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MIAA Places Two in Top 10 of Women's Hoops Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Washburn is up three places to No. 8, and Emporia State holds steady at No. 9 to give the MIAA two teams in the latest USA Today/ESPN Division II Top 25 women's basketball coaches' poll, released Tuesday night.
The Lady Blues are a perfect 7-0 on the season and 3-0 in MIAA
play, while the Hornets are 7-1 overall and 2-1 in the MIAA.
USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION II TOP
25 COACHES' POLL
Week 4 Poll: December 15, 2009
USA TODAY ESPN Division II Top 25 women's basketball poll, with first-place votes to the right, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th.
| Rank | Institution- First Place Votes | Previous Ranking | Record | Points |
| 1 | Michigan Technological University - 22 | 1 | 7-0 | 644 |
| 2 | Franklin Pierce University (N.H.) - 2 | 2 | 7-0 | 572 |
| 3 | Delta State University (Miss.) - 1 | 3 | 8-0 | 558 |
| 4 | University of Indianapolis (Ind.) - 1 | 5 | 7-0 | 549 |
| 5 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 4 | 8-0 | 539 |
| 6 | Gannon University (Pa.) | 6 | 10-0 | 528 |
| 7 | Fort Lewis College (Colo.) | 7 | 11-1 | 446 |
| 8 | Washburn University (Kan.) | T11 | 7-0 | 398 |
| 9 | Emporia State University (Kan.) | 9 | 7-1 | 383 |
| 10 | California University of Pennsylvania | 10 | 6-1 | 376 |
| 11 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | T11 | 8-1 | 357 |
| T12 | Quincy University (Ill.) | 16 | 10-0 | 299 |
| T12 | University of Tampa (Fla.) | 15 | 9-0 | 299 |
| 14 | University of California-San Diego | 13 | 3-0 | 297 |
| 15 | Clayton State University (Ga.) | 8 | 4-1 | 293 |
| 16 | West Texas A&M University | 14 | 8-1 | 268 |
| 17 | Francis Marion University (S.C.) | 17 | 7-0 | 238 |
| 18 | Johnson C. Smith University (N.C.) | 18 | 8-1 | 187 |
| 19 | Virginia State University | 20 | 7-0 | 179 |
| 20 | Seattle Pacific University (Wash.) | 19 | 5-1 | 143 |
| 21 | Lander University (S.C.) | 23 | 6-0 | 140 |
| 22 | Carson-Newman College (Tenn.) | NR | 9-0 | 102 |
| 23 | Lenoir-Rhyne University (N.C.) | 22 | 7-1 | 97 |
| 24 | Arkansas Tech University | 24 | 8-0 | 89 |
| 25 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 25 | 9-0 | 78 |
Dropped Out: Stonehill College (Mass.) - 34.
Others Receiving Votes: Concordia University, St. Paul (Minn.) - 74; Millersville University of Pennsylvania - 57; Shaw University (N.C.) - 47; Tusculum College (Tenn.) - 38; Glenville State College (W.Va.) - 26; Fort Valley State University (Ga.) - 15; Indiana University of Pennsylvania -15; Minnesota State University, Moorhead -15; Assumption College (Mass.) - 13; Lynn University (Fla.) - 12; Bentley University (Mass.) - 11; Queens University of Charlotte (N.C.) - 9; Northwest Nazarene University (Idaho) - 7; Tarleton State University (Texas) - 6; Augustana College (S.D.) - 4; Adams State College (Colo.) - 2; Newberry College (S.C.) - 2; Florida Southern College - 1; Grand Canyon University (Ariz.) - 1; University of Montevallo (Ala.) -1; University of Bridgeport (Conn.) - 1.
The USA TODAY ESPN board of coaches is made up of 30 head coaches at Division II institutions. All are members of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). The 2009-10 board: Gie Parsons - Non-voting Chair (Clarion University), James Brunelli (Anderson University), Chris Ratcliff (University of Arkansas at Monticello), Dave Wilbers (Arkansas Tech University), David Smith (Bellarmine University), Krista Gerlich (West Texas A&M University), Angie Kristensen (Dixie State College of Utah), John Burke (Dominican College), Stephen McDonald (Fairmont State University), Mark Swasey (California University of Pa.), Stephanie Evans (Kentucky State University), Kevin Pederson (Lander University), Carol Russell (University of Nebraska at Kearney), Marilynn Rule-Heinrich (Nova Southeastern University), Brad Vanden Boogaard (Oklahoma Panhandle State University), Julie Van Beek (Seattle Pacific University), Jacques Curtis (Shaw University), Mike Jewett (Southwest Minnesota State University), Ron McHenry (Washburn University), Barbara Nelson (Wingate University), Glory Bradley (Wayne State University), Mike Brandt (University of South Carolina - Aiken), Lester Butler (University of the District of Columbia), Charity Elliott (University of California - San Diego), Scott Hyland (Texas A&M University - Kingsville), Ferne Labati (Seton Hill University), Tim O'Hagan (Molloy College), Latricia Trammell (Western State College of Colorado), Helen Williams (Merrimack College), and Nancy Winstel (Northern Kentucky University).
*Please note that all voters for the DII poll are required to vote each week between 8 a.m. Monday and 1 p.m. Tuesday ET.
