Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Connecticut | Back on Monday the Huskies beat Louisville to wrap up the regular season. They also cruised to the AAC finals. | 1 | |
2 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame beat Duke for the third time and easily cruised through the ACC Tournament. 32-0 and ranked #2. | 2 | |
3 | Tennessee | The Lady Vols are on a roll heading into the NCAAs. They beat LSU, TAMU and Kentucky in the SEC Tournament. | 8 | |
4 | West Virginia | The Mountaineers have taken care of business in the Big 12 championship and will go for a title on Monday. | 6 | |
5 | Louisville | Louisville will get another shot at Connecticut, presumably their last, in the AAC tournament final. | 4 | |
6 | Stanford | The Cardinal were shocked by USC in the Pac-12 semifinals. But it probably won't cost them a #1 seed. | 3 | |
7 | South Carolina | After beating Georgia, the Gamecocks lost to Kentucky, a team they beat by 23 a month ago, in the semifinals. | 5 | |
8 | Baylor | It has been a busy and productive week for Baylor. A win over WVU on Monday and a #1 seed could happen. | 9 | |
9 | Duke | Duke finally beat North Carolina, but they fell to Notre Dame for the third time this year. No shame in that. | 12 | |
10 | Maryland | Maryland's trip to Greensboro did not last as long as hoped as they lost in the quarterfinals to North Carolina. | 7 | |
11 | Kentucky | Kentucky beat Florida and South Carolina in the SEC Tournament before falling in a 71-70 heartbreaker to Tennessee. | 13 | |
12 | North Carolina | The Tar Heels got a nice win over Maryland in the ACC quarters before falling 66-61 to Duke. | 11 | |
13 | Nebraska | Nebraska beat Minnesota, Michigan State and Iowa en route to a Big Ten tournament title. | 18 | |
14 | Penn State | Penn State allowed Ohio State to score 99 points in their Big Ten tournament opener. The seeding will fall. | 10 | |
15 | North Carolina State | North Carolina State was blown out by Notre Dame for the second week in a row. Now they wait. | 14 | |
16 | Texas A&M | Texas A&M could not get past Tennessee in the SEC Tournament, but this will be a dangerous team in the NCAAs. | 17 | |
17 | Michigan State | Michigan State got past rival Michigan, but allowed Nebraska to score 86 points, the most they've allowed since 11/17. | 16 | |
18 | Purdue | The Boilermakers let a late lead slip away in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten conference tournament against Iowa. | 15 | |
19 | Gonzaga | The Bulldogs are off to the WCC semifinals to take on Saint Mary's after handling San Francisco on Friday. | 20 | |
20 | Middle Tennessee | MTSU has lost just one game since November 24th. And that should continue through the conference tournament. | 21 | |
21 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State's tournament run ended sooner than they had hoped, but overall it was a good season in Stillwater. | 19 | |
22 | Iowa | The Hawkeyes had a long road to the Big Ten tournament finals, beating Illinois, Purdue and Ohio State. | 22 | |
23 | DePaul | DePaul won the Big East and are on their way to a tournament title as well. They beat G'town in the quarters on Sunday. | NR | |
24 | BYU | BYU is on a collision course with Gonzaga in the WCC finals, but they have to get past Pacific first. | 25 | |
25 | California | Cal lost in their Pac-12 tournament opener to Washington State, but it was that kind of Pac-12 tournament. | 23 |
3/9 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 03/09/2014