Another Team in Green Bay Tries to Go Unbeaten - Wisc. Green Bay Women's Basketball

Another team is unbeaten in Green Bay, and this one doesn't play football, but the way they play would make Packer head coach Mike McCarthy proud.

The Wisconsin-Green Bay women’s basketball team is 19-0 going into Saturday’s game against Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Even if they don't win the Horizon League, the Phoenix stand a pretty good chance of getting to the NCAA tournament without a loss.

Green Bay was No. 10 in The Associated Press poll this week, the program’s first appearance in the top 10.

They join Baylor on the women's side, and Murray St. on the men's side as the only unbeaten teams in Division I college basketball.

Coach Matt Bollant said only one player on his roster, forward Jenny Gilbertson, even got a scholarship offer from a school in a BCS conference coming out of high school. Senior Julie Wojta, the team’s leading scorer and rebounder, acknowledges that Green Bay is a “little bit different” from other top programs.

“We haven’t been able to recruit the top talent in the nation,” Wojta said. “So it’s special, what we do with this team, from the standpoint of, we’re not the most athletic against teams that we play. We’re not the tallest and things like that. You really have to focus on the little pieces of the game, the fundamentals.”

And while Bollant wants the team to block out any talk of going undefeated, the thought has at least occurred to junior forward Lydia Bauer.

“I don’t think you can completely ignore it, but at the same time, I don’t think you want to make it a focus,” Bauer said. “It’d be a great thing to do. But a loss on the record has never hurt a team in the end. So I think it’s a goal, but I don’t think it’s a focus of ours.”

They have do have a great chance at remaining undefeated and causing more damage in the NCAAs.

Green Bay Holds On, Now 8-0

The Green Bay Packers remained the NFL's only undefeated team, beating the San Diego Chargers 45-38, behind two touchdown passes from star quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

Rodgers threw touchdowns to four receivers and the Packers ran back a pair of Philip Rivers interceptions for scores as Green Bay held on for the win despite a wild finish.

Rodgers completed 21 of 26 passes for 247 yards for the Packers who improved to 8-0. He has an NFL-high 24 TD passes.

The game went down to the final minute, but a Charlie Paprah interception sealed the deal for Green Bay.
San Diego (4-4), which was picked by many to reach the Super Bowl has lost three consecutive games.

Day 6: French Open Match of the Day - Djokovic vs. Del Potro

This should be the first real test of the tournament for Djokovic.  Del Potro appears to be back to almost 100% after injuries in 2010 and a scare about a month ago. 

Djokovic has been playing almost flawless tennis and he may have to do that again to be the Argentine, Del Potro.

They haven't played since 2009, and Novak leads the career series 3-0.  I expect him to make that 4-0 on Friday.  If Del Potro serves and returns big, he has a chance.

I like Djokovic to remain undefeated on the season and win in 4 sets.

ATP Tour Match of the Week: Djokovic vs. Murray

Can anyone stop The Joker?  Not so far in 2011, and he has moved into the semi-finals of the Italian Open.

His opponent, Andy Murray.

Djokovic holds a 5-3 lifetime edge over Murray, and Murray hasn't beaten Djokovic since 2009.  The duo has met only once on clay, and that was back in 2008 in Monte Carlo.  Djokovic won that match.

I don't see Murray beating Djokovic on Saturday, but I see a competitive match.  Djokovic in 3 sets.