South Carolina Stays No. 1 in Women's Top 25; Oregon Next

NEW YORK (AP) — South Carolina ran through the Southeastern Conference Tournament to keep its hold on the No. 1 ranking in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll. The Gamecocks beat Georgia, Arkansas and Mississippi State by an average of 24 points to win the conference tournament for the fifth time in six years. Oregon moved up one spot to No. 2, switching places with Baylor after the Lady Bears lost to unranked Iowa State. Maryland and UConn round out the first five teams in the poll.

	Record	Pts	Prv
1. South Carolina (27)	32-1	747	1
2. Oregon (3)	31-2	723	3
3. Baylor	28-2	668	2
4. Maryland	28-4	656	6
5. UConn	28-3	647	5
6. Louisville	28-4	588	4
7. Stanford	27-6	558	7
8. NC State	28-4	543	10
9. Mississippi St.	27-6	502	9
10. UCLA	26-5	488	8
11. Gonzaga	28-2	452	12
12. Northwestern	26-4	384	11
13. Arizona	24-7	374	13
14. Oregon St.	23-9	312	14
15. DePaul	27-5	283	18
16. Kentucky	22-8	276	16
17. South Dakota	28-2	253	17
18. Florida St.	24-8	241	22
19. Texas A&M	22-8	239	15
20. Indiana	24-8	185	20
21. Iowa	23-7	172	19
22. Princeton	26-1	165	21
23. Missouri St.	26-4	120	23
24. Arkansas	24-8	99	25
25. Arizona St.	20-11	29	24

Others receiving votes: TCU 11, Ohio St. 10, Marquette 7, Boston College 6, Florida Gulf Coast 3, Rutgers 3, Iowa St. 2, Duke 2, Cent Michigan 1, Boise St. 1.