LILBURN, Ga. — The Minnesota State women's basketball team moved to No. 5 in this week's WBCA Coaches Poll following a 2-1 showing at the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Tournament. The Mavericks (29-2) dropped two spots after previously holding the No. 3 ranking, following their second loss of the season in the NSIC Tournament championship game to Concordia-St. Paul.
Conference rival Concordia-St. Paul (27-4) entered the WBCA Top 25 this week at No. 22, marking the only other NSIC team ranked in the poll. Minnesota State remains the highest-ranked team from the conference.
MSU also earned the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Central Region Tournament and will open postseason play at home against No. 8 seed Minnesota Duluth on Friday, March 13 at 5 p.m. Tickets for the NCAA Regional Tournament in Mankato are available online.
|
Rank
|
School (Record)
|
Points
|
Last Week's Rank
|
First-Place Votes
|
|
1
|
Texas Woman's (29-1)
|
570
|
1
|
18
|
|
2
|
Grand Valley State (30-1)
|
550
|
2
|
2
|
|
3
|
Colorado Mesa (33-1)
|
527
|
4
|
1
|
|
4
|
Indiana, PA (26-3)
|
456
|
10
|
0
|
|
5
|
Minnesota State Mankato (29-2)
|
454
|
3
|
2
|
|
6
|
West Texas A&M (28-4)
|
445
|
6
|
0
|
|
7
|
Gannon (28-4)
|
443
|
5
|
0
|
|
8
|
Cal Poly Pomona (26-4)
|
383
|
7
|
0
|
|
9
|
Daemen (24-3)
|
374
|
12
|
0
|
|
10
|
Nova Southeastern (27-4)
|
353
|
14
|
0
|
|
11
|
Bentley (22-4)
|
296
|
9
|
0
|
|
12
|
Columbus State (25-4)
|
289
|
8
|
0
|
|
13
|
Winston-Salem State (26-3)
|
279
|
17
|
0
|
|
14
|
Fort Hays State (24-5)
|
275
|
11
|
0
|
|
15
|
Lincoln Memorial (25-4)
|
238
|
13
|
0
|
|
16
|
Ferris State (26-6)
|
227
|
16
|
0
|
|
17
|
Coker (25-6)
|
216
|
20
|
0
|
|
18
|
Lenoir-Rhyne (24-5)
|
166
|
15
|
0
|
|
19
|
Miles (25-5)
|
141
|
24
|
0
|
|
20
|
Harding (24-6)
|
129
|
18
|
0
|
|
21
|
Holy Family (27-4)
|
102
|
19
|
0
|
|
22
|
Concordia-St. Paul (24-6)
|
82
|
RV
|
0
|
|
23
|
Northwood (26-5)
|
76
|
RV
|
0
|
|
24
|
Northern Michigan (25-7)
|
58
|
21
|
0
|
|
25t
|
Alabama-Huntsville (28-5)
|
48
|
RV
|
0
|
|
25t
|
Central Washington (23-6)
|
48
|
23
|
0
|
Dropped Out: No. 22 Edward Waters (23-5); No. 25 Missouri-St. Louis (24-5).
Others receiving votes: Missouri-St. Louis (24-5) 45; California State-L.A. (24-6) 43; Southern Connecticut State (24-5) 21; Edward Waters (23-5) 18; Fayetteville State (21-5) 12; Malone (25-6) 12; Northwestern Oklahoma State (22-9) 9; Vanguard (24-5) 9; Union, TN (24-9) 8; Central Missouri (25-6) 7; Wayne State, MI (23-7) 7; Western Washington (24-7) 3.
