Baylor and USC jumped into the highest 10 of the Related Press High 25 ladies’s basketball ballot after huge opening-week victories.
The Bears started the season with a victory in Paris over then-No. 7 Duke to switch the Blue Devils in that spot Monday, climbing 9 locations. The Trojans edged then-No. 9 NC State by some extent Sunday to maneuver up 10 spots to eighth general.
Whereas USC will probably be lacking star JuJu Watkins all season as she recovers from an ACL tear suffered final March, coach Lindsay Gottlieb’s workforce has a brand new younger star in Jazzy Davidson, who hit the go-ahead shot with 8.2 seconds left.
UConn, South Carolina, UCLA and Texas remained the highest 4 groups within the ballot after comparatively straightforward opening-week wins. The defending champion Huskies obtained 30 first-place votes from a nationwide media panel whereas the Gamecocks obtained the opposite two.
LSU and Oklahoma stayed at fifth and 6. The Sooners confronted UCLA on Monday night time in Sacramento, California, a web site of one of many NCAA regionals subsequent spring.
Maryland moved up one place to ninth. NC State, which in addition to falling to USC beat Tennessee by three factors within the opener, dropped to tenth. The Woman Vols fell to twelfth and the Blue Devils fifteenth.
Out and in
No. 25 Washington entered the High 25 for the primary time in two years. The Huskies have been internet hosting Montana on Monday night time earlier than heading to Utah on Saturday. Richmond dropped out of the ballot after dropping at Texas.
Banner elevating
UConn unveiled its twelfth championship banner on Sunday when the Huskies beat Florida State. The workforce took to the courtroom earlier than the sport carrying customized white-and-gold tracksuits that learn “Nationwide Champions XII” on the again.
Completely satisfied anniversary
The ladies’s basketballl ballot celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this month with the primary rankings popping out in late November 1976. Based by Mel Greenberg, the ballot was a coaches’ ballot till 1994-95 when it turned one voted on by nationwide media.
Video games of the week
No. 2 South Carolina at No. 9 USC on Saturday. The Gamecocks will head west to face the Trojans in a home-and-home collection dubbed “The Actual SC.” Saturday’s recreation will probably be performed at Crypto.com Enviornment, and subsequent yr’s recreation will probably be performed in Greenville, South Carolina.
No. 17 TCU at No. 10 N.C. State on Sunday. The Wolfpack proceed their tough nonconference schedule dealing with the Horned Frogs, who added switch Olivia Miles from Notre Dame this offseason.