| Rankings updated (02/06/2012) | ||||
| Rank | Teams (first-place votes) | Schedules/Results | Points | Prev |
| 1 |  Kentucky (31)Overall: 23-1 Conference: 9-0 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
02/07 Florida 7:00 PM EST 02/11 at Vanderbilt 9:00 PM EST |
775 | 1 |
| 2 |  SyracuseOverall: 23-1 Conference: 10-1 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
02/08 Georgetown 7:00 PM EST 02/11 Connecticut 1:00 PM EST |
740 | 2 |
| 3 |  Ohio StateOverall: 20-3 Conference: 8-2 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
02/07 Purdue 9:00 PM EST 02/11 Michigan State 6:00 PM EST |
715 | 3 |
| 4 |  MissouriOverall: 21-2 Conference: 8-2 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
02/06 at Oklahoma 7:00 PM EST 02/11 Baylor 1:45 PM EST |
673 | 4 |
| 5 |  North CarolinaOverall: 20-3 Conference: 7-1 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
02/08 Duke 9:00 PM EST 02/11 Virginia 1:00 PM EST |
639 | 6 |
| 6 |  BaylorOverall: 21-2 Conference: 8-2 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
02/08 Kansas 7:00 PM EST 02/11 at Missouri 1:45 PM EST |
635 | 6 |
| 7 |  FloridaOverall: 19-4 Conference: 7-1 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
02/07 at Kentucky 7:00 PM EST 02/11 Tennessee 4:00 PM EST |
536 | 11 |
| 7 |  Murray StateOverall: 23-0 Conference: 11-0 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
02/09 Tennessee State 8:00 PM EST 02/11 Austin Peay 8:30 PM EST |
536 | 9 |
| 9 |  DukeOverall: 19-4 Conference: 6-2 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
02/08 at North Carolina 9:00 PM EST 02/11 Maryland 4:00 PM EST |
525 | 5 |
| 10 |  KansasOverall: 18-5 Conference: 8-2 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
02/08 at Baylor 7:00 PM EST 02/11 Oklahoma State 4:00 PM EST |
480 | 8 |
| 11 |  GeorgetownOverall: 18-4 Conference: 8-3 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
02/08 at Syracuse 7:00 PM EST 02/12 St. John’s 1:00 PM EST |
454 | 14 |
| 12 |  Michigan StateOverall: 18-5 Conference: 7-3 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
02/08 Penn State 6:30 PM EST 02/11 at Ohio State 6:00 PM EST |
444 | 10 |
| 13 |  St. Mary’sOverall: 22-2 Conference: 11-0 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
02/09 at Gonzaga 11:00 PM EST 02/11 Santa Clara 11:00 PM EST |
382 | 16 |
| 14 |  San Diego StateOverall: 20-3 Conference: 6-1 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
02/11 at UNLV 4:00 PM EST | 332 | 17 |
| 15 |  CreightonOverall: 21-3 Conference: 11-2 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
02/07 at Evansville 8:05 PM EST 02/11 Wichita State 5:00 PM EST |
316 | 12 |
| 16 |  UNLVOverall: 21-4 Conference: 5-2 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
02/11 San Diego State 4:00 PM EST | 302 | 13 |
| 17 |  Florida StateOverall: 16-6 Conference: 7-1 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
02/08 at Boston College 7:00 PM EST 02/11 Miami (Fla.) 1:00 PM EST |
247 | 24 |
| 18 |  Mississippi StateOverall: 18-5 Conference: 5-3 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
02/09 Mississippi 7:00 PM EST 02/11 Georgia 1:30 PM EST |
241 | 19 |
| 19 |  MarquetteOverall: 19-5 Conference: 8-3 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
02/06 at DePaul 9:00 PM EST 02/11 Cincinnati 3:00 PM EST |
239 | 15 |
| 20 |  VirginiaOverall: 18-4 Conference: 5-3 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
02/08 Wake Forest 7:30 PM EST 02/11 at North Carolina 1:00 PM EST |
192 | 18 |
| 21 |  HarvardOverall: 20-2 Conference: 6-0 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
02/10 at Pennsylvania 7:00 PM EST 02/11 at Princeton 7:00 PM EST |
153 | 23 |
