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USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION I TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Week 20 Poll:
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TENNESSEE LADY VOLUNTEERS
2008 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
USA TODAY/ESPN TOP 25 COACHES’ POLL — April 9, 2008 - FINAL
The Top 25 women’s basketball coaches poll, with team’s RECORDS THROUGH MONDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week’s poll and first-place votes received:
|
Rank |
School (First Place Votes) |
Record |
Points |
Last Week's Rank |
1. |
Tennessee (31) |
36-2 |
775 |
3 |
2. |
Stanford |
35-4 |
740 |
4 |
3. |
Connecticut |
36-2 |
704 |
1 |
4. |
LSU |
31-6 |
694 |
5 |
5. |
North Carolina |
33-3 |
623 |
2 |
6. |
Rutgers |
27-7 |
617 |
7 |
7. |
Maryland |
33-4 |
594 |
6 |
8. |
Texas A&M |
29-8 |
585 |
9 |
9. |
Duke |
25-10 |
451 |
10 |
10. |
Old Dominion |
31-5 |
438 |
12 |
11. |
Oklahoma State |
27-8 |
428 |
14 |
12. |
Louisville |
26-10 |
422 |
21 |
13. |
Notre Dame |
25-9 |
415 |
19 |
14. |
George Washington |
27-7 |
372 |
16 |
15. |
Vanderbilt |
25-9 |
331 |
20 |
16. |
Pittsburgh |
24-11 |
284 |
NR |
17. |
Baylor |
25-7 |
277 |
11 |
18. |
California |
27-7 |
259 |
8 |
19. |
Oklahoma |
22-9 |
188 |
13 |
20. |
West Virginia |
25-8 |
167 |
18 |
21. |
Kansas State |
22-10 |
150 |
15 |
22. |
Virginia |
24-10 |
118 |
23 |
23. |
Marist |
32-3 |
102 |
22 |
24. |
Georgia |
23-10 |
81 |
24 |
25. |
Texas-El Paso |
28-4 |
63 |
25 |
Dropped out: No. 17 Utah.
Others receiving votes: Arizona State (22-11) 43; Utah (27-5) 32; Florida State (19-14) 29; Iowa State (21-13) 21; Nebraska (21-12) 20; Texas (22-13) 16; Hartford (28-6) 15; Marquette (21-14) 6; DePaul (20-12) 5; Georgia Tech (22-10) 5; Ohio State (22-9) 3; Purdue (19-15) 2.
The USA TODAY/ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at Division
I institutions. All are members of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.
The board for the 2007-08 season: Lisa Bluder - Non-voting Chair, Iowa; Agnus Berenato, Pittsburgh; Pam Borton, Minnesota;
Brian Boyer, Arkansas State; Beth Burns, San Diego State; Debra Clark, Florida
A&M; Beth Couture, Butler; Leslie Crane, Western Illinois; Dana Eikenberg,
Southern Illinois; Tricia Fabbri, Quinnipiac; Sharon Fanning, Mississippi State;
Brian Giorgis, Marist; Julie Goodenough, Charleston Southern; Kellie Harper,
Western Carolina; Mary Hegarty, Long Beach State; Nate Kilbert, Mississippi
Valley State; Melissa McFerrin, American; Kevin McGuff, Xavier; Tina Martin,
Delaware; Curt Miller, Bowling Green; Dan Muscatell, Sacramento State; Paul
Nixon, Columbia; Rick Reeves, Gardner-Webb; Lee Ann Riley, Stephen F. Austin;
Jennifer Rizzotti, Hartford; Rhonda Rompola, Southern Methodist; Julie Rousseau,
Pepperdine; Brady Sallee, Eastern Illinois; Cindy Stein, Missouri; LaVonda Wagner,
Oregon State; Adrian Wiggins, Fresno State; Kay Yow, North Carolina State.
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