UConn capped its season at No. 1 in The Related Press High 25 women’s basketball ballot on Monday, at some point after profitable its twelfth nationwide championship.
The Huskies obtained all 31 votes from a nationwide media panel after Geno Auriemma’s crew beat South Carolina, 82-59, for the title. The Gamecocks, who began the season at No. 1, have been the unanimous second alternative.
A document 5 groups held the No. 1 spot within the AP High 25 this yr. South Carolina, UCLA, Notre Dame and Texas have been additionally all first in some unspecified time in the future this season. No. 3 UCLA and No. 4 Texas each made the Ultimate 4 whereas USC completed fifth.
It was UConn’s first time at No. 1 for the reason that crew completed the 2021 season that means. It is also the seventeenth time general that the Huskies have ended within the prime spot. This yr ended the longest drought for the Huskies to not shut the season at No. 1 since they went 5 years in a row from 2003-08.
TCU, Duke, LSU, North Carolina State and Notre Dame rounded out the highest 10.
It is the second yr that the AP launched a ultimate ballot after the NCAA title sport. Prior to now, the final High 25 vote was launched the day after the NCAA choice present.
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Maryland made one of many greatest jumps within the ballot after virtually knocking off South Carolina within the Candy 16. The Terrapins climbed to twelfth from 18th.
Ole Miss climbed eight locations to seventeenth after reaching the Candy 16, the place the Rebels misplaced to UCLA. It is the primary time that the crew has been within the ultimate ballot since they have been ranked twenty fourth in 1996.
The SEC ended the season with eight ranked groups. The ACC, Big Ten and Big 12 every have 5, whereas the Big East and Summit League every have one.
Here is the complete AP High 25:
1. UConn
2. South Carolina
3. UCLA
4. Texas
5. USC
6. TCU
7. Duke
8. LSU
9. North Carolina State
10. Notre Dame
11. Oklahoma
12. Maryland
13. Kansas State
14. North Carolina
15. Tennessee
16. Kentucky
17. Ole Miss
18. Baylor
19. Ohio State
20. Alabama
21. West Virginia
22. Florida State
23. South Dakota State
24. Oklahoma State
25. Michigan
Reporting by The Related Press.
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