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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
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In this Jan. 23, photo, Kansas State's Jalana Childs, center, is defended by Nebraska's Yvonne Turner (22) and Cory Montgomery (40) during an NCAA college basketball game in Lincoln.
Nebraska moves ahead in ranking
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Nebraska keeps winning and climbing up the Top 25.
The unbeaten Cornhuskers (21-0) moved past Notre Dame to No. 3 on Monday in The Associated Press women's basketball poll. Nebraska trailed the Irish in the poll by 27 points last week, but were buoyed by victories over then-No. 10 Oklahoma State and 12th-ranked Texas A&M to move two points in front.
AP TOP 5 WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
"They are still undefeated and are beating some pretty good teams," said voter Paul Zeise of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, who had Nebraska No. 2 on his ballot this week. "They've played a lot of teams that have been ranked in the top 10 and beat them all. They haven't really had a close game."
2. Stanford 21-1
1. Connecticut (40) 23-0
Sounds like a familiar scenario to UConn, which remained No. 1 for a record 38th straight week. The Huskies (23-0) routed West Virginia and Louisville this week. Connecticut has won 62 straight games, all by double digits.
3. Nebraska 21-0
Stanford remained second with Notre Dame falling to fourth
4. Notre Dame 21-1
5. Tennessee 20-2
despite winning twice this past week — and Tennessee fifth.
While there wasn't much surprise at UConn's continued success, the Cornhuskers didn't even start the season ranked and didn't crack the Top 25 until the fourth week of the season. Before this run, Nebraska's highest ranking had been 12th in 1997.
Nebraska, which will visit Kansas on Wednesday and Missouri on Saturday, has won most of its games by double digits with Miami being the only team to come within five points.
Jayhawks remain No.1 in AP poll
MEN'S BASKETBALL
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The Mountain West Conference is doing some serious climbing.
A league that has always had to fight for respect as it tries to join the ranks of the power conferences, the 11-year-old Mountain West had three teams in The Associated Press' Top 25 on Monday, one more than the Atlantic Coast Conference and three more than the Pac-10.
Kansas (22-1) remained the runaway No. 1, receiving 55 first-place votes from the national media panel. Syracuse (23-1), which received eight first-place votes, moved up one spot to become the fourth No. 2 in as many weeks. The ranking is the highest for the Orange since a six-week stretch at No. 1 in 1989-90.
Kentucky (22-1), which was No. 1 on two ballots, moved up one place to No. 3, while Villanova and West Virginia, which met Monday night, were fourth and fifth.
New Mexico, BYU and UNLV, which are in a three-way tie for first place in the Mountain West, give the league three teams in the Top 25 for the first time.
"BYU, New Mexico and UNLV are reaping the benefits of unprecedented national television exposure and enhanced non-conference scheduling." Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson said in a statement. "All three teams have really extended their schedules and some very quality wins are now being reflected. It is a real tribute to the coaches to see Top 25 matchups each week in Conference play as well."
AP TOP 10 COLLEGE
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1. Kansas (55) 22-1
2. Syracuse (8) 23-1
3. Kentucky (2) 22-1
4. Villanova 20-2
5. West Virginia 19-3
6. Purdue 19-3
7. Georgetown 17-5
8. Duke 19-4
9. Kansas State 19-4
No. 15 New Mexico (21-3) is ranked for the third straight week and seventh overall. BYU (22-3) dropped five places to 17th following its 88-74 loss to UNLV, the game that forged the three-way tie for first and moved the Rebels (19-4) back into the poll at No. 23.
10. Michigan State 19-5
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BYU has been ranked for six straight weeks, while UNLV jumps back in after being out the last eight weeks. The Mountain West has sent more than one team to the NCAA tournament in nine of the last 10 years.
Junior center Cole Aldrich扶 a rebound during the second half in the Jayhaws 75-64 victory against Nebraska. Aldrich扶 the game with eight points and six rebounds.
"It's been a push of our league the last several years," New Mexico coach Steve Alford said. "We already felt our league has been
at that point for a while now. It's good to start getting some national respect. I think we've got some really good players and some really good teams."
Georgia Tech in this week's poll, while the Pac-10 is without a team in the Top 25 for the fifth straight week since Washington dropped out.
The ACC has Duke and No.20
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
NEWARK, Del. — Jawan Carter scored 23 points to lead Delaware to a 69-62 win over North Carolina-Wilmington on Monday.
Delaware defeats UNC-Wilmington
Carter also dished out six
assists for the Blue Hens (7-17, 3-10 Colonial Athletic Association), who snapped a three-game losing streak. Alphonso Dawson added 10 points and 12 rebounds.
Delaware led 34-27 at halftime, and were up by as many as 12 points after a 3-pointer from
D. J. Boney made the score 41-29 with 17:59 remaining.
UNC-Wilmington cut the lead to six with 1:38 to play, but the Blue Hens shot 8-for-8 from the free throw line in the final minute to secure the win.
Chad Tomko and Johnny Wolf each scored 15 points to lead
the Seahawks (7-17, 3-10). UNC-Wilmington has lost four games in a row.
Delaware outrebounded the Seahawks 40-33, and shot 93.3 percent from the free throw line.
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