High NCAA Event seeds lead girls’s AP High 25 ballot

South Carolina, Iowa, USC and Texas are the highest 4 groups in The Related Press High 25 girls’s basketball ballot, a day in spite of everything 4 have been chosen because the No. 1 seeds within the NCAA Event that begins later this week.

The undefeated Gamecocks remained the unanimous No. 1 alternative from the 35-member nationwide media panel Monday. They’d per week off after profitable the SEC Event. Iowa and USC additionally did not play final week after profitable the Massive Ten and Pac-12 tournaments, respectively.

Texas moved up one spot to fourth after profitable the Massive 12 Event final Tuesday. The Longhorns earned their first No. 1 seed within the NCAA Event since 2004.

Stanford fell one place to fifth. UCLA, Ohio State and LSU have been subsequent. Notre Dame was ninth, the primary distinction between the ballot and NCAA bracket so far as seeding; LSU was given a 3-seed within the NCAAs and the Irish a 2-seed.

UConn remained in tenth after profitable its twenty second Massive East Event final week.

The AP can have a ultimate ballot after the NCAA Event for the primary time within the 47-year historical past of the ballot.

TOUGH REGION

Iowa’s NCAA regional options 5 groups that hung out within the high three of the AP High 25 throughout the season. The Hawkeyes, UCLA, LSU, Kansas State and Colorado all had turns up there. Not one of the different regionals has greater than three groups which have executed that. South Carolina is the lone group in its a part of the bracket to attain that.

CONFERENCE WATCH

The Pac-12 received a convention record-tying seven groups within the NCAA Event, six of that are ranked within the ballot — together with three of the highest six.

The ACC is subsequent with 5 groups within the High 25 whereas the Massive 12 has 4 and the Massive Ten three. The SEC, which received eight bids to the NCAAs, solely has two groups ranked, matching the Massive East. The West Coast and Mountain West be part of the MAAC with one group every.

THE TOP 25

1. South Carolina (35 first-place votes) 32-0

2. Iowa 29-4

3. Southern Cal 26-5

4. Texas 30-4

5. Stanford 28-5

6. UCLA 25-6

7. Ohio St. 25-5

8. LSU 28-5

9. Notre Dame 26-6

10. UConn 29-5

11. NC State 27-6

12. Oregon St. 24-7

13. Virginia Tech 24-7

14. Indiana 24-5

15. Kansas St 25-7

16. Gonzaga 30-3

17. Colorado 22-9

18. Oklahoma 22-9

19. Baylor 24-7

20. UNLV 30-2

21. Utah 22-10

22. Syracuse 23-7

23. Louisville 24-9

24. Creighton 25-5

25. Fairfield 31-1