Women's Basketball: WVU Drops to No. 9
March 02, 2010 05:08 PM | General
March 2, 2010
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (March 2, 2010) – West Virginia University’s women’s basketball team (26-4, 13-3) fell two spots to No. 9 in the latest ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll, released today, receiving 508 points. WVU was ranked No. 7 in the Associated Press poll yesterday
WVU is one of five BIG EAST teams ranked in this week’s Coaches’ Poll Top 25 as it joins No. 1 Connecticut, No. 7 Notre Dame, No. 11 Georgetown and No. 16 St. John’s in the rankings.
The Mountaineers have completed their season and earned a double-bye as a No. 2 seed in the BIG EAST Championships that begin this weekend in Hartford, Conn., at the XL Center. WVU will play either No. 7 DePaul, No. 10 Marquette or No. 15 Villanova in the quarterfinals on Sunday, March 7, at 6 p.m. The contest will air on ESPNU with Justin Kutcher and former Mountaineer All-American Meg Bulger on the call.
The game will also be broadcast on MSN-affiliated radio stations with play-by-play announcer Travis Jones and color analyst Jay Jacobs on the call.
Live stats will be available at www.bigeast.org.
