Final USA Today coaches Poll

[Row6Seat10]

I think this poll's a joke! Not too much respect for the Huskers in the final USA Today Coaches Poll. When you go and clobber the SEC winner on it's home court and wind up ranked 4 spots lower than that team is a joke. But how much creditability does this poll have when you have a coach that gave Baylor a first place vote? Oklahoma blasted UCLA and they wind up 8 places lower than the Bruins, KU takes out South Carolina and wind up 9 slots below them. Creighton advances to the second round in the NCAA tourney and can't even muster 1 point. They need to release the ballots so we can see just how each coach voted like they do in the AP.

 

USA TODAY SPORTS DIVISION I TOP 25 COACHES' POLL

April 10, 2013

The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 women's basketball coaches poll, with team's RECORDS THROUGH TUESDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week's poll and first-place votes received:

 

Rank  School                                                POINTS                          PR      1st Place Votes

1. Connecticut (35-4)                                        774                             3                30

2. Notre Dame (35-2)                                        719                             2                 0

3. Louisville (29-9)                                            703                             17               0

4. Baylor (34-2)                                                675                              1                1

5. California (32-4)                                           658                              6                 0 

6. Duke (33-3)                                                  604                              5                 0

7. Stanford (33-3)                                            588                              4                 0

8. Kentucky (30-6)                                           557                              7                 0

9. Tennessee (27-8)                                        527                              9                 0

10. Georgia (28-7)                                           468                              10               0

11. Maryland (26-8)                                         448                               10              0

12. Penn State (26-6)                                      411                               8                0

13. Delaware (32-4)                                       391                               16               0

14. Texas A&M (25-10)                                  333                                11               0

15. UCLA (26-8)                                             305                                12              0

T16. South Carolina (25-8)                             270                                14              0

T16. Dayton (28-3)                                         270                                15              0 

18. Nebraska (25-9)                                     228                                25              0 

19. North Carolina (29-7)                               197                                 18             0

20. Purdue (25-9)                                          153                                 21              0

21. LSU (22-12)                                             150                                 NR             0

22. Iowa State (24-9)                                    140                                 23              0

23. Oklahoma (24-11)                                     96                                  NR              0

24. Wisconsin-Green Bay (29-3)                   82                                  20              0

25. Kansas (20-14)                                        81                                  NR              0

 

Dropped Out: No. 19 Colorado (25-7), No. 22 Syracuse (24-8), No. 24 Florida State (23-10).

Others receiving votes: Colorado (25-7) 65; Syracuse (24-8) 46; Florida State (23-10) 42; Oklahoma State (22-11) 37; South Florida (22-11) 35; Iowa (21-13) 9; Drexel (28-10) 6; Michigan State (25-9) 3; Toledo (29-4) 2; Marist (26-7) 1; San Diego State (27-7) 1.

 

The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. The board for the 2012-13 season: Joan Bonvicini, Seattle; Joanne Boyle, Virginia; Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, Texas Southern; Matt Corkery, American; June Daugherty, Washington State; Kathy Delaney-Smith, Harvard; Brooks Donald-Williams, McNeese State; Jose Fernandez, South Florida; Ronny Fisher, Presbyterian; Beckie Francis, Oakland (Mich.); Stephanie Glance, Illinois State; Sue Guevara, Central Michigan; Bonnie Henrickson, Kansas; Rick Insell, Middle Tennessee; Jim Jabir, Dayton; Karen Kemp, East Tennessee State; Krista Kilburn-Stevesky, Hofstra; Andy Landers, Georgia; Kevin McMillan, Tennessee-Martin; Suzy Merchant, Michigan State; Faith Mimnaugh, Cal Poly; Sherri Murrell, Portland State; John Olenowski, Manhattan; Kathy Olivier, UNLV; Jennifer Rizzotti, Hartford; Eric Simpson, Loyola (Ill.); David Six, Hampton; Charlotte Smith, Elon; Ed Swanson, Sacred Heart; Paul Thomas, Saint Mary's; Joi Williams, Central Florida.

[Cazzie22]

Might as well get ready to hand the title to UConn next year.  There is too much of a talent difference between the top 4/5 schools and the rest of the teams.