The Oklahoma Sooners closed the season on a six-game winning streak with an 84-78 win over the Missouri Tigers. Oklahoma is slated as the No. 5 seed in the SEC women’s basketball tournament and landed at No. 7 in the latest AP Top 25 to close the regular season.
The Sooners are the fifth-highest-rated team in the SEC, and eight teams from the conference rank inside the top 25.
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The UConn Huskies have maintained the No. 1 spot in the top 25 for the last couple of months and will probably land as the No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. Likewise, UCLA has been locked in at No. 2 for some time as well. The unanimous top 2 teams are followed by five SEC squads, led by South Carolina at No. 3. Texas comes in at No. 4, with Vanderbilt, LSU, and Oklahoma finishing out the top seven in this week’s AP Poll.
Ranked in the top seven, the Sooners have a shot at nabbing a No. 2 or 3 seed in the NCAA tournament when selection time comes around. Oklahoma will open the SEC basketball tournament on March 5. They await the winner of the first round matchup between the Florida Gators and Mississippi State Bulldogs. If the Sooners are able to win their second-round matchup, they’ll take on the LSU Tigers in the third round.
Here’s a look at this week’s AP Top 25.
Full Women’s Basketball AP Top 25
|
Rank |
Team |
Record |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
UConn Huskies |
31-0 |
|
2 |
UCLA Bruins |
28-1 |
|
3 |
South Carolina Gamecocks |
29-2 |
|
4 |
Texas Longhorns |
28-3 |
|
5 |
Vanderbilt Commodores |
27-3 |
|
6 |
LSU Tigers |
26-4 |
|
7 |
Oklahoma Sooners |
23-6 |
|
8 |
Michigan Wolverines |
24-5 |
|
9 |
Iowa Hawkeyes |
24-5 |
|
10 |
TCU Horned Frogs |
27-4 |
|
11 |
Ohio State Buckeyes |
24-6 |
|
12 |
Louisville Cardinals |
25-6 |
|
13 |
Duke Blue Devils |
21-8 |
|
14 |
Maryland Terrapins |
23-7 |
|
15 |
West Virginia Mountaineers |
24-6 |
|
16 |
North Carolina Tar Heels |
25-6 |
|
17 |
Kentucky Wildcats |
21-9 |
|
18 |
Michigan State Spartans |
22-7 |
|
19 |
Minnesota Golden Gophers |
22-7 |
|
20 |
Baylor Bears |
24-7 |
|
21 |
Texas Tech Red Raiders |
25-6 |
|
22 |
Georgia Bulldogs |
22-8 |
|
23 |
Princeton Tigers |
23-3 |
|
24 |
Ole Miss Rebels |
21-10 |
|
25 |
Fairfield Stags |
25-4 |
Others receiving votes:
Alabama 29, Notre Dame 26, Columbia 25, Villanova 19, Oklahoma St. 13, NC State 11, Rice 8, Washington 4, Tennessee 3, Rhode Island 2, Illinois 2, Iowa St. 1.
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This article originally appeared on Sooners Wire: Oklahoma Sooners No. 7 in latest women’s basketball AP Poll
