Michigan Tech Women's Basketball Falls to No. 5 in USA TODAY ESPN Coaches' Poll
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LILBURN, Ga. - The Michigan Tech
women’s basketball team fell two spots but remained in the
top five in this week’s USA TODAY/ESPN Division II
Coaches’ Poll. The No. 5-ranked Huskies split their final two
regular season road games last week to run their record to 23-2
overall and 18-2 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference.
Tech defeated Findlay Thursday (Feb. 18) in a dramatic, double
overtime affair. The Black and Gold’s Katie Zimmerman hit a
3-pointer at the end of regulation and another at the overtime
buzzer to extend the game both times, where they prevailed 73-69.
On Saturday (Feb. 20), the Huskies led by 17 in the second half
before Hillsdale came back for a 68-65 decision. The loss snapped a
13-game Tech winning streak.
Michigan Tech clinched its third straight GLIAC North Division
title during the week and has posted a 50-10 league record over the
last three years.
The four teams ranked ahead of Tech in the national poll are Gannon
(28-0), Franklin Pierce (24-1), Indianapolis (25-2) and Fort Lewis
(26-2).
The NCAA Regional Rankings are completely separate of the USA
TODAY/ESPN Division II Coaches’ Poll. The region rankings
determine the seeding and host sites for the NCAA Tournament and
are released on Wednesday afternoons.
Michigan Tech wraps up its 2009-10 regular season this week by
hosting Lake Superior State Thursday (Feb. 25) and Saginaw Valley
State Saturday (Feb. 27).
Week 11 Poll: February 23, 2010
USA TODAY ESPN Division II Top 25 women's basketball poll, with first-place votes to the right, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th.
| Rank | Institution- First Place Votes | Previous Ranking | Record | Points |
| 1 | Gannon University (Pa.) -25 | 2 | 28-0 | 672 |
| 2 | Franklin Pierce University (N.H.) -2 | 1 | 24-1 | 618 |
| 3 | University of Indianapolis (Ind.) | 4 | 25-2 | 596 |
| 4 | Fort Lewis College (Colo.) | 6 | 26-2 | 554 |
| 5 | Michigan Technological University | 3 | 23-2 | 540 |
| 6 | West Texas A&M University | 8 | 25-2 | 503 |
| 7 | Arkansas Tech University | 5 | 23-2 | 491 |
| 8 | Fort Valley State University (Ga.) | 10 | 24-1 | 474 |
| 9 | Delta State University (Miss.) | 12 | 21-2 | 462 |
| 10 | Lander University (S.C.) | 7 | 22-2 | 411 |
| 11 | Washburn University (Kan.) | 13 | 22-3 | 396 |
| 12 | Emporia State University (Kan.) | 9 | 22-3 | 367 |
| 13 | University of Alaska - Anchorage | 14 | 20-3 | 333 |
| 14 | University of California - San Diego | 11 | 22-3 | 329 |
| 15 | Holy Family University (Pa.) | T15 | 23-1 | 307 |
| 16 | University of Tampa (Fla.) | 17 | 23-3 | 278 |
| 17 | Seattle Pacific University (Wash.) | 18 | 20-3 | 236 |
| 18 | Francis Marion University (S.C.) | 19 | 22-3 | 227 |
| 19 | Concordia University, St. Paul (Minn.) | 20 | 21-4 | 185 |
| 20 | Carson-Newman College (Tenn.) | 22 | 21-4 | 153 |
| 21 | Western Washington University | 21 | 20-4 | 122 |
| 22 | Clayton State University (Ga.) | T15 | 19-6 | 80 |
| 23 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 23 | 21-4 | 79 |
| 24 | Lenoir-Rhyne University (N.C.) | 24 | 18-6 | 69 |
| 25 | Tarleton State University (Texas) | NR | 21-5 | 54 |
Dropped Out: Virginia State University -12.
Others Receiving Votes: Wayne State College (Neb.) -39; Seton Hill University (Pa.) -33; California University of Pennsylvania -30; Northeastern State University (Okla.) -27; Fayetteville State University (N.C.) -22; Quincy University (Ill.) -13; Pace University (N.Y.) -11; Adams State College (Colo.) -8; Saint Augustine's College (N.C.) -7; Newberry College (S.C.) -5; Northwest Nazarene University (Idaho) -5; University of Southern Indiana -5; University of Wisconsin, Parkside -5; Bentley University (Mass.) -4; Florida Southern College -4; California State Polytechnic University, Pomona -2; Georgia College & State University -2; Barton College (N.C.) -1; Grand Canyon University (Ariz.) -1; Valdosta State University (Ga.) -1.
The USA TODAY ESPN board of coaches is made up of 30 head coaches at Division II institutions. All are members of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). The 2009-10 board: Gie Parsons - Non-voting Chair (Clarion University), James Brunelli (Anderson University), Chris Ratcliff (University of Arkansas at Monticello), Dave Wilbers (Arkansas Tech University), David Smith (Bellarmine University), Krista Gerlich (West Texas A&M University), Angie Kristensen (Dixie State College of Utah), John Burke (Dominican College), Stephen McDonald (Fairmont State University), Mark Swasey (California University of Pa.), Stephanie Evans (Kentucky State University), Kevin Pederson (Lander University), Carol Russell (University of Nebraska at Kearney), Marilynn Rule-Heinrich (Nova Southeastern University), Brad Vanden Boogaard (Oklahoma Panhandle State University), Julie Van Beek (Seattle Pacific University), Jacques Curtis (Shaw University), Mike Jewett (Southwest Minnesota State University), Ron McHenry (Washburn University), Barbara Nelson (Wingate University), Glory Bradley (Wayne State University), Mike Brandt (University of South Carolina - Aiken), Lester Butler (University of the District of Columbia), Charity Elliott (University of California - San Diego), Scott Hyland (Texas A&M University - Kingsville), Ferne Labati (Seton Hill University), Tim O'Hagan (Molloy College), Latricia Trammell (Western State College of Colorado), Helen Williams (Merrimack College), and Nancy Winstel (Northern Kentucky University).
*Please note that all voters for the DII poll are required to vote each week between 8 a.m. Monday and 1 p.m. Tuesday ET.
