Guru's Radar: It's Poll Tournament Week

By Mel Greenberg @womhoopsguru 

Here is the path of this week’s AP WBB Top 25 in Conference Tourneys.

 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 but how they do will go a long way in providing a heads up as to how most of the upper half, particularly 16, will likely land when the committee meets next week to assemble the NCAA women's field.

The cluster of teams with rankings in parentheses are:

 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: 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. (9) WF or (8) UVa; Sat (3-4) vs. (4) #17 N.C. St. or Clemson or Va. Tech or (5) #14 Louisville; Sun (3-5) championship.
4. Maryland: B10 Tny: Fri. (3-3) vs. (7) Penn State or (10) Minnesota; Sat. (3-4) vs. (3) Michigan or (6) Michigan State or (11) Wisconsin or (14) Rutgers; Sun (3-5) championship.
5. South Carolina: SEC Tny: Fri. (3-3) vs. (8) Georgia or (9) Auburn; Sat. (3-4) vs. (12) Alabama or (13) Vanderbilt or (5) Tennessee or (4) #20 Kentucky; Sun (3-5) championship.
6. Mississippi State: SEC Tny: Fri (3-3) vs. (10) Mississippi or (7) LSU; Sat (3-4) vs. (11) Florida or (14) Arkansas or (6) Texas A&M or (3) #23) Missouri; Sun (3-5) championship.
7. Oregon St: Pac-12 Tny: Fri. (3-3) vs. (8) California or (9) USC; Sat. (3-4) vs. (4) #15 UCLA or (5) Arizona State or (12) Utah winner; Sun. (3-6) championship.
8. Florida State: ACC Tny: Fri (3-3) vs. (7) #16 Miami or (15) Bos. Col. Or (10) Ga Tech; Sat (3-4) vs. (3) #13 Duke or (6) #21 Syracuse or (14) UNC or (11) Pitt; Sun (3-5) championship.
9. Ohio State: B10 Tny: Fri. (3-3) vs. No. 8 Iowa or No. 9 Northwestern; Sat. (3-4) vs. (4) Indiana or (5) Purdue or (12) Illinois or (13) Nebraska; Sun. (3-5) championship.
10. Stanford Pac-12 Tny: Fri. (3-3) vs. (7) Washington St. or (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 or (11) Arizona; Sat. (3-5) vs. (7) #10 Stanford or Washington St. Or Colorado; Sun (3-5); championship.
12. Texas: B12 Tny: 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 or (14) UNC or (11) Pitt;  Sat (3-4) vs. (2) #8 Florida St. or (7) #16 Miami or (15) Bos. Col. or (10) Ga. Tech; Sun (3-6) championship.
14. Louisville: (5) Thu. (3-2) vs. (13) Clemson or (12) Va. Tech; Fri. (3-3) vs. (4) #17 N.C. State; Sat (3-4) vs. (1) #3 Notre Dame or (9) WF or (8) UVa,; Sun (3-5) championship.
15. UCLA: Pac-12 Tny; Fri.(3-3) vs. Ariz. St. Or Utah; Sat. (3-4) vs. (1) #6 Oregon State or (8) California or (9) USC; Sun. (3-5) championship.
16. Miami: ACC Tny: Thu. (3-2) vs. (15) Boston Col. Or (10) Ga. Tech; Fri. (3-3) vs. (2) #8 Fla. State; Sat (3-4) vs. (3) #13 Duke or (6) #21 Syracuse or (14) UNC or (11) Pitt; Sun (3-5) championship.
17. N.C. State: ACC Tny: Fri. (3-3) vs. (5) #14 Louisville, (13) Clemson or (12) Va. Tech; Sat. (3-4) vs. (1) #3 Notre Dame or (9) Wake Forest 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: 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 or (13) Vanderbilt or (5) Tennessee; Sat. (3-4) (8) Georgia or (9) Auburn or (1) #5 South Carolina; Sun. (3-5) championship.
21. Syracuse: Acc Tny: Thu. (3-2) vs. (14) UNC or (11) Pitt); Fri. (3-3) vs. (3)  #13 Duke; Sat. (3-4) vs. (2) #8 Florida St. or (7) #16 Miami or (15) Bos. Col. or (10) Ga. Tech; Sun (3-5) championship.
22. Drake: Reg. Season: Thu. (3-2) vs. Missouri St.; Sat. (3-4) vs. Wichita State.
23. Missouri: SEC Tny: Fri. (3-3) vs. (11) Florida or (14) Arkansas or (6) Texas A&M; Sat. (3-4) (10) Mississippi or (7) LSU or (2) #6 Mississippi St.; Sun. (3-5) championship.
24. Kansas State: B12 Tny: 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.