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The top five for Feb. 12-18 remained unchanged with the UConn Huskies leading the way as the unanimous choice from the 32-member national media panel. Mississippi State, Baylor, Louisville and Notre Dame round out the first five teams in the poll.
No. 7 UCLA changed places with No. 8 South Carolina from last week, and South Florida re-entered the poll at No. 22 after beating then-No. 13 Ohio State on Sunday, Feb. 11.
The Belmont Bruins (No. 24) are in the Associated Press Top 25 for the first time in school history. “It’s a huge honor to think of all the teams and players who have come through the program, for this to be the first team that’s ranked that’s special,” first-year coach Bart Brooks said Monday. “It’s a cool thing to be a part of.” Brooks is no stranger to the Top 25, having been an assistant coach at DePaul for many years where the Blue Demons were consistently ranked. He inherited a Bruins team that is 24-3 this season and has won 39 consecutive Ohio Valley Conference games — the second longest active conference streak behind only No. 1 UConn. As of Feb. 12, they also have won 15 consecutive games overall and their only losses this season have come to Oklahoma, Stanford and Wright State.
The following is the Week 15 women’s college basketball regular season schedule featuring the Top 25 teams (according to the weekly Associated Press poll), including dates, start times, TV networks and scheduled announcers. All times Eastern.
Monday, Feb. 12, 2018
7:00 p.m.: [4] Louisville @ [1] UConn (ESPN2)
Announcers: Adam Amin, Kara Lawson, Rebecca Lobo
7:00 p.m.: Vanderbilt @ Auburn (SEC Network)
Announcers: Brenda VanLengen, Carol Ross
7:00 p.m.: [13] Missouri @ Kansas (SEC Network+)
Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018
8:00 p.m.: Play4Kay: [16] Ohio State @ Illinois (???)
8:00 p.m.: [3] Baylor @ [21] Oklahoma State (???)
Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018
7:00 p.m.: SMU @ [22] South Florida (???)
7:30 p.m.: Iowa State @ TCU (???)
8:00 p.m.: Texas Tech @ [6] Texas (Longhorn Network)
Announcers: Alex Loeb, Nell Fortner, Tyler Denning
8:00 p.m.: [23] Michigan @ Minnesota (???)
Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018
5:00 p.m.: SIUE @ UT Martin (ESPNU)
Announcers: Cara Capuano, Christy Thomaskutty
6:00 p.m.: Purdue @ [10] Maryland (???)
6:00 p.m.: Eastern Kentucky @ [24] Belmont (???)
6:30 p.m.: Alabama @ [11] Tennessee (SEC Network)
Announcers: Paul Sunderland, Debbie Antonelli
7:00 p.m.: [13] Missouri @ Auburn (SEC Network+)
7:00 p.m.: [8] South Carolina @ [20] Georgia (SEC Network+)
7:00 p.m.: [4] Louisville @ Boston College (ACC Network)
7:00 p.m.: Clemson @ [12] Florida State (ACC Network)
7:00 p.m.: [17] Duke @ Syracuse (ACC Network)
7:00 p.m.: [5] Notre Dame @ Virginia (ACC Network)
7:00 p.m.: [19] Green Bay @ Cleveland State (ESPN3)
8:00 p.m.: Florida @ [17] Texas A&M (SEC Network+)
8:30 p.m.: [2] Mississippi State @ Vanderbilt (SEC Network)
Announcers: Pam Ward, Gail Goestenkors
10:00 p.m.: Cal @ [14] Stanford (???)
Friday, Feb. 16, 2018
7:00 p.m.: Seton Hall @ St. John’s (FS2)
9:00 p.m.: USC @ [9] Oregon (???)
9:00 p.m.: Arizona @ Arizona State (???)
11:00 p.m.: [7] UCLA @ [15] Oregon State (???)
Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018
1:00 p.m.: [19] Green Bay @ Youngstown State (ESPN3)
2:00 p.m.: Kansas @ [3] Baylor (???)
3:00 p.m.: Kansas State @ TCU (???)
3:00 p.m.: [6] Texas @ [21] Oklahoma State (???)
4:00 p.m.: Morehead State @ [24] Belmont (???)
5:30 p.m.: [14] Stanford @ Cal (???)
Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018
12:00 p.m.: Play4Kay: Wake Forest @ [25] NC State (ESPNU)
Announcers: Eric Frede, Debbie Antonelli
12:00 p.m.: [22] South Florida @ Central Florida (CBS Sports Network)
1:00 p.m.: Play4Kay: Purdue @ [16] Ohio State (ESPN2)
Announcers: Tiffany Greene, LaChina Robinson
1:00 p.m.: [5] Notre Dame @ Boston College (ACC Network)
1:00 p.m.: [10] Maryland @ Minnesota (???)
1:00 p.m.: Vanderbilt @ Florida (SEC Network)
Announcers: Brenda VanLengen, Carol Ross
2:00 p.m.: Play4Kay: [11] Tennessee @ [13] Missouri (ESPNU)
Announcers: Paul Sunderland, Christy Thomaskutty
2:00 p.m.: Temple @ [1] UConn (CBS Sports Network)
2:30 p.m.: [4] Louisville @ North Carolina (ACC Network)
3:00 p.m.: Play4Kay: Tulane @ Memphis (ESPN2)
Announcers: Roy Philpott, Brooke Weisbrod
3:00 p.m.: Kentucky @ [8] South Carolina (SEC Network)
Announcers: Pam Ward, Gail Goestenkors
4:00 p.m.: USC @ [15] Oregon State (???)
5:00 p.m.: Play4Kay: [17] Texas A&M @ [2] Mississippi State (ESPN2)
Announcers: Courtney Lyle, Steffi Sorensen
5:00 p.m.: Auburn @ Alabama (SEC Network)
Announcers: Melissa Lee, Amanda Butler
6:00 p.m.: Arizona State @ Arizona (???)
Monday, Feb. 19, 2018
5:00 p.m.: [19] Green Bay @ Illinois-Chicago (ESPN3)
6:00 p.m.: Play4Kay: [12] Florida State @ [17] Duke (ESPN2)
Announcers: Pam Ward, Gail Goestenkors, Courtney Lyle
7:00 p.m.: [20] Georgia @ Ole Miss (SEC Network)
Announcers: Brenda VanLengen, Carol Ross
8:00 p.m.: Play4Kay: [3] Baylor State @ [6] Texas (ESPN2)
Announcers: Beth Mowins, Debbie Antonelli
10:00 p.m.: Play4Kay: [7] UCLA @ [9] Oregon (ESPN2)
Announcers: Adam Amin, Kara Lawson, Rebecca Lobo
