No. 4 Texas Leads Four Big 12 Teams in Final Women’s Basketball AP Poll
The Big 12 had four teams make the AP Top 25 Women’s Basketball Top 25, released on Monday after the conclusion of the regular season.
The poll comes after Texas won the Big 12 Tournament last week in Kansas City, beating Iowa State in the championship game.
On Sunday, the NCAA selected seven teams from the Big 12 to participate in the NCAA Tournament, with Texas getting the automatic bid.
The Big 12 teams included in the final AP Top 25 were:
Texas at No. 4 (No. 5 last week);
Kansas State at No. 15 (No. 16 last week);
Oklahoma at No. 18 (No. 17 last week);
Baylor at No. 19 (No. 19 last week);
Texas (30-4) is a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and will host a sub-regional this weekend at the Moody Center in Austin. Texas will face Drexel in the first round.
Kansas State (25-7) is a No. 4 seed and is the only other Big 12 team that will host a sub-regional. The Wildcats will face Portland in the first round at Bramlage Coliseum.
Oklahoma (22-9) is a No. 5 seed and will face No. 12 FGCU in the first round of a sub-regional hosted by Indiana in Bloomington, Ind.
Baylor (24-7) is also a No. 5 seed and will be in Blacksburg, Va. The Bears are awaiting the winner of a First Four game between Vanderbilt and Columbia.
AP Top 25 Women’s Poll for March 18
No. 1 South Carolina
No. 2 Iowa
No. 3 USC
No. 4 Texas
No. 5 Stanford
No. 6 UCLA
No. 7 Ohio State
No. 8 LSU
No. 9 Notre Dame
No. 10 UConn
No. 11 NC State
No. 12 Oregon State
No. 13 Virginia Tech
No. 14 Indiana
No. 15 Kansas State
No. 16 Gonzaga
No. 17 Colorado
No. 18 Oklahoma
No. 19 Baylor
No. 20 UNLV
No. 21 Utah
No. 22 Syracuse
No. 23 Louisville
No. 24 Creighton
No. 25 Fairfield
Big 12 Teams Receiving Votes: Iowa State 20, West Virginia 7, Kansas 2.
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