Sports USC jumped to No. 4 in The Associated Press females’s college basketball balloton Monday after edging UConn.
The Trojans moved up three spots in the AP Top 25 after beating the then-No. 4 Huskies 72-70 on Saturday evening in a rematch of last season’s Elite Eight recreation that UConn won.
“It feels astronomical to construct up the dub in any respect times,” USC celebrity JuJu Watkins acknowledged after the victory. “I personal it hit honest a dinky assorted vivid the history of last twelve months and how they sent us dwelling.”
This used to be the Trojans’ first ever over UConn.
“This would possibly maybe be a terribly predominant acquire, and it’s a terribly predominant acquire due to the the stature of UConn’s program and what Geno Auriemma has performed for our sport,” USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb acknowledged. ‘It doesn’t topic to me that they haven’t won a championship in a couple [of] years. There’s quiet a approach that they prepare, a approach that they play, that makes you better, and it made us better.”
UCLA , South Carolina and Notre Dame remained the cease three teams. The Bruins purchased 30 of the 32 first-device votes from a national media panel. The Gamecocks and the Combating Irish every purchased one first-device vote.
UConn fell to seventh slack Texas and LSU .
Maryland , Oklahoma and Ohio Advise rounded out the cease 10 teams.
No. 7 USC vs. No. 4 UConn | Paige Bueckers vs. JuJu Watkins thriller Duke dropped 5 spots to No. 14 after shedding to South Florida on Saturday. The Blue Devils’ other two losses this season were to Maryland and South Carolina. The Bulls are 7-6 on the season, with four of these losses coming in opposition to ranked opponents (UConn, Louisville, TCU and South Carolina).
Alabama jumped reduction into the ballotat No. 20 two weeks after falling out. The Crimson Tide had a formidable 82-67 victory over Michigan Advise, handing the Spartans their first loss of the season. It used to be Alabama’s first victory over a ranked opponent this twelve months.
The SEC has eight teams in the ballotthis week with Alabama’s return. The Enormous Ten is subsequent with seven. The ACC has six whereas the Enormous 12 has three and the Enormous East one.
This is the fat AP Top 25:
1. UCLA
2. South Carolina
3. Notre Dame
4. USC
5. Texas
6. LSU
7. UConn
8. Maryland
9. Oklahoma
10. Ohio Advise
11. TCU
12. Kansas Advise
13. Georgia Tech
14. Duke
15. Tennessee
16. Kentucky
17. North Carolina
18. West Virginia
19. Michigan Advise
20. Alabama
21. Cal
22. North Carolina Advise
23. Michigan
24. Iowa
25. Ole Leave out
Reporting by The Associated Press.
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