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After the Valparaiso women's basketball team knocked off SIU Edwardsville 64-55 on Wednesday, the Crusaders improved to 2-0 for the first time since Dec. 1, 1985.

Being a bit of a history buff and a statistical freak, I went back in time to see if history did in fact provide any clues. Sure enough, the proof was in the stars (or the cars).

On Dec. 1, 1985, Ford released the Taurus for sale to the public. Sure enough, Valparaiso senior Lauren Kenney was born on April 27, 1988, which puts her astrological sign as a Taurus. So was it really any surprise that Kenney scored 21 points and grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds to help the Crusaders improve to 2-0 for the first time since Dec. 1, 1985? I think not.

After the game Valparaiso coach Keith Freeman classified Kenney's performance as "unbelievable," but had he just looked at Wikipedia, he could have seen this coming.

Looking into the future, the Crusaders play Colorado State on Sunday, with a chance to move to 3-0 for the first time in school history. The Colorado State mascot is the Ram and on the Zodiac calendar, Aries is known as "The Ram."

It is widely known (or maybe just an astrologer friend of mine told me) that Aries and Taurus are incompatible. Therefore it seems easy to assume that either Kenney, Ashley Varner (April 25) or Rashida Ray (April 29) are going to have a big game against Colorado State. Given that there are three players on Valparaiso's roster that are 3-0, I think it's safe to say that the Crusaders will improve to 3-0. 

Don't question my sanity, question the logic of the stars. All the answers lie above.