-iowa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UCLA looks to refine their game against No. 8 Iowa on Sunday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailyhoosier.com\/column-how-indiana-womens-basketballs-down-year-came-about-and-why-theres-optimism-for-the-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Indiana&#8217;s down year came about, and why there&#8217;s reason for optimism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>WNBA and pro news:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/47780037\/wnba-players-union-meet-person-monday-discuss-cba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The WNBA and WNBPA will resume talks Monday, in person<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/unrivaled-sets-basketball-attendance-record-040743479.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unrivaled set a new basketball attendance record in Philadelphia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/basketball\/articles\/c98j2ge74eeo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">British elite women&#8217;s basketball is at a crossroads<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-footer\">\n<div class=\"post-footer-line post-footer-line-1\">\n<span class=\"post-author vcard\"><br \/>\nPosted by<br \/>\n<span class=\"fn\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/10156867163190788796\" itemprop=\"url\"\/><br \/>\n<a class=\"g-profile\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/10156867163190788796\" rel=\"author noopener\" title=\"author profile\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<span itemprop=\"name\">Sue Favor<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"post-timestamp\"><br \/>\nat<br \/>\n<meta content=\"http:\/\/hoopism.blogspot.com\/2026\/01\/reason-for-optimism.html\" itemprop=\"url\"\/><br \/>\n<a class=\"timestamp-link\" href=\"http:\/\/hoopism.blogspot.com\/2026\/01\/reason-for-optimism.html\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" title=\"permanent link\" target=\"_blank\"><abbr class=\"published\" itemprop=\"datePublished\" title=\"2026-01-30T21:13:00-08:00\">9:13\u202fPM<\/abbr><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"post-comment-link\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"post-icons\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"item-control blog-admin pid-619982943\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/post-edit.g?blogID=3294024409625186001&amp;postID=6623943223133460245&amp;from=pencil\" title=\"Edit Post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoopism.blogspot.com\/2026\/01\/reason-for-optimism.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reason for optimism Upsets: No. 17 Mississippi upended No. 5 Vanderbilt, 83-75. Columbia shocked No. 19 Princeton, 73-67. All scores Tomorrow&#8217;s game schedule College team news: UCLA looks to refine their game against No. 8 Iowa on Sunday. How Indiana&#8217;s down year came about, and why there&#8217;s reason for optimism. 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