USC women’s basketball finishes regular season at No. 3
South Carolina remained No. 3 in the Associated Press Women’s Top 25 on Monday after finishing its regular season with a rout of LSU.
The Gamecocks (28-1, 16-0 SEC) finished a perfect league season.
USC is still behind unbeaten Connecticut and No. 2 Notre Dame. The Gamecocks and Fighting Irish have each lost to the Huskies.
The Gamecocks play the Auburn-Missouri winner at noon on Friday in the SEC tournament quarterfinals. With a tournament championship, USC would likely secure a No. 1 national seed in the Lexington (Ky.) Regional.
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AP TOP 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 28, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. UConn (32) | 28-0 | 800 | 1 |
2. Notre Dame | 28-1 | 756 | 2 |
3. South Carolina | 28-1 | 747 | 3 |
4. Baylor | 29-1 | 704 | 4 |
5. Maryland | 27-3 | 662 | 6 |
6. Texas | 26-2 | 642 | 8 |
7. Louisville | 24-6 | 578 | 10 |
8. Oregon State | 25-4 | 550 | 7 |
9. Ohio State | 23-6 | 549 | 5 |
10. Arizona State | 25-5 | 499 | 9 |
11. Stanford | 24-6 | 469 | 13 |
12. UCLA | 22-7 | 437 | 14 |
13. Kentucky | 21-6 | 415 | 15 |
14. Florida State | 23-6 | 414 | 12 |
15. Texas A&M | 21-8 | 356 | 11 |
16. Mississippi State | 24-6 | 326 | 16 |
17. Syracuse | 23-6 | 272 | 18 |
18. DePaul | 24-7 | 236 | 19 |
19. Michigan State | 22-7 | 233 | 20 |
20. South Florida | 21-7 | 157 | 21 |
21. Miami | 22-7 | 150 | 17 |
22. Colorado State | 26-1 | 96 | 25 |
22. West Virginia | 22-8 | 96 | — |
24. Oklahoma | 19-9 | 81 | 23 |
25. Florida | 22-7 | 76 | — |
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma State 38, UTEP 23, Green Bay 12, Arkansas State 8, Florida Gulf Coast 6, BYU 4, Army 3, Indiana 3, James Madison 1, Princeton 1
CLONINGER’S TOP 25
1. Connecticut
2. South Carolina
3. Notre Dame
4. Baylor
5. Maryland
6. Texas
7. Oregon State
8. Louisville
9. Ohio State
10. Arizona State
11. Stanford
12. Florida State
13. Texas A&M
14. UCLA
15. Mississippi State
16. Kentucky
17. South Florida
18. DePaul
19. Miami
20. Michigan State
21. Syracuse
22. Oklahoma
23. Oklahoma State
24. Colorado State
25. Florida