Final Regular Season AP Women's Top 25 Poll

Taken before start of NCAA tournament.

The sportswriters & broadcasters poll: first place votes in parentheses; records through Sunday, March 10, 2001; total points (based on 25 for 1st, 24 for 2nd, etc.); record in NCAA tourney and team lost to; head coach (career years and career record including 2002 postseason), and preseason ranking. Teams in bold type went on to reach the NCAA Final Four.

		Mar. 10 Record	Points	NCAA Recap	Head Coach	Preseason Rank
1	Connecticut (44)	33-0	1,100	6-0	Geno Auriemma (17 yrs: 455-98)	1
2	Oklahoma	27-3	1,031	5-1 (Connecticut)	Sherri Coale (6 yrs: 113-73)	4
3	Duke	27-3	1,020	4-1 (Oklahoma)	Gail Goestenkors (10 yrs: 237-82)	5
4	Vanderbilt	27-6	935	3-1 (Tennessee)	Jim Foster (24 yrs: 504-225)	3
5	Stanford	30-2	931	2-1 (Colorado)	Tara VanDerveer (20 yrs: 490-124)	9
6	Tennessee	25-4	907	4-1 (Connecticut)	Pat Summitt (28 yrs: 788-158)	2
7	Baylor	26-5	826	1-1 (Drake)	Kim Mulkey-Robinson (2 yrs: 48-15)	14
8	Louisiana Tech	25-4	769	0-1 (UC Santa Barbara)	Leon Barmore (19 yrs: 576-87)	6
9	Purdue	23-5	734	1-1 (Old Dominion)	Kristy Curry (3 yrs: 78-21)	11
10	Iowa St.	23-8	658	1-1 (BYU)	Bill Fennelly (13 yrs: 328-112)	8
11	Kansas St.	24-7	640	2-1 (Old Dominion)	Deb Patterson (6 yrs: 97-84)	NR
12	Colorado	21-9	589	3-1 (Oklahoma)	Ceal Barry (23 yrs: 455-249)	12
13	South Carolina	22-6	535	3-1 (Duke)	Susan Walvius (12 yrs: 171-171)	NR
14	Texas	20-9	524	2-1 (Duke)	Jody Conradt (33 yrs: 788-258)	NR
15	Old Dominion	25-5	438	3-1 (Connecticut)	Wendy Larry (18 yrs: 405-146)	18
16	North Carolina	24-8	418	2-1 (Vanderbilt)	Sylvia Hatchell (27 yrs: 602-249)	NR
17	Texas Tech	18-11	314	2-1 (Oklahoma)	Marsha Sharp (19 yrs: 459-141)	7
18	Minnesota	21-7	293	1-1 (North Carolina)	Brenda Oldfield (3 yrs: 57-30)	NR
19	Cincinnati	26-4	263	1-1 (South Carolina	Laurie Pirtle (20 yrs: 314-248)	NR
20	Colorado St.	24-6	239	0-1 (Tulane)	Tom Collen (5 yrs: 129-33)	24
21	Boston College	23-7	232	0-1 (Mississippi)	Cathy Inglese (16 yrs: 269-187)	NR
22	LSU	17-11	192	1-1 (Colorado)	Sue Gunter (32 yrs: 651-296)	NR
23	Florida Int'l	26-5	141	1-1 (Penn St.)	Cindy Russo (25 yrs: 526-201)	NR
24	Florida	18-10	112	0-1 (BYU)	Carol Ross (12 yrs: 247-121)	13
	Penn St.	21-11	112	2-1 (Connecticut)	Rene Portland (26 yrs: 595-207)	21

Others receiving votes: 26. Arizona St. (24-8, 105 points); 27. Arkansas (19-11, 44); 28. Notre Dame (19-9, 39); 29. Indiana (17-13, 35); 30. UNLV (23-7, 23); 31. Georgia (19-10, 17); 32. Villanova (19-10, 16); 33. TCU (23-6, 13); 34. BYU (22-8, 11); 35. Wisconsin (19-11, 9); 36. Santa Barbara (25-5, 8); 37. Creighton (24-9) and Drake (23-7, 5); 39. Mississippi St. (18-11), New Mexico (22-8) and Virginia Tech (19-10, 24); 42. Kent St. (20-10), Pepperdine (23-7) and Temple (20-10, 1).

NCAA Women's Division I Tournament Seeds

	WEST		MIDWEST		MIDEAST		EAST
1	Oklahoma (27-3)	1	Vanderbilt (27-6)	1	Connecticut (33-0)	1	Duke (27-3)
2	Stanford (30-2)	2	Tennessee (25-4)	2	Purdue (23-5)	2	Baylor (26-5)
3	Colorado (21-9)	3	Iowa St. (23-8)	3	Kansas St. (24-7)	3	South Carolina (22-6)
4	Texas Tech (18-11)	4	North Carolina (25-7)	4	Penn St. (21-11)	4	Texas (20-9)
5	Boston College (23-7)	5	Minnesota (21-7)	5	Florida Int'l (26-5)	5	La. Tech (25-4)
6	LSU (17-11)	6	Florida (18-10)	6	Arkansas (19-11)	6	Cincinnati (26-4)
7	Colorado St. (24-6)	7	Notre Dame (19-9)	7	Old Dominion (25-5)	7	Drake (23-7)
8	Pepperdine (23-7)	8	Wisconsin (19-11)	8	Virginia (17-12)	8	TCU (23-6)
9	Villanova (19-10)	9	Arizona St. (24-8)	9	Iowa (17-10)	9	Indiana (17-13)
10	Tulane (23-10)	10	New Mexico (22-8)	10	Georgia (19-10)	10	Syracuse (18-12)
11	Santa Clara (21-9)	11	BYU (22-8)	11	Clemson (17-11)	11	St. Peter's (25-5)
12	Mississippi St. (18-11)	12	UNLV (23-7)	12	Creighton (24-9)	12	UC-Santa Barbara (25-5)
13	S.F. Austin (24-5)	13	Harvard (21-5)	13	Chattanooga (23-7)	13	WI-Green Bay (24-6)
14	Southern (26-4)	14	Temple (20-10)	14	Kent St. (20-10)	14	Liberty (23-7)
15	Weber St. (22-8)	15	Georgia St. (21-9)	15	Austin Peay (19-11)	15	Bucknell (21-9)
16	Hartford (16-14)	16	Oakland (17-13)	16	St. Francis-PA (18-11)	16	Norfolk St. (22-8)

Other 2002 Men's Tournaments

2001–2002 Season

NCAA Women's Championship Game

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