Guru Update: The AP WBB Poll Tournament Continues

By Mel Greenberg @womhoopsguru 

Here is the path with the update to be current as of thur 3-2 of this week’s AP WBB Top 25 in Conference Tourneys.

Now that games are being played; ranked teams result will show and when eliminated stopped at that point on the line. First scores with big 12 teams reflect Monday season enders and are so designated.

 Drake of the Missouri Valley, which is finishing its schedule, doesn’t go to its conference tourney until next weekend.

The other 24 group around eight tourneys.

They are with rankings in parentheses:

 2-American: Connecticut (1), Temple (25)
7-Atlantic Coast: Notre Dame (3), Florida St. (8), Duke (13), Louisville (14), Miami (16), N.C. State (7), Syracuse (21).
4-Big 12: Baylor (2), Texas (12), Oklahoma (19), Kansas State (24).
2-Big 10: Maryland (3), Ohio State (9).
1-Big East: DePaul (18).
4-Southeastern: South Carolina (5), Mississippi State (6-tied), Kentucky (20), Missouri (23).
4-Pac-12: Oregon State (6-tied), Stanford (10), Washington (11), UCLA (15).

Here are the schedules through Sunday, though some tourneys continue to Monday and Tuesday, which would be next week’s vote. Tournament seed number is in parentheses next to team an AP ranking has a # in front of it.

Mississippi State and Oregon State are actually tied at sixth but the word program is not allowing your Guru to put the two into a tie order.

1. Connecticut: AAC Tny: Sat (3-4) vs. (9) Tulsa or (8) Memphis; Sun (3-5) vs.
2. Baylor: B12 Tny: beat #19 at Oklahoma 103-64 (Reg. Season)  Sat (3-4) vs. (8) Texas Tech or (9) TCU; Sun (3-5) vs. (4) Kansas State or (5) Iowa State.
3. Notre Dame: ACC Tny: Fri (3-3) vs. (8) UVa; Sat (3-4) vs. (4) #17 N.C. St. or (5) #14 Louisville; Sun (3-5) championship.
4. Maryland: B10 Tny: Fri. (3-3) vs. (10) Minnesota; Sat. (3-4) vs. (3) Michigan or (6) Michigan State; Sun (3-5) championship.
5. South Carolina: SEC Tny: Fri. (3-3) vs. (8) Georgia; Sat (3-4) vs. (12) Alabama or (4) #20 Kentucky; Sun (3-5) championship.
6. Mississippi State: SEC Tny: Fri (3-3) vs.(7) LSU; Sat (3-4) vs,  (6) Texas A&M or (3) #23) Missouri; Sun (3-5) championship.
7. Oregon St: Pac-12 Tny: Fri. (3-3) vs. (8) California; Sat. (3-4) vs. (4) #15 UCLA or (5) Arizona State; Sun. (3-6) championship.
8. Florida State: ACC Tny: Fri (3-3) vs. (7) #16 Miami; Sat (3-4) vs. (3) #13 Duke or (6) #21 Syracuse; Sun (3-5) championship.
9. Ohio State: B10 Tny: Fri. (3-3) vs. No. 9 Northwestern; Sat. (3-4) vs. (4) Indiana or (5) Purdue; Sun. (3-5) championship.
10. Stanford Pac-12 Tny: Fri. (3-3) vs. (10) Colorado; Sat. (3-4) vs. (3) Washington #11 or (6) Oregon or (11) Arizona; Sun (3-5) championship.
11. Washington: Pac-12 Tny: Fri. (3-4) vs. (6) Oregon; Sat. (3-5) vs. (7) #10 Stanford or Colorado; Sun (3-5); championship.
12. Texas: B12 Tny: beat @#24 Kansas State 69-61 (reg. Season); Sat (3-4) vs. (7) Oklahoma State or (10) Kansas; Sun (3-5) vs. (3) Oklahoma or (6) West Virginia.
13. Duke: ACC Tny:  Fri. (3-3) vs. (6) #21 Syracuse; Sat (3-4) vs. (2) #8 Florida St. or (7) #16 Miami; Sun (3-6) championship.
14. Louisville: ACC Tny: beat (13) Clemson, 68-46; Fri. (3-3) vs. (4) #17 N.C. State; Sat (3-4) vs. (1) #3 Notre Dame or (8) UVa,; Sun (3-5) championship.
15. UCLA: Pac-12 Tny; Fri.(3-3) vs. Ariz. St; Sat. (3-4) vs. (1) #6 Oregon State or (8) California;  Sun. (3-5) championship.
16. Miami: ACC Tny: beat (10) Ga. Tech, 87-71; Fri. (3-3) vs. (2) #8 Fla. State; Sat (3-4) vs. (3) #13 Duke or (6) #21 Syracuse or (14) UNC; Sun (3-5) championship.
17. N.C. State: ACC Tny: Fri. (3-3) vs. (5) #14 Louisville; Sat. (3-4) vs. (1) #3 Notre Dame or (8) UVa. Sun (3-5) championship.
18. DePaul: BEC Tny: Sun (3-5) vs. (8) Seton Hall or (9) Providence.
19. Oklahoma: B12 Tny: lost to #2 Baylor 103-64 (reg. Season); Sat (3-4):  vs. (6) West Virginia; Sun. (3-5) vs. (2) #12 Texas or (7) Oklahoma State or (10) Kansas.
20. Kentucky: SEC Tny: Fri (3-3) vs. Alabama; Sat. (3-4) (8) Georgia or(1) #5 South Carolina; Sun. (3-5) championship.
21. Syracuse: Acc Tny: beat (14) UNC, 83-64; Fri. (3-3) vs. (3)  #13 Duke; Sat. (3-4) vs. (2) #8 Florida St. or (7) #16 Miami; Sun (3-5) championship.
22. Drake: Reg. Season: Thu. (3-2) beat  Missouri St., 98-91; Sat. (3-4) vs. Wichita State.
23. Missouri: SEC Tny: Fri. (3-3) vs. (6) Texas A&M; Sat. (3-4) vs.  (7) LSU or (2) #6 Mississippi St.; Sun. (3-5) championship.
24. Kansas State: B12 Tny: lost to #12 Texas, 69-61 (Reg. Season); Sat. (3-4) vs. (5) Iowa; Sun. (3-5) vs. (1) #2 Baylor or (8) Texas Tech or (9) TCU.      
25. Temple: AAC Tny; Sat (3-4) vs. (10) Houston or (7) Cincinnati; Sun (3-5) vs. (3) USF or (11) East Carolina or (6) SMU.