UConn coach Geno Auriemma entered a tie with Tara VanDerveer for probably the most appearances by one college in ladies’s school basketballLL AP Top 25 whereas the Huskies remained seventh in Monday’s ballot.
Auriemma has now led UConn to 627 ballot appearances in his 40 years on the college, matching VanDerveer’s mark at Stanford earlier than his retirement. He additionally had 27 rankings at Ohio State when the Hall of Fame coach was in control of that college earlier than becoming a member of the Cardinal and holds the general document for a coach for appearances within the ballot.
Auriemma surpassed VanDerveer’s NCAA profession wins mark earlier within the season and now has 1,224 wins after his crew defeated Providence on Sunday.
After every week by which many colleges performed only one recreation, UCLA, South Carolina and Notre Dame remained the highest three groups and the highest 18 colleges remained unchanged. The Bruins, Gamecocks and Irish all suffered defeats of their solely video games of the week, successful by a median of practically 41 factors. Last week, each college within the nation was closed till Friday — an opportunity to recharge for the three-month dash to the NCAA Tournament.
UCLA obtained 30 of 32 first-place votes from a nationwide media panel. South Carolina and Notre Dame every received one. USC, Texas and LSU adopted Notre Dame. Maryland was eighth, lastly eliminating Michigan State and remaining undefeated with a 72-66 win Sunday.
Oklahoma and Ohio State rounded out the highest 10 groups. The Sooners have a busy week forward with video games towards rival Texas and No. 15 Tennessee on the street. It’s the primary SEC street take a look at for Oklahoma and will show to be a high-scoring recreation.
Michigan State fell two spots to No. 21 after falling to Maryland, which moved Alabama and California each up one spot. Michigan’s loss to USC dropped the Wolverines one spot to twenty fourth, with Iowa transferring as much as twenty third.
South Carolina prolonged its dwelling successful streak to 65 video games with a win over Wofford on Sunday. The Gamecocks are 4 wins away from reaching the highest 5 dwelling collection of all time. Baylor, UConn and Tennessee have all received 69 straight video games at dwelling, tied for the fourth-longest all-time streak in Division I historical past. The Huskies maintain the highest two marks with 99 and 98 runs. Stanford is third (82).
The SEC ended 2024 with eight groups within the ballot for the second straight week main the best way. The Big Ten follows with seven. The ACC has six whereas the Big 12 has three and the Big East one.
Here is the whole AP Top 25:
1. UCLA
2. South Carolina
3. Our Lady
4. USC
5. Texas
6. LSU
7. UConn
8. Maryland
9. Oklahoma
10. Ohio State
11. TCU
12. Kansas State
13. Georgia Tech
14. Duke
15. Tennessee
16. Kentucky
17. North Carolina
18. West Virginia
19. Alabama
20. Cal
21. Michigan State
22. State of North Carolina
23. Michigan
24. Iowa
25. Old girl
Associated Press reporting.
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