UConn remains No. 6 in AP poll; Huskies sweep AAC weekly honors
South Carolina still leads the way in The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll in a week that saw seven ranked teams fall to unranked opponents.
The top of the poll was unscathed with none of the first seven teams losing. The No. 1 Gamecocks clinched their fifth Southeastern Conference title in seven years on Sunday and received 27 of 30 first-place votes Monday from the national media panel. No. 2 Baylor got two first-place votes, and No. 3 Oregon got one.
Stanford stayed at No. 4 and hosted Oregon on Monday night.
Louisville, UConn and Maryland were the next three teams in the poll.
The rest of the rankings got jumbled around, with the exception of No. 20 South Dakota. None of the other teams ranked eighth through 25th were in the same spot as the previous week.
North Carolina
State,
UCLA and Mississippi State rounded out the first 10 teams in the poll. The Bruins and Bulldogs both lost Sunday.
TCU entered the rankings for the first time in two years, coming in at No. 25, while Arkansas fell out.
AAC honors UConn’s Walker, Makurat: UConn swept the American Athletic Conference’s weekly women’s basketball awards Monday with
Megan Walker named player of the week and Anna Makurat freshman of the week.
Walker averaged 19 points and 8 rebounds to help the Huskies go 2-0, earning her fourth player of the week award this season.
Makurat averaged 17.5 points and 5 rebounds for her third freshman of the week honor.