Despite its lopsided loss to UCLA in the Big Ten Tournament title game, the 2-1 showing in Indianapolis has moved Iowa women’s basketball up two spots to No. 7 in the latest Associated Press poll released March 9.
The Hawkeyes (26-6) beat Illinois in the quarterfinals and No. 9 Michigan in the semifinals before taking a 96-45 loss to No. 2 UCLA in the title game. The Bruins received three-first place votes alongside UConn’s 28.
Iowa will now wait for Selection Sunday to learn its NCAA Tournament path.
March 9 AP women’s basketball poll
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Alabama 47, Fairfield 45, Villanova 42, Colorado 11, Rhode Island 9, South Dakota St. 5, Oregon 5, Illinois 3, Quinnipiac 1.
Dargan Southard is a sports trending reporter and covers Iowa athletics for the Des Moines Register and HawkCentral.com. Email him at msouthard@gannett.com or follow him on Twitter at @Dargan_Southard.
This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: See where Iowa women’s basketball landed in the latest AP poll
Reporting by Dargan Southard, Des Moines Register / Des Moines Register
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