Dec. 21, 2010
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The Texas A&M women's basketball team is off to a 9-1 start on the season and climbed to a No. 5 national ranking in the latest ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll released on Tuesday.
Fresh off of a 79-50 victory over Rutgers at the Maggie Dixon Classic in New York City, the Aggies achieved their highest ranking since Dec. 8, 2009, when the team was also ranked fifth in the Coaches Poll. A&M has now been ranked in the Coaches Poll for 86 consecutive weeks and 40 all-time in the top 10.
In the poll, Connecticut remains in the top spot unanimously followed by Baylor, Duke and Xavier. Rounding out the top 10 is Tennessee, West Virginia, Stanford, UCLA and North Carolina. A&M is one of four Big 12 schools in the Coaches Poll, including No. 2 Baylor, No. 15 Oklahoma and No. 21 Iowa State. Oklahoma State, Texas, Nebraska, Kansas and Texas Tech are also receiving votes.
Up next, the Aggies travel to the west coast when they journey to San Diego after Christmas for the four-team Surf `N Slam College Hoops Classic. The Aggies face Drexel on Tuesday, Dec. 28 at 9 p.m. (CT) and then take on either San Diego State or UTSA on Thursday, Dec. 30.1 Connecticut (31) 2 Baylor 3 Duke 4 Xavier 5 Texas A&M 6 Tennessee 7 West Virginia 8 Stanford 9 UCLA 10 North Carolina 11 Kentucky 12 Ohio State 13 Iowa 14 Oklahoma 15 Notre Dame 16 Michigan State 17 St. John's 18 DePaul 19 Georgetown 20 Florida State 21 Iowa State 22 Maryland 23 Green Bay 24 Boston College 25 Arkansas