The Votes are In

WNBA Fans have voted and the starters are:

East
Tamika Catchings – Indiana
Katie Douglas – Indiana
Candice Dupree – Chicago
Sylvia Fowles – Chicago
Alana Beard – Washington

West
Becky Hammon – San Antonio
Sue Bird – Seattle
Lauren Jackson – Seattle
Swim Cash – Seattle
Lisa Leslie – LA

Where This is Going and Changes

Just added an RSS feed for WNBA news to the sidebar.

Other than that I’m not sure where this blog may be heading. Perhaps I’ll create a stand alone blog that is full of RSS feeds related to Woman’s Basketball.

Suggestions?

Top 25 – December 22, 2008

Ranking/School/Record/Last Week
1. Connecticut / 10-0 / 1
2. North Carolina / 12-0 / 2
3. Texas A&M / 10-0 / 4
4. Texas / 10-0 / 5
5. Oklahoma / 9-2 / 6
6. Duke / 9-1 / 8
7. Baylor / 11-1 / 7
8. Tennessee / 9-2 / 11
9. Auburn / 12-0 / 10
10. Louisville / 10-1 /9
11. Stanford / 8-3 / 3
12. Notre Dame / 9-1 / 13
13. California / 8-2 / 12
14. Maryland / 9-2 / 15
15. Rutgers / 7-2 / 14
16. Virginia / 9-2 / 17
17. Ohio St. / 10-2 / 18
18. Florida / 11-1 / 20
19. Pittsburgh / 9-2 / 16
20. Vanderbilt / 11-2 / 19
21. Oklahoma St. / 8-2 / 22
22. Kansas St. / 10-0 / 23
23. Georgia Tech / 10-2 / 25
24. Arizona St. / 8-3 / 21
25. South Dakota St. / 12-1 / NR

Dropped Out: No. 24 TCU

Top 25 – December 1, 2008

1. Connecticut – Last Week: 1
2. North Carolina – Last Week: 2
3. California – Last Week: 3
4. Stanford – Last Week: 5
5. Texas A&M – Last Week: 8
6. Oklahoma – Last Week: 4
7. Tennessee – Last Week: 9
8. Maryland – Last Week: 10
9. Texas – Last Week: 11
10. Baylor – Last Week: 6
11. Notre Dame – Last Week: 14
12. Duke – Last Week: 12
13. Louisville – Last Week: 7
14. Auburn – Last Week: 15
15. Rutgers – Last Week: 13
16. Vanderbilt – Last Week: 17
17. Purdue – Last Week: 19
18. Ohio St. – Last Week: 20
19. Oklahoma St. – Last Week: 18
20. Virginia – Last Week: 16
21. Michigan St. – Last Week: 24
22. TCU – Last Week: 22
23. Xavier – Last Week: 25
24. Pittsburgh – Last Week: NR
25. Arizona St. – Last Week: 21

Old Dominion and Iowa St. dropped out of the Top 25.

AP Top 25 – November 24, 2008

1. Connecticut (3-0) Last Week: 1
2. North Carolina (5-0) Last Week: 4
3. California (3-0) Last Week: 7
4. Oklahoma (3-1) Last Week: 2
5. Stanford (3-1) Last Week: 8
6. Baylor (4-0) Last Week: 10
7. Louisville (3-0) Last Week: 9
8. Texas A&M (3-0) Last Week: 12
9. Tennessee (3-1) Last Week: 5
10. Maryland (3-1) Last Week: 11
11. Texas (5-0) Last Week: 14
12. Duke (3-1) Last Week: 6
13. Rutgers (2-2) Last Week: 3
14. Notre Dame (3-0) Last Week: 15
15. Auburn (4-0) Last Week: 20
16. Virginia (3-1) Last Week: 16
17. Vanderbilt (4-1) Last Week: 13
18. Oklahoma St. (2-1) Last Week:19
19. Purdue (3-0) Last Week: 21
20. Ohio St. (3-1) Last Week: 17
21. Arizona St. (2-1) Last Week: 18
22. TCU (4-0) Last Week: 24
23. Old Dominion (3-1) Last Week: 25
24. Michigan St. (5-0) Last Week: NR
25. Iowa St. (3-0) Last Week: NR
25. Xavier (2-2) Last Week: 23

Tow Teams are Tie at 25 making the Top 25 actually 26 teams this week. Iowa State and Michigan State enters the Top 25 while Florida State, last week ranked at 22, dropped out.

Top 25 – November 17, 2008

1. Connecticut – Last week – 1
2. Oklahoma – Last Week – 4
3. Rutgers – Last Week – 5
4. North Carolina- Last Week – 6
5. Tennessee – Last Week – 7
6. Duke – Last Week – 8
7. California – Last Week – 9
8. Stanford – Last Week – 2
9. Louisville – Last Week – 10
10. Baylor – Last Week – 19
11. Maryland – Last Week – 3
12. Texas A&M – Last Week – 11
13. Vanderbilt – Last Week – 12
14. Texas – Last Week – 13
15. Notre Dame – Last Week – 16
16. Virginia – Last Week – 15
17. Ohio St. – Last Week – 18
18. Arizona St. – Last Week – 17
19. Oklahoma St. – Last Week – 14
20. Auburn – Last Week – 20
21. Purdue – Last Week – 23
22. Florida St. – Last Week – 21
23. Xavier – Last Week – 22
24. TCU- Last Week – NR (Big Win against Maryland)
25. Old Dominion- Last Week – 25

LSU falls out of the Top 25

This Is a Hellava Team

The Associated Press’ 2008-09 preseason women’s All-America basketball team is determined by the votes of a 45-member national media panel. Here is theie team, and you have to admit it would make a hellava team.

Courtney Paris, Oklahoma, 6-4, senior (Received votes form all 45 voters, only the 6th unanimous preseason All-American joining Holdsclaw, Taurasi, Beard, Augustus and Parker)
Maya Moore, Connecticut, 6-0, sophomore
Angel McCoughtry, Louisville, 6-1, senior
Kristi Toliver, Maryland, 5-7, senior
Andrea Riley, Oklahoma State, 5-5, junior

Others receiving votes (in alphabetical order):
Jayne Appel, Stanford
DeWanna Bonner, Auburn
Tina Charles, Connecticut
Marissa Coleman, Maryland
Briann January, Arizona State
Jantel Lavender, Ohio State
Rashanda McCants, North Carolina
Renee Montgomery, Connecticut
Epiphanny Prince, Rutgers
Takia Starks, Texas A&M
Ashley Walker, California
Morgan Warburton, Utah
Monica Wright, Virginia
Shavonte Zellous, Pittsburgh.