Baylor again a unanimous top choice in women's hoops
NCAA Basketball Betting Lines
02/06/2012 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Baylor is once again a unanimous choice as the No. 1 team in the Associated Press women's college basketball poll.
The undefeated Lady Bears received all 40 first-place votes and a total of 1,000 points from a nationwide media panel, earning the undisputed top choice for a 10th consecutive week.
Notre Dame, Connecticut, Stanford and Duke again held their places from second through fifth. Miami-Florida moved up one spot to sixth, swapping places with Kentucky. Maryland, Green Bay and Ohio State comprise the remainder of this week's top 10.
Tennessee tumbled three spots from eighth and starts this week's second 10. The Lady Vols are followed by Delaware, Nebraska, Georgetown, Texas A&M, Purdue, Rutgers, Penn State, Gonzaga and Louisville. The Lady Cardinals dropped six spots from 14th after a pair of road losses last week.
Georgia, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, South Carolina and Saint Bonaventure are the last five teams ranked this week. South Carolina and the Bonnies are newcomers this week, replacing BYU and Texas Tech.
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Cora appeared in 91 games for Washington last season and batted .224. He's
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<< Warriors waive Barron
Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Golden State Warriors have waived center
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Barron averaged 2.0 points in just two games for the
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That was my prevailing thought after last night's highly entertaining Super
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Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Christel Boeljon came from three strokes
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Qatar, while Kyle Stanley erased an eight-shot deficit to come from behind and
win the Phoenix Open on Sunday. With those victories, both players made big
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Big 12 Conference betting odds
Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State
Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.
Work left to do:
Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.
Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.
Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.