| 22 |  WisconsinOverall: 18-6 Conference: 7-4 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
02/09 at Minnesota 7:00 PM EST | 133 | 20 |
| 23 |  IndianaOverall: 18-6 Conference: 6-6 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
02/09 Illinois 8:00 PM EST | 93 | 20 |
| 23 |  LouisvilleOverall: 18-5 Conference: 6-4 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
02/06 Connecticut 7:00 PM EST 02/11 at West Virginia 12:00 PM EST |
93 | 25 |
| 25 |  MichiganOverall: 17-7 Conference: 7-4 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
02/08 at Nebraska 8:30 PM EST 02/12 Illinois 1:00 PM EST |
79 | 22 |
| Others Receiving Votes: Notre Dame (15-8) 19; Gonzaga (18-4) 14; New Mexico (19-4) 13; Iowa State (17-6) 10; Nevada (19-4) 9; Southern Miss (20-3) 9; Long Beach State (17-6) 8; Connecticut (15-7) 6; Middle Tennessee (21-4) 6; Temple (17-5) 6; California (18-6) 5; Vanderbilt (16-7) 5; Wichita State (20-4) 5; Saint Louis (18-5) 2; Virginia Commonwealth (20-5) 2; Cleveland State (20-4) 1; Drexel (19-5) 1 | ||||
USA Today / ESPN Men’s College Basketball Coaches Poll – February 6, 2012 (CBSSports.com)
USA TODAY/ESPN Men’s College Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll – October 20, 2011
| No. | School | Record | Points | Prev | |
| 1 | North Carolina (30) | 0-0 | 774 | 0 | |
| 2 | Kentucky (1) | 0-0 | 721 | 0 | |
| 3 | Ohio State | 0-0 | 702 | 0 | |
| 4 | Connecticut | 0-0 | 655 | 0 | |
| 5 | Syracuse | 0-0 | 649 | 0 | |
| 6 | Duke | 0-0 | 635 | 0 | |
| 7 | Vanderbilt | 0-0 | 567 | 0 | |
| 8 | Louisville | 0-0 | 514 | 0 | |
| 9 | Memphis | 0-0 | 482 | 0 | |
| 10 | Florida | 0-0 | 474 | 0 | |
| 11 | Pittsburgh | 0-0 | 471 | 0 | |
| 12 | Baylor | 0-0 | 358 | 0 | |
| 13 | Kansas | 0-0 | 331 | 0 | |
| 14 | Wisconsin | 0-0 | 313 | 0 | |
| 15 | Xavier | 0-0 | 277 | 0 | |
| 16 | Arizona | 0-0 | 269 | 0 | |
| 17 | Alabama | 0-0 | 194 | 0 | |
| 18 | Michigan | 0-0 | 187 | 0 | |
| 19 | Texas A&M | 0-0 | 161 | 0 | |
| 20 | UCLA | 0-0 | 147 | 0 | |
| 21 | Marquette | 0-0 | 145 | 0 | |
| 22 | Cincinnati | 0-0 | 141 | 0 | |
| 23 | Gonzaga | 0-0 | 125 | 0 | |
| 24 | California | 0-0 | 111 | 0 | |
| 25 | Missouri | 0-0 | 110 | 0 | |
| Others Receiving Votes: Florida State(0-0) 108; Texas(0-0) 107; Michigan State(0-0) 73; Temple(0-0) 59; Washington(0-0) 29; Butler(0-0) 25; New Mexico(0-0) 22; Creighton(0-0) 19; Villanova(0-0) 18; Purdue(0-0) 17; UNLV(0-0) 16; West Virginia(0-0) 13; George Mason(0-0) 12; Mississippi State(0-0) 11; St. John’s(0-0) 11; St. Mary’s(0-0) 5; Virginia(0-0) 5; Virginia Commonwealth(0-0) 4; Drexel(0-0) 2; Kansas State(0-0) 2; Long Beach State(0-0) 2; Brigham Young(0-0) 1; Notre Dame(0-0) 1 | |||||
Lady Aggies Win National Championship
INDIANAPOLIS — Scoring, rebounding, even making a key steal, Danielle Adams saved her best game for the biggest stage and brought Texas A&M its first national championship.
Adams scored 22 of her 30 points in a dominating second half and answered the Fighting Irish basket for basket Tuesday night to help Texas A&M bring a title to the former all-male military academy with a thrilling 76-70 victory in front of a pro-Notre Dame crowd.
“I knew they couldn’t stop me inside so that’s what I did, I took it inside,” Adams said.
No one was happier than Gary Blair, the outspoken A&M coach who hadn’t been in the Final Four since 1998 when he was with Arkansas. Blair bluntly said it was a good thing that top powers like Connecticut, Tennessee and Stanford weren’t in the title game.
“We don’t give up,” Blair said. “We might not play the prettiest game in the world but it’s good for women’s basketball to see a Texas A&M and a Notre Dame in this game.”
And then his Aggies went out and proved him right. CONTINUE….
