Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Ranked 24th in Latest Associated Press Poll
March 06, 2006 | Women's Basketball
March 6, 2006
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - For the first time in 12 years, the Bowling Green State University women's basketball team is ranked in the Associated Press Top-25 Poll. The Falcons are 24th in the latest poll, released Monday afternoon (March 6).
"I am happy for our program and our community that we have cracked the AP poll," said Falcon head coach Curt Miller. "Our players deserve credit for stepping up to each challenge and test throughout the season.
"We have enjoyed a magical run so far this year, but we will have to play our best basketball of the season if we want to repeat as MAC Tournament champions."
The Falcons have been ranked in each of the last three USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Coaches Polls, but this marks the first time that BGSU has cracked the AP poll since March 15, 1994. BGSU was 24th on that week as well. The Falcons' highest-ever ranking was 19th in the March 16, 1993 AP poll.
This week's ranking marks only the 11th week in MAC history that a league institution has been listed in the Associated Press poll, and BGSU has been the team in seven of those 11 weeks.
The Falcons currently rank 24th in the most recent USA Today/ESPN poll (Feb. 28) as well, and the next edition of that poll will be unveiled while BGSU is en route to Cleveland Tuesday afternoon (March 7).
The Falcons, 25-2 overall and a perfect 16-0 in MAC play, will take on Northern Illinois University in the quarterfinal round of the Kraft MAC Tournament Wednesday (March 8). The Falcons and Huskies will meet in a 5:30 p.m. tip at Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena.
THE MAC AND THE POLLS: A COMPLETE HISTORY
MAC Schools' Weekly Associated Press Top-25 Appearances
Date School Rank 2/23/93 Bowling Green 25 3/2/93 Bowling Green 22 3/9/93 Bowling Green 22 3/16/93 Bowling Green 192/8/94 Toledo 23 2/15/94 Toledo 25 3/8/94 Bowling Green 25 3/15/94 Bowling Green 24
3/8/99 Toledo 25
11/19/01 Toledo 24
3/6/06 Bowling Green 24
MAC Schools' Weekly USA Today Top-25 Appearances
Date School Rank 2/18/86 Ohio 25 2/25/86 Ohio 24Note: Northern Illinois has made multiple appearances in both polls, but none came while the school was a member of the MAC.3/1/93 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 2/28/06 Bowling Green 24
Associated Press Top 25 Poll
March 6, 2006
Rank School (FPV) Record Points Previous 1. North Carolina (45) 29-1 1,125 1 2. Ohio State 27-2 1,000 5 3. Maryland 28-4 996 4 4. Duke 26-3 977 2 5. LSU 27-3 938 3 6. Rutgers 25-3 934 6 7. Tennessee 28-4 901 8 8. Oklahoma 26-4 819 9 9. Connecticut 27-4 804 7 10. Baylor 22-5 713 10 11. Stanford 23-6 630 13 12. Purdue 24-5 593 14 13. DePaul 25-5 574 15 14. Georgia 21-8 559 12 15. Arizona State 24-6 494 11 16. Michigan State 22-9 460 16 17. Louisiana Tech 23-4 339 19 18. Temple 23-7 243 22 19. Utah 21-6 242 17 20. BYU 23-4 227 18 21. New Mexico 21-8 211 21 22. Texas A&M 22-7 194 25 23. Minnesota 19-9 105 20 24. Bowling Green 25-2 101 NR 25. Vanderbilt 20-10 82 23Others receiving votes: Florida 60; George Washington 54; UCLA 52; Kentucky 30; Tulsa 27; Boston College 20; North Carolina State, St. John's 19; Chattanooga 16; Florida State, Western Kentucky 15; Indiana State 12; Wyoming 10; Missouri, Virginia Tech 6; Virginia 2; Hartford 1.
