LADY MOCS RECEIVE VOTES IN DIVISION I TOP 25 COACHES POLL

 

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- The Chattanooga women's basketball team received some
national recognition today garnering two votes in the USA Today ESPN
Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll.

 

The Lady Mocs posted a narrow 72-68 victory over UNC Greensboro at the
McKenzie Arena Monday night and ran its win streak to 16 consecutive games,
second only to No. 1 ranked North Carolina. Chattanooga, 17-3, leads the
Southern Conference with an 11-0 league record and needs three more wins to
claim its seventh consecutive regular season conference title. The Lady Mocs
are ranked 14th in the nation with a winning percentage of 85.

 

This marks the fourth consecutive year that Chattanooga has received votes
in a national poll. According to CollegeRPI.com, UTC has an RPI rating of
34. RPIRatings.com lists the Lady Mocs with a RPI rating of 38. 

 

Chattanooga will host Appalachian State in a televised game Saturday, Feb. 4
in the third of a three-game homestand. It will be the first live broadcast
of a SoCon women's basketball game this season. The Spartans and Georgia
Southern played on television earlier this season in a tape-delay broadcast.
Tip-off will be at 6 p.m. and carried live on Comcast/Charter Sports
Southeast.

 


Rank

School (record)

Points

Last Week's Rank

First-Place Votes


1

North Carolina (20-0)

773

2

30


2

Duke (20-1)

744

1

1


3

Connecticut (19-2)

690

4

0


4

LSU (18-1)

682

5

0


5

Tennessee (19-2)

663

3

0


6

Maryland (19-2)

624

6

0


7

Ohio State (17-2)

583

7

0


8

Purdue (17-2)

557

8

0


9

Rutgers (15-3)

510

9

0


10

Baylor (15-4)

448

10

0


11

DePaul (18-3)

440

11

0


12

Minnesota (15-4)

433

12

0


13

Oklahoma (16-4)

423

14

0


14

Georgia (15-5)

385

15

0


15

Stanford (14-5)

339

13

0


16

New Mexico (16-4)

293

17

0


17

Michigan State (15-6)

249

16

0


18

Arizona State (16-5)

238

18

0


19

Brigham Young (17-1)

235

20

0


20

Temple (15-5)

177

19

0


21

Vanderbilt (14-7)

119

22

0


22

Boston College (15-6)

109

24

0


23

Kentucky (15-4)

63

not ranked

0


24

Louisiana Tech (14-4)

43

not ranked

0


25

St. John's (17-3)

42

not ranked

0

Dropped out: No. 21 Notre Dame, No. 23 Florida, No. 25 Southern California.

Others receiving votes: Missouri (15-4) 39; George Washington (14-5) 29;
Notre Dame (12-7) 29; Bowling Green (16-2) 13; Florida (15-5) 13; Tulsa
(16-4) 13; Southern California (13-7) 10; Washington (14-6) 10; Miami (Fla.)
(14-6) 9; Texas A&M (16-5) 9; Kansas State (15-4) 7; Indiana State (17-2) 6;
Utah (13-5) 6; Louisville (13-5) 5; North Carolina State (13-7) 5; Virginia
(13-6) 3; Western Kentucky (15-5) 3; Chattanooga (17-3) 2; South Florida
(14-7) 1; Virginia Tech (14-5) 1.

The USA TODAY ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at
Division I institutions.

 

 

 

Anne C. Wehunt

Women's Sports Information Director

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

615 McCallie Ave, Dept. 3503

Chattanooga, TN 37403

(o) 423-425-4618

(c) 423-933-5764

 


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