Associated Press College Women’s Basketball Poll – February 28, 2011
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Connecticut (36) | 28-1 | 972 |
| 2 | Stanford (3) | 26-2 | 932 |
| 3 | Baylor | 26-2 | 887 |
| 4 | Tennessee | 28-2 | 871 |
| 5 | Texas A&M | 24-3 | 807 |
| 6 | Xavier | 25-2 | 786 |
| 7 | Notre Dame | 24-5 | 712 |
| 8 | Duke | 26-3 | 709 |
| 9 | UCLA | 24-3 | 665 |
| 10 | Miami (FL) | 26-3 | 619 |
| 11 | Michigan State | 25-4 | 571 |
| 12 | DePaul | 25-5 | 528 |
| 13 | Maryland | 23-6 | 499 |
| 14 | Florida State | 23-6 | 452 |
| 15 | Green Bay | 27-1 | 422 |
| 16 | Kentucky | 22-7 | 297 |
| 17 | Georgetown | 21-8 | 290 |
| 18 | Oklahoma | 19-9 | 269 |
| 19 | North Carolina | 22-7 | 232 |
| 20 | Marquette | 22-6 | 227 |
| 21 | Marist | 27-2 | 200 |
| 22 | Gonzaga | 26-4 | 159 |
| 23 | Iowa State | 20-8 | 111 |
| 24 | Iowa | 22-7 | 95 |
| 25 | Houston | 24-4 | 82 |
USA Today / ESPN Women’s College Basketball Coaches Poll – February 21, 2011
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Connecticut (30) | 26-1 | 774 |
| 2 | Stanford (1) | 24-2 | 737 |
| 3 | Baylor | 24-2 | 699 |
| 4 | Tennessee | 26-2 | 693 |
| 5 | Texas A&M | 22-3 | 649 |
| 6 | Xavier | 23-2 | 630 |
| 7 | Notre Dame | 22-5 | 543 |
| 8 | Michigan State | 24-3 | 520 |
| 9 | Duke | 24-3 | 515 |
| 9 | UCLA | 22-3 | 515 |
| 11 | DePaul | 25-3 | 501 |
| 12 | Florida State | 22-5 | 444 |
| 13 | Green Bay | 25-1 | 366 |
| 14 | Miami (FL) | 24-3 | 363 |
| 15 | Oklahoma | 19-7 | 354 |
| 16 | North Carolina | 22-5 | 297 |
| 17 | Maryland | 21-6 | 293 |
| 18 | West Virginia | 21-6 | 210 |
| 19 | Georgetown | 20-7 | 205 |
| 20 | Kentucky | 20-7 | 155 |
| 21 | Marist | 25-2 | 134 |
| 22 | Marquette | 20-6 | 87 |
| 23 | Gonzaga | 24-4 | 85 |
| 24 | Iowa State | 19-8 | 71 |
| 25 | Houston | 22-4 | 53 |
Men’s College Basketball Rating Percentage Index (RPI) – January 17, 2011 (1-34)
| Rk. | School | W | L | RPI | SOS Rank | SOS |
| 1 | Kansas | 17 | 0 | 0.6865 | 20 | 0.5820 |
| 2 | San Diego State | 17 | 0 | 0.6804 | 23 | 0.5739 |
| 3 | Syracuse | 18 | 0 | 0.6775 | 31 | 0.5700 |
| 4 | Brigham Young | 16 | 1 | 0.6758 | 13 | 0.5888 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh | 17 | 1 | 0.6599 | 29 | 0.5703 |
| 6 | Ohio State | 18 | 0 | 0.6579 | 60 | 0.5438 |
| 7 | Georgetown | 13 | 5 | 0.6553 | 2 | 0.6338 |
| 8 | West Virginia | 12 | 4 | 0.6549 | 5 | 0.6256 |
| 9 | Connecticut | 14 | 2 | 0.6534 | 30 | 0.5701 |
| 10 | Villanova | 16 | 1 | 0.6521 | 50 | 0.5510 |
| 11 | Duke | 16 | 1 | 0.6517 | 50 | 0.5510 |
| 12 | Kentucky | 14 | 3 | 0.6428 | 21 | 0.5785 |
| 13 | St. John’s | 11 | 5 | 0.6414 | 3 | 0.6313 |
| 14 | Notre Dame | 14 | 4 | 0.6409 | 11 | 0.5965 |
| 15 | Purdue | 15 | 3 | 0.6372 | 39 | 0.5645 |
| 16 | Florida | 13 | 4 | 0.6334 | 6 | 0.6183 |
| 17 | Texas A&M | 15 | 1 | 0.6309 | 78 | 0.5348 |
| 18 | Michigan State | 11 | 5 | 0.6235 | 8 | 0.6178 |
| 19 | UCF | 13 | 2 | 0.6223 | 85 | 0.5315 |
| 20 | UNLV | 14 | 4 | 0.6200 | 25 | 0.5727 |
| 21 | Washington | 13 | 4 | 0.6192 | 32 | 0.5696 |
| 22 | Minnesota | 14 | 4 | 0.6155 | 38 | 0.5657 |
| 22 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 4 | 0.6155 | 36 | 0.5678 |
| 24 | Arizona | 15 | 3 | 0.6154 | 69 | 0.5396 |
| 25 | Butler | 12 | 6 | 0.6134 | 15 | 0.5870 |
| 26 | Cleveland State | 14 | 3 | 0.6104 | 112 | 0.5206 |
| 27 | Temple | 12 | 4 | 0.6091 | 44 | 0.5573 |
| 28 | Old Dominion | 13 | 4 | 0.6089 | 49 | 0.5515 |
| 29 | North Carolina | 12 | 5 | 0.6086 | 17 | 0.5862 |
| 29 | Illinois | 13 | 5 | 0.6086 | 24 | 0.5728 |
| 31 | Miami (Fla.) | 12 | 5 | 0.6085 | 35 | 0.5679 |
| 32 | St. Mary’s | 14 | 2 | 0.6082 | 125 | 0.5168 |
| 33 | Wisconsin | 13 | 4 | 0.6072 | 47 | 0.5527 |
| 34 | Tennessee | 11 | 6 | 0.6068 | 1 | 0.6400 |
Men’s College Basketball Rating Percentage Index (RPI) – January 10, 2011
| Rk. | School | W | L | RPI | SOS Rank | SOS |
| 1 | Brigham Young | 15 | 1 | 0.6757 | 16 | 0.5908 |
| 2 | Kansas | 14 | 0 | 0.6747 | 37 | 0.5662 |
| 3 | Georgetown | 12 | 4 | 0.6708 | 1 | 0.6395 |
| 4 | Syracuse | 16 | 0 | 0.6686 | 43 | 0.5581 |
| 5 | Connecticut | 12 | 2 | 0.6613 | 21 | 0.5869 |
| 6 | San Diego State | 15 | 0 | 0.6567 | 63 | 0.5422 |
| 7 | Pittsburgh | 15 | 1 | 0.6554 | 36 | 0.5684 |
| 8 | Kentucky | 12 | 3 | 0.6536 | 13 | 0.5982 |
| 9 | Duke | 14 | 0 | 0.6535 | 73 | 0.5380 |
| 10 | Notre Dame | 14 | 2 | 0.6528 | 24 | 0.5847 |
| 11 | St. John’s | 10 | 4 | 0.6499 | 3 | 0.6221 |
| 12 | Purdue | 14 | 1 | 0.6494 | 45 | 0.5573 |
| 13 | Florida | 12 | 3 | 0.6428 | 6 | 0.6183 |
| 13 | West Virginia | 10 | 4 | 0.6428 | 7 | 0.6175 |
| 15 | Ohio State | 15 | 0 | 0.6358 | 123 | 0.5145 |
| 16 | UCF | 13 | 1 | 0.6320 | 82 | 0.5279 |
| 17 | Illinois | 13 | 3 | 0.6250 | 30 | 0.5735 |
| 17 | Temple | 10 | 3 | 0.6250 | 30 | 0.5735 |
| 19 | Villanova | 13 | 1 | 0.6248 | 111 | 0.5169 |
| 20 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 3 | 0.6241 | 34 | 0.5694 |
| 21 | Butler | 10 | 5 | 0.6191 | 11 | 0.5998 |
| 22 | Washington | 12 | 3 | 0.6170 | 40 | 0.5628 |
| 23 | Cleveland State | 13 | 2 | 0.6146 | 111 | 0.5169 |
| 24 | UNLV | 13 | 3 | 0.6137 | 41 | 0.5615 |
| 25 | North Carolina | 11 | 4 | 0.6135 | 20 | 0.5873 |
| 26 | Wisconsin | 12 | 3 | 0.6123 | 52 | 0.5497 |
| 27 | Texas A&M | 13 | 1 | 0.6120 | 133 | 0.5125 |
| 28 | Old Dominion | 12 | 3 | 0.6105 | 53 | 0.5495 |
| 29 | Kansas State | 11 | 4 | 0.6084 | 25 | 0.5836 |
| 30 | Texas | 12 | 3 | 0.6082 | 42 | 0.5595 |
| 31 | Wichita State | 12 | 2 | 0.6075 | 96 | 0.5226 |
| 32 | Miami (Fla.) | 11 | 5 | 0.6069 | 33 | 0.5704 |
