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USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION I TOP 25 COACHES' POLL

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Week 19 Poll FINAL: April 8, 2009

Congratulations to the UConn Huskies for Taking Home the NCAA Crown!

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.

Rank
School
(First Place Votes)
Record
Points
Last Week

1.

Connecticut (31)

39-0

775

1

2.

Louisville

34-5

736

7

3.

Stanford

33-5

715

2

4.

Oklahoma

32-5

687

4

5.

Maryland

31-5

641

3

6.

Baylor

29-6

545

5

7.

Texas A&M

27-8

513

9

8.

Vanderbilt

26-9

470

13

9.

Ohio State

29-6

468

10

10.

California

27-7

461

14

11.

Iowa State

27-9

428

19

12.

Arizona State

26-9

410

NR

13.

Auburn

30-4

380

6

14.

Duke

27-6

379

8

15.

Pittsburgh

25-8

365

16

16.

Purdue

25-11

313

NR

17.

North Carolina

28-7

302

11

18.

Florida State

26-8

267

12

19.

South Dakota State

32-3

252

15

20.

Kansas State

25-8

180

17

21.

Rutgers

21-13

148

NR

22.

Michigan State

22-11

136

NR

23.

Florida

24-8

125

21

24.

Virginia

24-10

98

22

25.

Xavier

25-7

70

18

Dropped out: No. 20 Notre Dame, No. 23 Tennessee, No. 24 Texas, No. 25 Middle Tennessee.


Others receiving votes: Notre Dame (22-9) 65; Gonzaga (27-7) 37; Tennessee (22-11) 25; Middle Tennessee (28-6) 24; Texas (21-12) 13; Mississippi State (23-10) 8; Boston College (23-12) 7; Utah (23-10) 7; Ball State (26-9) 6; Minnesota (20-12) 5; San Diego State (24-8) 5; Bowling Green (29-5) 4; LSU (19-11) 3; North Carolina A&T (26-7) 1; South Florida (27-10) 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 2008-09 season: Agnus Berenato, Pittsburgh; Pam Borton, Minnesota; Sandy Botham, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Brian Boyer, Arkansas State; Lynn Bria, Stetson; Kenny Brooks, James Madison; Patricia Cage-Bibbs, North Carolina A&T; Royce Chadwick, Marshall; Stephanie DeWolfe, Saint Peter's College; Dana Eikenberg, Southern Illinois; Elaine Elliott, University of Utah; Sharon Fanning, Mississippi State; Julie Goodenough, Charleston Southern; Sue Guevara, Central Michigan; Dr. Maryalyce Jeremiah, Cal State Fullerton; Aaron Johnston, South Dakota State University; Nate Kilbert, Mississippi Valley State; Gela Mikalauskas, Wagner; Mike Morris, Samford University; Dan Muscatell, Sacramento State University; Lee Ann Riley, Stephen F. Austin; Jennifer Rizzotti, Hartford; Julie Rousseau, Pepperdine; Brady Sallee, Eastern Illinois; Sue Semrau, Florida State; Michael Shafer, University of Richmond; Dayna Smith, Cornell University; Tammy Smith, Lafayette College; Cindy Stein, Missouri; LaVonda Wagner, Oregon State; Adrian Wiggins, Fresno State, Lisa Bluder, University of Iowa (chair).

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