A day after their second loss of the season, Stanford slipped two places to fourth in the Associated Press women’s basketball poll, leaving powerhouse Baylor out of the poll for the first time since 2004.
The Cardinals (17-2, 5-1 Pac-12) lost 55-46 at USC on Sunday. Ohio State moved up to his No. 2 spot behind No. 1 South Carolina State. It was the unanimous choice of a 28-member national media panel and has held the top spot for 30 consecutive weeks. LSU moved up to his 3rd place and completed the top 3 of the undefeated teams.
Baylor, who won the latest NCAA title in 2019, has a 19-year track record in the polls. The Bears had been ranked in 365 consecutive polls before dropping out Monday after losing twice last week, only Tennessee (565th) and he’s only UConn (556th) for 46 years. , marking the longest streak in the history of polls. The Husky dog run, which is ranked 5th in the polls, is still active.
Stanford’s next two games will be against ranked opponents hosting No. 8 Utah on Friday and No. 24 Colorado on Sunday. Other teams ranked in the Pac-12 are UCLA at 9th, Arizona at 19th, and Oregon at 23rd.
• In the men’s poll, Houston, Kansas, Purdue and Alabama held on to the top four teams in the nation after a record weekend of top 25 losses. Eleven of the top 25 fell down Saturday, breaking records.
UCLA is on a 13-game winning streak, moving up two spots into the top five. Another ranked he was on the Pac-12 team where he was No. 11 Arizona, which dropped two places in a loss to unranked Oregon.
No. 6 Gonzaga is the only ranked team in the WCC. St. He Mary’s narrowly missed out on the list, receiving the 27th most votes.
• Gales’ starting guard was honored on Monday as Logan Johnson was named WCC Player of the Week and Aidan Mahaney was named the conference’s freshman. In his wins over LMU and his USF last week, Johnson combined for 43 points (from the floor he went 17-27), 13 rebounds and 11 assists. Mahaney scored a total of 46 points and picked up freshman honors for the sixth time this season. … Marya Hudgins of Santa Clara won her WCC her Freshman of the Week Award for Women. Combined, she tallied her 32 points and her 14 rebounds as the Broncos split her two games.
— Steve Croner
• In the Men’s Top 25 Games, Zach Eady had a career-high 32 points and 17 rebounds with a go-ahead shot in front of the rim with 2.2 seconds remaining in a 64-63 victory for No. 3 Purdue at Michigan State. contributed to do …. Norchad Omier had 16 points and 16 rebounds as No. 16 Miami beat visiting Syracuse 82-78 …. No. 18 College of Charleston went 82-54 It was won by Ante Brzovic, who won 18 straight and scored 17 points. Visiting William & Mary….Nicholas Boyd scored his 16 points and No. 24 Florida Atlantic (17-1, 7-0 Conference USA) made their program debut as a top 25 team in Western Kentucky. He won 76-62.
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Nadal begins Australian Open title defense
Rafael Nadal began his Australian Open title defense by defeating Jack Draper 7-5, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1.
Nadal’s next opponent was Piedmont native Mackey McDonald, who beat fellow American Brandon Nakashima 7-6 (5), 7-6 (1), 1-6, 6-7 (10), 6-6. Broke at 4.
No. 1 seed Iga Spheretec defeated Jules Niemeyer 6-4, 7-5.
After the incident on the first day, the tournament organizers announced a ban on fans carrying Russian and Belarusian flags, citing the conflict in Ukraine.
Obituary:
Frank Thomas, a three-time All-Star with his hometown Pirates and later leading hitter in the expansion of the New York Mets, has died in Pittsburgh at the age of 93. Thomas played 16 his season (1951–66) and had a . 266 batting average, 286 home runs, and 962 RBIs.
