Womhoops Guru

Mel Greenberg covered college and professional women’s basketball for the Philadelphia Inquirer, where he worked for 40 plus years. Greenberg pioneered national coverage of the game, including the original Top 25 women's college poll. His knowledge has earned him nicknames such as "The Guru" and "The Godfather," as well as induction into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007.

Monday, March 06, 2017

Guru's AP WBB Poll Tourney: Few Left Standing As Conference Champs

By Mel Greenberg @womhoopsguru 

Here is the path with the update to be current as of sun 3-5 games concluded 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.

$-1.  Connecticut: AAC Tny: Sat (3-4) beat (9) Tulsa, 105-57; Sun (3-5) semifinal beat  (5) UCF, 78-56.

$-2.  Baylor: B12 Tny: beat #19 at Oklahoma 103-64 (Reg. Season)  Sat (3-4) beat (8) Texas Tech, 95-63; Sun (3-5) semifinal beat (4) #24 Kansas State. 88-71.

$-3.  Notre Dame: ACC Tny: Fri (3-3) beat (8) UVa, 76-59;; Sat (3-4) semifinal: beat  (5) #14 Louisville, 84-73.; Sun (3-5) championship: beat  (3) #13 Duke, 84-61.

$-4.  Maryland: B10 Tny: Fri. (3-3) beat  (10) Minnesota, 92-80; Sat. (3-4) semifinal beat (6) Michigan State, 100-89.; Sun (3-5) championship: beat (5) Purdue, 74-64.

$-5.  South Carolina: SEC Tny: Fri. (3-3) quarterfinal: beat (8) Georgia, 72-48; Sat (3-4) semifinal beat (4) #20 Kentucky, 89-77; Sun (3-5) championship beat (2) #6 Mississippi State, 59-49.

6.  Mississippi State: SEC Tny: Fri. (3-3) beat (7) LSU, 78-61; Sat (3-4) semifinal: beat (6) Texas A&M, 78-60; Sun (3-5) championship: lost to  (1) #5 South Carolina, 59-49, eliminated.

6.  Oregon St: Pac-12 Tny: Fri. (3-3) beat  (8) California, 65-49; Sat. (3-4) semifinal: beat (4) #15 UCLA, 73-63; Sun. (3-6) championship: lost to 2) #10 Stanford, 48-43, eliminated.

8. Florida State: ACC Tny: Fri (3-3) quarterfinal: lost to (7) #16 Miami, 56-54, eliminated.

9. Ohio State: B10 Tny: Fri. (3-3) quarterfinal: beat  No. 9 Northwestern, 99-68; Sat. (3-4) semifinal: lost to (5) Purdue, 71-60, eliminated.

$-10 Stanford Pac-12 Tny: Fri. (3-3) quarterfinal: beat (7) Washington State, 66-36: Sat. (3-4) semifinal: beat (6) Oregon, 71-56; Sun (3-5) championship: beat (1) #7 Oregon State, 48-43.

11. Washington: Pac-12 Tny: Fri. (3-4) quarterfinal: lost to (6) Oregon, 70-69, eliminated.

12.Texas: B12 Tny: beat @#24 Kansas State 69-61 (reg. Season); Sat (3-4) beat (7) Oklahoma State, 71-60.; Sun (3-5)  semifinal: lost to (6) West Virginia, 62-59, eliminated..

13. Duke: ACC Tny:  Fri. (3-3) quarterfinal: beat  (6) #21 Syracuse, 68-46; Sat (3-4) semifinal: beat (7) #16 Miami, 57-52; Sun (3-6) championship: lost to  (1) #3 Notre Dame, 84-61, eliminated.

14.-Louisville: ACC Tny: beat (13) Clemson, 68-46; Fri. (3-3) beat (4) #17 N.C. State, 59-58; Sat (3-4) semifinal: lost to (1) #3 Notre Dame, 84-73, eliminated.

15. UCLA: Pac-12 Tny; Fri.(3-3) quarterfinal: beat (5) Ariz. St, 77-68; Sat. (3-4) semifinal: lost to (1) #6 Oregon State, 63-53, eliminated.

16.Miami: ACC Tny: beat (10) Ga. Tech, 87-71; Fri. (3-3) quarterfinal: beat (2) #8 Fla. State, 56-54; Sat (3-4) semifinal: lost to (3) #13 Duke, 57-52, eliminated.

17. N.C. State: ACC Tny: Fri. (3-3) quarterfinal: lost to (5) #14 Louisville, 59-58, eliminated.

$-18. DePaul: BEC Tny: Sun (3-5) quarterfinal beat (8) Seton Hall, 92-60.

19. Oklahoma: B12 Tny: lost to #2 Baylor 103-64 (reg. Season); Sat (3-4): lost to (6) West Virginia, 82-58, eliminated.

20. Kentucky: SEC Tny: Fri (3-3) quarterfinal: beat  Alabama, 75-65; Sat. (3-4) semifinal: lost to (1) #5 South Carolina, 89-77, eliminated.

21. Syracuse: Acc Tny: beat (14) UNC, 83-64; Fri. (3-3) quarterfinal: lost to  (3)  #13 Duke, 68-46, eliminated.

$-22.  Drake: Reg. Season: Thu. (3-2) beat  Missouri St., 98-91; Sat. (3-4) beat Wichita State, 105-89.

23. Missouri: SEC Tny: Fri. (3-3) lost to (6) Texas A&M, 62-48, eliminated.

24. Kansas State: B12 Tny: lost to #12 Texas, 69-61 (Reg. Season); Sat. (3-4) beat (5) Iowa State, 74-67; Sun. (3-5) semifinal: lost to (1) #2 Baylor, 88-71, eliminated..

25. Temple: AAC Tny; Sat (3-4) beat (10) Houston, 67-58;  Sun (3-5) semifinal: lost to (3) USF, 63-58, eliminated..

$-Team still alive or won conf. Tournament.

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