Women's Hoops Blog

Inane commentary on a game that deserves far better


Tuesday, January 16, 2007

No real surprise in the D-I Coaches' Poll. Maryland and Duke switched places, North Carolina stayed third, with Tennessee fourth and UConn, despite its loss to UNC, stayed fifth.

D-II poll shows the University of North Dakota and Washburn at one and two, followed by three undefeated teams: Missouri Western State, Southern Connecticut State University and Florida Gulf Coast State University... if only it were Eastern Florida, then we'd have teams from all four points of the compass....

Hmmm, maybe the WHB curse only applies to D-III? Hope College finally lost one, dropping them down to third. Bowdoin College takes over the top spot, followed by the University of Rochester. The University of Scranton and the University of Chicago fill out the rest of the top five.

The top-ranked teams in D-I and D-II of NAIA held their spots.

Christopher Lawlor's top five high school teams are Collins Hill, Poly, Rockwall, Murry Bergtraum and Cy-Fair. Fenwick, the former #2, lost to Bolingbrook and dropped to seventh.

Lawlor's player of the week? Something that'll make some fans in New Jersey happy:
Guard Khadijah Rushdan of No. 11 St. Elizabeth (Wilmington, Del.) contributed 30 points, 18 rebounds and five assists keying a 77-63 victory vs. Woodrow Wilson (Camden, N.J.). She made all eight field-goal attempts and 12 of 16 free throws. Rushdan, who's headed to Rutgers, closed the game with a Delaware-record 2,146 career points, surpassing the mark of 2,131 with two free throws in the third quarter.
Note to SI.com: If you want people to read Clay's HS rankings and notes (this is still last week's), can you add them to the drop down list so we can actually find them?