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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Towson Upsets Terps, 67-55



By Lee Michaelson
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This week’s Associated Press poll ranks the Maryland Terrapins as the No. 25 team in the country. The USA Today/ESPN coaches’ poll puts them at an even loftier No. 18.

But Maryland is not nationally ranked in Full Court’s Top 25—and hasn’t been since the preseason. Tonight we saw why, as the Tigers of tiny Towson University, unranked by anyone and playing before the largest crowd ever to watch a women’s basketball game in the Towson Center, treated the Terps to a 67-55 upset.

The game marked the 100th career victory for Towson Head Coach Joe Mathews, whose Tigers improve to 5-4, while Maryland falls to 8-2.

This week’s Associated Press poll ranks the Maryland Terrapins as the No. 25 team in the country. The USA Today/ESPN coaches’ poll puts them at an even loftier No. 18.

But Maryland is not nationally ranked in Full Court’s Top 25—and hasn’t been since the preseason. Tonight we saw why, as the Tigers of tiny Towson University, unranked by anyone and playing before the largest crowd ever to watch a women’s basketball game in the Towson Center, treated the Terps to a 67-55 upset.

The game marked the 100th career victory for Towson Head Coach Joe Mathews, whose Tigers improve to 5-4, while Maryland falls to 8-2.

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Originally published Thu, December 10, 2009


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NCAA DIVISION I TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Week: February 7, 2012
RANK SCHOOL RECORD LAST WEEK'S RANK PRESEASON RANK AP RANK POINTS
1 Baylor (31) 24-0 1 1 1 775
2 Notre Dame 23-1 2 2 2 743
3 Connecticut 21-2 3 4 3 710
4 Stanford 20-1 4 5 4 685
5 Duke 19-3 6 8 5 650
6 Miami (FL) 20-3 7 7 6 604
7 Kentucky 21-3 5 15 7 584
8 Maryland 20-3 10 10 8 534
9 Wisconsin-Green Bay 20-0 9 24 9 530
10 Ohio State 21-2 11 NR-RV
(61)		 10 483
11 Tennessee 17-6 8 3 11 476
12 Delaware 20-1 13 NR 12 434
13 Georgetown 18-5 15 11 14 379
14 Texas A&M 16-5 16 6 15 378
15 Nebraska 19-3 18 NR 13 309
16 Rutgers 17-4 14 12 17 372
17 Louisville 17-6 12 9 20 276
18 Gonzaga 21-3 19 NR-RV
(70)		 19 234
19 Purdue 19-5 17 21 16 222
20 Georgia 18-6 20 12 21 202
21 Penn State 18-5 21 14 18 176
22 DePaul 17-7 23 18 NR-RV
(38)		 92
23 Georgia Tech 16-6 22 NR-RV
(18)		 22 104
24 South Carolina 18-5 NR-RV
(13)		 NR 24 46
25 Vanderbilt 18-5 NR-RV
(23)		 NR-RV
(19)		 NR 45
Dropped Out: No. 24 North Carolina, No. 25 Kansas.
First-place votes: Total first-place votes received (if any) are indicated in parentheses following school name.
Others receiving votes: St. Bonaventure (22-2) 34; North Carolina (17-6) 19; California (17-6) 18; Florida Gulf Coast (21-2) 16; Middle Tennessee (19-5) 15; Texas-El Paso (20-2) 8; Texas Tech (16-6) 5; Brigham Young (21-4) 4; Fresno State (19-4) 4; St. John's (15-8) 4; Princeton (15-4) 3; Oklahoma (15-7) 2; West Virginia (17-6) 2; Kansas State (15-7) 1.
Rank remains unchanged since last week
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Credit: Courtesy Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). The weekly Division I Top 25 Coaches' Poll, sponsored by USA Today and ESPN, is based on voting by a Board of Coaches made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions all of whom are WBCA members.