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USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION I TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
Congratulations to the University of Tennessee, winners
of the Division I Women's Basketball Championship!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Week 19 Poll: April 4, 2007
The FINAL OVERALL Top 25 women’s basketball coaches poll, with team’s
final records in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place
through one point for 25th, ranking in the final regular-season poll (March
12) and first-place votes received:
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Rank
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School (2006-07 record) |
Points
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Last Week's Rank
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First-Place Votes
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1
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Tennessee (34-3) |
775
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4
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31
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2
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Rutgers (27-9) |
727
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18
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0
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|
3
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North Carolina (34-4) |
724
|
2
|
0
|
|
4
|
LSU (30-8) |
678
|
11
|
0
|
|
5
|
Connecticut (32-4) |
630
|
3
|
0
|
|
6
|
Duke (32-2) |
597
|
1
|
0
|
|
7
|
Purdue (31-6) |
569
|
12
|
0
|
|
8
|
Arizona State (31-5) |
549
|
9
|
0
|
|
9
|
Oklahoma (28-5) |
474
|
10
|
0
|
|
10
|
Mississippi (24-11) |
434
|
not ranked
|
0
|
|
11
|
George Washington (28-4) |
408
|
13
|
0
|
|
12
|
NC State (25-10) |
404
|
20
|
0
|
|
13
|
Georgia (27-7) |
387
|
14
|
0
|
|
14
|
Maryland (28-6) |
368
|
6
|
0
|
|
15
|
Bowling Green (31-4) |
306
|
19
|
0
|
|
16
|
Stanford (29-5) |
298
|
5
|
0
|
|
17
|
Vanderbilt (28-6) |
271
|
8
|
0
|
|
18
|
Ohio State (28-4) |
201
|
7
|
0
|
|
19
|
Florida State (24-10) |
198
|
not ranked
|
0
|
|
20
|
Baylor (26-8) |
189
|
17
|
0
|
|
21
|
Texas A&M (25-7) |
181
|
15
|
0
|
|
22
|
Marist (29-6) |
137
|
not ranked
|
0
|
|
23
|
Middle Tennessee (30-4) |
104
|
16
|
0
|
|
24
|
Louisville (27-8) |
92
|
24
|
0
|
|
25
|
Michigan State (24-9) |
79
|
23
|
0
|
Dropped out: No. 21 Marquette, No. 22 Wisconsin-Green Bay, No. 25 Iowa
State.
Others receiving votes: Marquette (26-7) 69; Wisconsin-Green Bay (29-4)
53; Notre Dame (20-12) 50; Pittsburgh (24-9) 35; Iowa State (26-9) 26; California
(23-9) 15; Georgia Tech (21-12) 13; Wyoming (27-9) 10; West Virginia (21-11)
8; Temple (25-8) 6; Wisconsin (23-13) 5; Nebraska (22-10) 3; Washington (18-13)
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 2006-07: Agnus Berenato, Pittsburgh; Pam Borton, Minnesota; Beth
Burns, San Diego State; Pokey Chatman/Bob Starkey, 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.
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