Top 25 Polls (12/9)

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AP Top 25 (12/8)

1	Connecticut (23)	9-0	791 pts
2	Texas (9)	10-0	777
3	South Carolina	9-1	726
4	UCLA	9-1	711
5	LSU	10-0	649
6	Michigan	8-1	642
7	Maryland	11-0	590
8	TCU	10-0	566
9	Oklahoma	9-1	553
10	Iowa State	10-0	505
11	Iowa	9-0	474
12	North Carolina	9-2	422
13	Baylor	9-1	392
14	Vanderbilt	9-0	369
15	Kentucky	10-1	332
16	USC	7-2	328
17	Mississippi	8-1	292
18	Tennessee	6-2	257
19	Notre Dame	6-2	179
20	Washington	8-1	163
21	Ohio State	7-1	160
22	Louisville	8-3	154
23	Oklahoma State	10-1	130
24	Nebraska	9-0	74
25	Michigan State	8-1	72

Dropped Out
West Virginia (#25)

Others Receiving Votes
Princeton (31), Texas Tech (24), Georgia (12), Alabama (11), North Carolina State (8), Oregon (3), Illinois (1), West Virginia (1), Stanford (1)

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Coaches Poll (12/9)

1	Connecticut (28)	9-0	772 pts
2	Texas (3)	10-0	747
3	South Carolina	9-1	701
4	UCLA	9-1	673
5	LSU	10-0	651
6	Maryland	11-0	604
7	TCU	10-0	576
8	Michigan	8-1	568
9	Oklahoma	9-1	546
10	Iowa State	10-0	484
11	North Carolina	9-2	438
12	Iowa	9-0	430
13	Vanderbilt	9-0	379
14	Baylor	9-1	353
15	Kentucky	10-1	331
16	Mississippi	8-1	313
17	USC	7-2	288
18	Tennessee	6-2	272
19	Notre Dame	6-2	202
20	Louisville	8-3	146
21	Ohio State	7-1	127
22	Oklahoma State	10-1	116
23	Washington	8-1	102
24	Michigan State	8-1	87
25	Alabama	10-0	49

Dropped Out
North Carolina State (#25)

Others Receiving Votes
Nebraska (41), Texas Tech (22), Princeton (11), Duke (11), West Virginia (10), North Carolina State (9), Georgia (6), Oregon (5), South Dakota State (4), Auburn (1)

 

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Big Ten ties record with 9 teams in AP Top 25 women's poll

The Big Ten matched The Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball record with nine ranked teams as Nebraska entered at No. 24 on Monday.

www.espn.com

The Big Ten tied the AP Top 25 women's basketball record with nine ranked teams. The conference set the mark last year on Dec. 2 and this week has three teams in the top 10 alone.

Only five conferences are represented in the poll this week which covers all 360+ Division I programs. The Big Ten leads the way with nine ranked teams, the SEC is next with eight. The Big 12 has four, the ACC has three and the Big East has one.

Of note, the Tennessee Lady Vols appearance this week is their 800th appearance in the 50-year history of the rankings. Tennessee had a stretch of being in the Top 25 for 565 straight weeks, a record later surpassed by UConn.

 

[oldxbbc]

Wednesday we will know more about the possibilities for the Hawks. Need to keep Crooks running and shoot the ball like against Rutgers. Go Hawks.

 

[DukeSlater]

Wednesday we will know more about the possibilities for the Hawks. Need to keep Crooks running and shoot the ball like against Rutgers. Go Hawks.

Stuelke, Heiden, and Hays should be able to run rings around Crooks, although the ISU center is as broad as a Story County barn. Iowa's speed and quickness with its bigs should cause all kinds of problems for ISU. But, of course, that's if the Hawkeyes get a fair shake from the officials . . .

 

[Hawksfor3]

Hoping Heiden doesn't pick up early fouls.

 

[hawkandroll]

Hoping Heiden doesn't pick up early fouls.

How does anyone defend Crooks without getting called

 

[Jonesy5960]

AP Top 25 (12/8)

1	Connecticut (23)	9-0	791 pts
2	Texas (9)	10-0	777
3	South Carolina	9-1	726
4	UCLA	9-1	711
5	LSU	10-0	649
6	Michigan	8-1	642
7	Maryland	11-0	590
8	TCU	10-0	566
9	Oklahoma	9-1	553
10	Iowa State	10-0	505
11	Iowa	9-0	474
12	North Carolina	9-2	422
13	Baylor	9-1	392
14	Vanderbilt	9-0	369
15	Kentucky	10-1	332
16	USC	7-2	328
17	Mississippi	8-1	292
18	Tennessee	6-2	257
19	Notre Dame	6-2	179
20	Washington	8-1	163
21	Ohio State	7-1	160
22	Louisville	8-3	154
23	Oklahoma State	10-1	130
24	Nebraska	9-0	74
25	Michigan State	8-1	72

Dropped Out
West Virginia (#25)

Others Receiving Votes
Princeton (31), Texas Tech (24), Georgia (12), Alabama (11), North Carolina State (8), Oregon (3), Illinois (1), West Virginia (1), Stanford (1)

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Coaches Poll released on Tuesday

I think Iowa is undervalued here. Net rankings have them at 9 and ISU at 15. Iowa has a great chance to cement themselves into the upper echelons of the rankings this month.

 

[DukeSlater]

How does anyone defend Crooks without getting called

Don't defend her. Try to deny her the ball, otherwise let her score and go five on four with everyone else. That's how some teams successfully beat the Iowa men when they featured Luka Garza. The ISU girl is not a basketball player. She's as big as a barn, and nobody can do anything about that, so let her go and take care of everyone else.

 

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Coaches Poll added

 

[Hawksfor3]

Don't defend her. Try to deny her the ball, otherwise let her score and go five on four with everyone else. That's how some teams successfully beat the Iowa men when they featured Luka Garza. The ISU girl is not a basketball player. She's as big as a barn, and nobody can do anything about that, so let her go and take care of everyone else.

Not sure of my old memory here, but I believe it was Michigan who let Luka get his points. And to their credit, they defended the other players well and got enough points for the win. So, that strategy paid off.