The Power 4 Conference Tournaments was featured in the book, and the results shook the latest Associated Press Top 25 polls.
South Carolina beat the SEC, TCU Having captured the Big 12, UCLA finally defeated rival USC to win the Big Ten, causing Duke to shake up Notre Dame NC is in the middle of winning the ACC for the first time since 2013.
So UCLA is the new No. 1 team, taking the top spot after holding it previously for 12 consecutive weeks prior to this season. South Carolina and uconn It also won the number one vote. For a victory in Greensboro, North Carolina, Kara Lawson's Blue Devils jumped from 11th to 7th, tied to Oklahoma's biggest riser this week.
Michigan He fell from the vote after losing to Iowa in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament.
This week's full AP Top 25 poll is on the verge of choice Sunday.
- UCLA
- South Carolina
- uconn
- USC
- Texas
- TCU
- Duke
- Notre Dame
- NC status
- LSU
- Oklahoma
- North Carolina
- Kentucky
- Baylor
- Ohio
- West Virginia
- Oklahoma
- Maryland
- Kansas
- Tennessee
- Alabama
- Clayton
- Florida
- South Dakota
- Olemis
Also voted: Vanderbilt 41, Michigan 31, Michigan Avenue 24, Iowa 15, Louisville 14, James Madison 13, Georgia Institute of Technology 8, California 3, Fairfield 2, UTSA 1.
The writer gave South Carolina the number one vote after seeing Gamecocks face-to-face at the SEC tournament in Greenville, South Carolina. 1 Texas.
South Carolina hit some speed bumps in the regular season – losing to UCLA, Texas and UCONN, but it feels like the Gamecocks are playing some of their best basketball once again, refocusing on another run to the Final Four. South Carolina's 64-45 victory over the Longhorns on Sunday won their ninth second tournament title in 11 years.
The only real-time at Greenville where the Gamecocks felt like they were in trouble was midway through Friday's fourth quarter game against Vanderbilt. There, freshman Mikayla Blakes helped Commodore cut the deficit to 5 points at 4:22. But then Chloe Kitts and Milaysia Fulwiley stepped out the gas, and South Carolina finished the game with a 16-0 run to earn a 19-point victory.
Staley's side followed by throttling Ray Gumbeer and Oklahoma (93-75) before topping Texas in the title game.
South Carolina ranks second in the Hoops statistical rating, ninth in rebounds and fourth in effective field goal defense. As I explained last week, these are the marks of teams that can win the national championship.
