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03/09 11:02 CDT No. 2 UCLA ends UConn run as unanimous No. 1 in women's AP Top
25, Texas moves up to No. 3
No. 2 UCLA ends UConn run as unanimous No. 1 in women's AP Top 25, Texas moves
up to No. 3
By DOUG FEINBERG
AP Basketball Writer
No. 2 UCLA picked up first-place votes from top-ranked UConn in The Associated
Press women's basketball Top 25 on Monday and Texas jumped South Carolina to
move up to No. 3 after winning their head-to-head showdown in the Southeastern
Conference Tournament championship game.
The Bruins picked up three first-place votes after their 51-point win over
then-No. 9 Iowa in the Big Ten title game Sunday. UConn had been a unanimous
No. 1 from the national media panel for the past eight weeks. The undefeated
Huskies received the other 28 first-place votes.
UConn and UCLA are expected to be the top two teams when the women's NCAA
Tournament bracket is revealed Sunday night. While the Bruins are done until
then, the Huskies faced Villanova for the Big East tournament title Monday
night.
LSU moved up to No. 5, swapping spots with Vanderbilt. Despite its loss to
UCLA, Iowa moved up to seventh. Duke jumped five places to eighth after winning
the Atlantic Coast Conference championship, beating then-No. 12 Louisville in
overtime.
Michigan was ninth and Oklahoma 10th.
In and out Buoyed by reaching the ACC Tournament semifinals, Notre Dame re-entered the Top 25, coming in at No. 22. Notre Dame replaced Fairfield, which had entered the poll last week and advanced to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship game Monday.
Conference supremacy The SEC has the most teams in the Top 25 with eight. The Big Ten is next with seven. The Big 12 and ACC each have four. The Ivy League and Big East each have one.
Games of the week Besides UConn, Princeton is the only other Top 25 team playing this week. The Tigers will face Brown in the Ivy League Tournament semifinals on Friday night. If they win, they will play either Harvard or Columbia on Saturday. The Lions handed the Tigers two of their three losses this season. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here and here (AP mobile app). AP women's college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball
In and out Buoyed by reaching the ACC Tournament semifinals, Notre Dame re-entered the Top 25, coming in at No. 22. Notre Dame replaced Fairfield, which had entered the poll last week and advanced to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship game Monday.
Conference supremacy The SEC has the most teams in the Top 25 with eight. The Big Ten is next with seven. The Big 12 and ACC each have four. The Ivy League and Big East each have one.
Games of the week Besides UConn, Princeton is the only other Top 25 team playing this week. The Tigers will face Brown in the Ivy League Tournament semifinals on Friday night. If they win, they will play either Harvard or Columbia on Saturday. The Lions handed the Tigers two of their three losses this season. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here and here (AP mobile app). AP women's college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball
