Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Remain 25th in USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll
February 21, 2006 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 21, 2006
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - For the second consecutive week, the Bowling Green State University women's basketball team is ranked 25th in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Falcons earned 68 points in this week's poll (released Tuesday, Feb. 21), up from 33 points last week.
BGSU trails #24 Utah by 33 points in this week's poll. The Falcons' appearance in last week's (Feb. 14) poll was BG's first since March 15, 1994. The Falcons appeared in the USA Today poll in three consecutive weeks in March of 1993, peaking at #20, and the lone poll appearance in March of 1994 saw the Brown and Orange ranked 24th.
This week's ranking marks only the ninth week in MAC history that a league institution has been listed in the USA Today poll, and BGSU has been the team in six of those nine weeks.
The Falcons, 22-2 overall and 13-0 in MAC play, host Kent State Wednesday night (Feb. 22) in a 7:00 p.m. start at venerable Anderson Arena. 'The House That Roars' will start roaring a little earlier than usual on Wednesday, as the game marks 'Senior Night' at Anderson. The two seniors in the program, Jill Lause and Casey McDowell, will be recognized in ceremonies prior to tipoff.
MAC Schools' Weekly USA Today Top-25 Appearances
Date School Rank 2/18/86 Ohio 25 2/25/86 Ohio 243/1/93 Bowling Green 20 3/9/93 Bowling Green 22 3/16/93 Bowling Green 20
3/15/94 Bowling Green 24
2/15/99 Toledo 25
2/14/06 Bowling Green 25 2/21/06 Bowling Green 25
USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 Poll
Feb. 21, 2006
Rank School (FPV) Record Points Previous 1. Duke (27) 24-1 771 1 2. North Carolina (4) 25-1 742 2 3. LSU 23-2 679 3 4. Maryland 24-3 671 4 5. Tennessee 24-3 639 5 6. Connecticut 24-3 622 6 7. Ohio State 23-2 618 7 8. Rutgers 21-3 580 8 9. Oklahoma 23-4 530 9 10. Baylor 19-5 463 11 11. Purdue 21-4 437 10 12. Georgia 18-7 432 13 13. Arizona State 22-5 379 17 14. DePaul 22-5 374 15 15. Stanford 19-6 364 12 16. Michigan State 20-8 305 14 17. Temple 20-6 195 22 18. Brigham Young 20-3 192 18 19. Boston College 19-8 167 20 20. Louisiana Tech 20-4 153 24 21. Minnesota 17-8 149 16 22. New Mexico 18-7 141 19 23. Vanderbilt 17-9 106 21 24. Utah 19-5 101 NR 25. Bowling Green 22-2 68 25Dropped out: No. 23 Texas A&M (19-7).
Others receiving votes: Texas A&M (19-7) 45; Chattanooga (23-3) 28; St. John's (19-6) 27; Western Kentucky (20-5) 16; Indiana State (21-3) 13; Florida (19-7) 12; Missouri (19-6) 12; George Washington (18-7) 11; Tulsa (20-5) 11; Virginia Tech (18-7) 8; Kentucky (19-6) 5; Liberty (18-5) 2; Old Dominion (16-7) 2; Southern California (16-9) 2; Hartford (21-2) 1; Miami (Fla.) (15-11) 1; Wyoming (18-6) 1.
