Cal women ranked No. 21 after Sunday’s upset win
Cal women ranked No. 21 after Sunday’s upset win
Cal entered the Associated Press women’s basketball poll at No. 21 on Monday, a day after beating then-No. 8 Louisville 75-71.
Gottlieb’s team opened the season with a victory over Austin Peay before upsetting the Cardinals.
Taking a young team into a tournament-like atmosphere, I was really pleased how our players reacted to that environment.
Defending national champion Duke is fifth and followed by Virginia, which had the other first-place vote.
Cal, which was ranked 14th in the preseason poll, dropped one spot to 15 despite an impressive 97-65 defeat of Rice in its season opener Friday.
Wisconsin had been ranked in the previous 26 polls, eighth on the active list and 131 behind current leader Duke, which started its run with the preseason poll of 2007-08.
Besides Duke, the only other school with a current streak of more than 100 weeks is Kansas at 125.