3/9 Women’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings
March 9, 2020 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
South Carolina | South Carolina cruised to the SEC Conference Tournament title as they beat Mississippi State 76-62 on Sunday. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Oregon | Sabrina Ionescu and the Ducks routed Stanford 89-56 to win the Pac-12 Conference tournament championship. | 2 |
| 3 |  |
Connecticut | Megan Walker, Christyn Williams, Crystal Dangerfield, and Aubrey Griffin combined for 59 points as UCONN blew out USF 79-38. | 5 |
| 4 |  |
Baylor | Baylor saw their 58 game Big 12 conference winning streak come to an end on Sunday as the Bears lost 57-56 at Iowa State. | 3 |
| 5 |  |
Maryland | Ashley Owusu tallied 17 points and 11 rebounds to lead Maryland to a 82-65 win over OSU to wrap up their fourth Big 10 tourney title. | 6 |
| 6 |  |
Louisville | Louisville couldn’t quite finish the ACC double as they lost a tough one against Florida State in the ACC semifinals. | 4 |
| 7 |  |
Stanford | Stanford had a nice run through the Pac-12 conference tournament as they beat OSU and UCLA before losing to Oregon in the finals. | 9 |
| 8 |  |
NC State | Wolfpack take home the ACC tournament title as they beat FSU 71-66. Aislinn Konig was the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. | 10 |
| 9 |  |
UCLA | UCLA was eliminated by Stanford in the Pac-12 conference tournaments the Cardinal beat the Bruins 67-51. | 7 |
| 10 |  |
Gonzaga | Gonzaga was off this week and will get back to action on Monday in the WCC tournament semifinals against Portland. | 8 |
| 11 |  |
Mississippi State | Bulldogs lost 76-62 to South Carolina in the SEC tournament championship game. The NCAA Tournament is up next. | 12 |
| 12 |  |
South Dakota | South Dakota will take on Oral Roberts in the Summit League semifinals after routing Omaha 99-40 on Saturday. | 11 |
| 13 |  |
DePaul | Lexi Held scored 20 points in the second half to send DePaul to an 83-80 win over Seton Hall to advance to the Big East title game. | 14 |
| 14 |  |
Missouri State | Abby Hipp and Jasmine Franklin paced Missouri State to a 72-61 win over Loyola to wrap up a 15-0 regular season at home. | 17 |
| 15 |  |
Northwestern | Naz Hillmon scored 20 points but it was not enough as Northwestern lost 67-59 to Michigan in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals. | 13 |
| 16 |  |
Arizona | Arizona lost to Oregon 88-70 in the Pac-12 semifinals and will await to see if they end up as a regional host in the NCAA Tournament. | 18 |
| 17 |  |
Oregon State | Oregon State went 1-1 at the Pac-12 tournament as they beat Washington 82-55 and lost to Stanford 68-57. | 16 |
| 18 |  |
Kentucky | Kentucky split their two games at the SEC Tournament as they blew out rival Tennessee 86-65 and lost to Mississippi State 77-59. | 19 |
| 19 |  |
Indiana | Ali Patberg’s 26 points led Indiana to a 78-60 win over Rutgers for a school record 24th win. IU lost to Maryland in the semifinals. | 20 |
| 20 |  |
Princeton | Princeton took care of Columbia and Cornell to finish the regular season at 26-1. They will play Columbia in the Ivy League tournament. | 21 |
| 21 |  |
Arkansas |
Arkansas went 2-1 at the SEC tournament as they beat Auburn and Texas A&M before losing to South Carolina. | 24 |
| 22 |  |
Florida State | Seminoles upset Louisville 62-60 in the ACC semifinals to highlight a very productive trip to Greensboro. | NR |
| 23 |  |
Texas A&M | Texas A&M dropped their third straight game as they lost to Arkansas 67-66 in the SEC tournament quarterfinals. | 15 |
| 24 |  |
Marquette | Selena Lott scored 18 points and Marquette shot 56.1 percent from the floor as Marquette beat St. John’s 78-55 in the Big East semifinals. | NR |
| 25 |  |
Florida Gulf Coast | Florida Gulf Coast got back on track this week with wins over Jacksonville and Lipscomb to improve to 29-3 on the year. | 25 |
