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.

2008-2009 Pre-Season Rankings

1 Connecticut (Big East)
2 Stanford (Pac 10)
3 Maryland (ACC)
4 Oklahoma (Big 12)
5 Rutgers (Big East)
6 North Carolina (ACC)
7 Tennessee (SEC)
8 Duke (ACC)
9 California (Pac 10)
10 Louisville (Big East)
11 Texas A&M (Big 12)
12 Vanderbilt (SEC)
13 Texas (Big 12)
14 Oklahoma St. (Big 12)
15 Virginia (ACC)
16 Notre Dame (Big East)
17 Arizona St. (Pac 10)
18 Ohio St. (Big 10)
19 Baylor (Big 12)
20 Auburn (SEC)
21 Florida St. (ACC)
22 Xavier (Atlantic 10)
22 Purdue (Big 10)
24 LSU (SEC)
25 Old Dominion (Colonial Athletic)

How the conferences fared:
ACC – 5 Teams
Atlantic 10 – 1 Team
Big East – 4 Teams
Big 10 – 2 Teams
Big 12 – 5 Teams
Colonial Athletic – 1 Team
Pac 10 – 3 Teams
SEC – 4 Teams