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UD women's basketball receives AP top 25 votes
10:23 a.m., Nov. 28, 2006--For the first time in University of Delaware women's basketball history, the team has received votes in the Associated Press top 25 media poll. The Fightin' Blue Hens (4-1), who captured the Odwalla Classic tournament championship last weekend with victories over the nationally ranked University of Kentucky and host University of San Francisco, received nine votes in the poll. The victory over Kentucky, in which the Hens overcame an 11-point deficit in the first half to win 86-70, was the first victory over a top 25 opponent in 22 tries. “We are happy that we received votes for the Top 25,” UD Head Coach Tina Martin said. “It is nice to be recognized nationally, but we still have a lot of hard work ahead of us.” Although UD had never before received votes in the Associated Press poll, the Hens had earned votes in the USA Today/ESPN coaches' poll in 2004-05. In the most recent USA Today/ESPN poll released Tuesday afternoon, the Hens received five votes. Defending NCAA national champion University of Maryland is this week's top ranked team in the AP poll with 1,246 points and 46 first place votes. North Carolina is No. 2, followed by Oklahoma, Tennessee, Duke, Ohio State, Connecticut, Georgia, Purdue, and Texas A&M in the top 10. Kentucky remains in the poll at No. 24. Among the other teams receiving votes in the AP poll is fellow Colonial Athletic Association member Hofstra University, which received 13 votes. Hofstra received two votes in the USA Today/ESPN poll. UD, which has won three straight games, continues play at 7 p.m., Wednesday, against the University of Pennsylvania at the fabled Palestra. |
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