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USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION I TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Week 15 Poll: February 20, 2007
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 (2006-07 record) |
Points
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Last Week's Rank
|
First-Place Votes
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1
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Duke (28-0) |
775
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1
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31
|
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2
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Tennessee (25-2) |
739
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3
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0
|
|
3
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Connecticut (24-2) |
703
|
4
|
0
|
|
4
|
North Carolina (26-2) |
693
|
2
|
0
|
|
5
|
Maryland (25-4) |
618
|
6
|
0
|
|
6
|
Ohio State (24-2) |
606
|
5
|
0
|
|
7
|
LSU (23-5) |
557
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7
|
0
|
|
8
|
Arizona State (25-3) |
554
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8
|
0
|
|
9
|
George Washington (23-2) |
533
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9
|
0
|
|
10
|
Stanford (23-4) |
531
|
10
|
0
|
|
11
|
Oklahoma (20-4) |
438
|
11
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0
|
|
12(Tie)
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Georgia (23-5) |
421
|
12
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0
|
|
12(Tie)
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Vanderbilt (23-4) |
421
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13
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0
|
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14
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Baylor (23-4) |
401
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14
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0
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|
15
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Purdue (23-5) |
319
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15
|
0
|
|
16
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Bowling Green (24-2) |
298
|
17
|
0
|
|
17
|
Middle Tennessee (24-3) |
270
|
18
|
0
|
|
18
|
Texas A&M (20-5) |
235
|
16
|
0
|
|
19
|
Marquette (22-4) |
217
|
21
|
0
|
|
20
|
Michigan State (21-6) |
147
|
24
|
0
|
|
21
|
Louisville (22-5) |
134
|
19
|
0
|
|
22
|
Rutgers (17-7) |
119
|
23
|
0
|
|
23
|
UW-Green Bay (21-3) |
77
|
25
|
0
|
|
24
|
Nebraska (21-6) |
74
|
20
|
0
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|
25
|
James Madison (24-2) |
62
|
not ranked
|
0
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Dropped out: No. 22 California (20-7).
Others receiving votes: California 35; North Carolina State (20-8)
22; Montana (24-2) 21; Brigham Young (19-6) 14; Pittsburgh (20-6) 14; New Mexico
(19-7) 7; TCU (19-7) 7; Southern Illinois (17-9) 3; Liberty (17-9) 2; Mississippi
(20-8) 2; Temple (22-5) 2; Florida State (19-8) 1; Iowa State (19-7) 1; Tulane
(22-5) 1; Xavier (21-7) 1.
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 2006-07 season: Agnus Berenato, Pittsburgh; Pam Borton, Minnesota;
Beth Burns, San Diego State; Pokey Chatman, LSU; Debra Clark, Florida A&M; Cynthia
Cooper-Dyke, Prairie View; Beth Couture, Butler; Mary Taylor Cowles, Western
Kentucky; Leslie Crane, Western Illinois; Tricia Cullop, Evansville; Brian Giorgis,
Marist; Kellie Harper, Western Carolina; Mary Hegarty, Long Beach State; Melissa
McFerrin, American; Kevin McGuff, Xavier; Tina Martin, Delaware; Curt Miller,
Bowling Green; Dan Muscatell, Sacramento State; Paul Nixon, Columbia; Jill Poe,
St. Francis (Pa.); Jeri Porter, Radford; 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; AdrianWiggins, Fresno State;
Kay Yow, North Carolina State.
The WBCA prohibits schools on major NCAA or conference probation from receiving
votes.
Previous 2006-07 Weekly Polls
-WBCA.org "The Address for Women's Basketball"-
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