South Carolina remained the unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press girls’s basketball ballot on Monday, whereas Washington was ranked for the primary time since 2017.
The Gamecocks obtained all 36 votes from a nationwide media panel after successful their solely sport final week in a rout. Many groups had been ending off their break for exams and there wasn’t a lot motion, with the highest 10 unchanged from the earlier week.
UCLA, North Carolina State, Iowa and Texas adopted South Carolina. The second-ranked Bruins face No. 13 Ohio State on Monday night time. That’s one of many solely conferences between two AP Top 25 groups this week as a result of colleges have a brief week due to the vacations.
Southern California, LSU, Colorado, Stanford and Baylor had been subsequent. The Tenth-ranked Bears beat then-No. 24 Miami on Sunday.
The Hurricanes fell out of the Top 25 and had been changed by No. 25 TCU, which made its first look within the ballot since 2020. Washington additionally entered at No. 23, the primary time it has been ranked because the ultimate ballot in 2017. The Huskies’ first sport as a ranked group will probably be at No. 19 Louisville on Wednesday.
UNLV additionally dropped out of the rankings after dropping at Seton Hall on Saturday.
MILESTONE WIN
Virginia Tech coach Kenny Brooks earned his five hundredth profession victory on Sunday in a win over Rutgers. His gamers had been carrying shirts after the sport in honor of their coach, who final yr guided the group to its first-ever Final Four. The No. 15 Hokies have two losses this season, to No. 4 Iowa on a impartial court docket and at No. 7 LSU.
BIG 12 DOMINANCE
TCU is considered one of 14 unbeaten groups left in girls’s faculty basketball, together with 5 within the Big 12. The Horned Frogs (11-0) haven’t had essentially the most tough nonconference schedule and gained’t play a ranked group till dealing with Baylor on Jan. 3. The different undefeated groups within the Big 12 are Texas, Texas Tech, Baylor, UCF and West Virginia. The six have mixed to go 59-0 however have performed solely three true street video games.
CRUISING TIGERS
LSU had a sport to recollect final Tuesday, routing McNeese State 133-44. The seventh-ranked Tigers set faculty data for margin of victory and factors in a sport, they usually rattled off 47 consecutive factors. Kim Mulkey’s group additionally beat Northwestern State 81-36 on Sunday in a sport that noticed the Hall of Fame coach get ejected. Next up is a visit to face Coppin State in a homecoming sport for star Angel Reese.
