Duke tops AP women's basketball poll
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The Duke Blue Devils led the final AP women's basketball poll on Monday, receiving 46 of 50 first-place votes from a national media panel. Duke also was No. 1 in the final poll of the 2003-04 season but didn't make it to the Final Four, losing to Minnesota in the regional finals.
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LSU is closing in on Southern California in the AP Top 25, and Appalachian State is getting some recognition &#151; but not a ranking. After a surprisingly easy and thoroughly impressive victory over Virginia Tech, No. 2 LSU took 19 first-place votes from No. 1 USC in the AP Top 25 released Sunday.
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Tennessee has Rutgers to thank for its return to No. 1. Right now, however, Rutgers is Tennessee's No. 1 concern. The Lady Vols regained the top spot in The Associated Press women's basketball poll after Connecticut lost to Rutgers last week. Tennessee, which was the top-ranked team for the first seven weeks before losing to Stanford in late December, received 45 of the 50 first-place votes. The Huskies received the other five.
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The Maryland women go from 21st to 15th after a 92-77 win over North Carolina. It's the highest ranking for the Terps since the 1992-93 season.
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Illinois took an unusual route to the top of The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll. The Illini, riding their impressive win over then-top-ranked Wake Forest, vaulted from fifth to No. 1 on Monday, moving past three unbeaten teams.
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The Atlantic Coast Conference's highest-scoring team had its way against the conference's best defense. LaToya Pringle had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and third-ranked North Carolina shot 51.6 percent from the field in a convincing 93-76 victory over No. 11 Duke last night in Durham, N.C., that broke the Tar Heels' two-game losing streak to their Tobacco Road rivals.
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Duke's Top 25 streak is over. Saddled by its first four-game losing skid in 11 years, Duke fell out of The Associated Press poll Monday for the first time since the end of the 1995-96 season. The Blue Devils had been in the media poll for 200 straight weeks &#151; the second longest streak behind UCLA.
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The Illini (2-0), who opened the season with wins over Lehigh and Florida A&amp;M, climbed one spot to No. 5 in The Associated Press men&#39;s basketball poll, returing to their preseason ranking after slipping one spot in the first regular-season poll.
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DURHAM, N.C. (Sports Network) - J.J. Redick scored 18  points to lead seventh-ranked Duke over second-ranked North  Carolina, 71-70, at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
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Illinois was No. 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll for the ninth straight week Monday, and for the first time the Illini were a unanimous choice.
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The George Washington women's basketball team receives all 17 first-place votes in the Atlantic 10's preseason poll on Thursday.
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Illinois was No. 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll Monday for a second straight week, the school's longest run ever at the top of the rankings.
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-- Memphis replaced North Carolina as the No. 1 team in college basketball Monday, the Tigers' first appearance in 25 years at the top of The Associated Press poll.
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Oklahoma State received its highest ranking in over 12 years, moving up one spot Monday to No. 3 in The Associated Press college basketball poll while Illinois and Kansas were the top two teams for the third straight week.
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UCLA is No. 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, a position it has occupied more than any other school.
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No. 1 Duke has some new company at the top of the AP women's basketball poll. Tennessee moved into the No. 2 spot to replace North Carolina, which was upset by North Carolina State last week. The Tar Heels, who had been second all season, slipped to fourth, while Connecticut climbed two spots to third.
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Monique Currie scored 23 points and top-ranked Duke pulled away for an 87-65 win over Virginia on Friday night, extending the nation's longest winning streak to 14 games.