2000 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RANKINGS

National and Regional rankings

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MAINE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION POLL
(Week 9 - Feb. 22, 2000)

						1st-Place 
Rank Team (Record)				Votes	Points Last Week
1.  University of Southern Maine (19-5)		  8	53	1	
2.  Bates College (19-3)			  4	51      2
3.  Colby College (15-7)				33	3
4.  Husson College (16-8)				20	5
5.  St. Joseph's College (20-4)				18	4

Also receiving votes: Bowdoin (5).


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NEW ENGLAND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
WEEKLY DIVISION III POLL
(Week 8 - Feb. 21, 2000)
						1st-Place 
Rank Team (Record)				Votes	Points Last Week
1.	Bates College (19-3)			6	77	2
2.	Wellesley College (19-2)		2	67	1
3.	Western Conn. St. University (18-6)		61	5
4.	Colby College (15-7)				48	9
5.	University of Southern Maine (19-5)		46	3
6.	Salem St. College (17-7)			42	7
7.	Trinity College (17-5)				33	4
8.	Clark University (16-8)				15	ARV
9.	Emmanuel College (18-6)				12	ARV
10.	Springfield College (17-6)			10	-

Also Receiving Votes  (to be listed, a team must receive at least one
percent of the available points):  St. Joseph (Me.)  (7), Middlebury  (5).



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USA Today/Women's Basketball Coaches Association 
Division III Top 25 Coaches Regular-Season Poll #5
Feb. 23, 1999

Pl 	Institution 			Points 	Record 	Last Ranking
1. 	Washington (Mo.)		200	24-0	1
2.	Wisconsin-Eau Claire		191	24-0	2
3.	Baldwin Wallace (Ohio)		181	23-1	3
4. 	St. Thomas (Minn.)		178	22-1	4
5. 	Hardin-Simmons (Texas)		163	23-1	7
6. 	Capital (Ohio)			148	21-3	8
7. 	Milliken (Ill.)			142	22-1	9
8. 	Rowan (N.J.)			137	22-2	13
9. 	Scranton (Pa.)			136	22-2	6
10. 	Cortland State (N.Y.)		126	23-1	5
11. 	St. Benedicts (Minn.)		 94	18-5	11
12. 	McMurray (Texas)		 93	21-3	16
13. 	Allentown (Pa.)			 91	21-3	14
14. 	William Paterson (N.J.)		 82	19-5	12
15. 	Bates (Maine)			 82	19-3	NR
16. 	Wellesley (Mass.)		 81	19-2	10
17. 	College of New Jersey		 77	20-4	15
18. 	Wisonsin-Oshkosh	 	 69	19-5	18
19. 	William Smith (N.Y.)		 67	20-4	17
20. 	Southern Maine			 35	19-5	20
21. 	Trinity (Texas)			 28	19-4	23
T22.	King's (Penn.)			 23	20-4	19
T22.	George Fox (Ore.)		 23	19-4	22
24. 	Hope (Mich.)			 22	20-4	NR
T25.	Messiah (Penn.)			 16	20-4	NR
T25.	Ohio Wesleyan			 16	21-2	NR

Dropping Out - #21 Trinity (Conn.), #24 St. John Fisher (N.Y.), #25
Simpson
(Iowa)

Receiving Votes: New York University 14, Lakeland (Wis.) 12, Simpson
(Iowa) 12, John Hopkins (Md.) 11, Hendrix College (Ark.) 10, Salem State
(Mass.) 10, Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) 10, St. Mary's (Md.) 7, St. Lawrence
(N.Y.) 6, Trinity (Conn.) 5, St. John Fisher (N.Y.) 4.



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NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION REGIONAL POLL
(Week 5 - Feb. 22, 2000)

Northeast Region  (regional record, overall record)
1. Bates (Maine)  (11-3, 19-3)
2. Wellesley (Mass.)  (14-2, 19-2)
3. Trinity (Conn.)  (15-4, 17-5)
4. Southern Maine  (13-5, 19-5)
5. Salem State (Mass.)  (16-3, 17-7)
6. Colby (Maine)  (10-5, 15-7)

Note: The above rankings do not guarantee teams selection into the
national championship.

Click Here To View All Eight NCAA Regional Polls


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D3HOOPS.COM WOMEN'S DIVISION III NATIONAL POLL
(Week 12 - March 1, 2000)

#   	Team                 	W-L  	Pts.   Last
1	Washington U. (25)	25-0	625	1
2	UW-Eau Claire		27-0	599	2
3	Baldwin-Wallace		26-1	567	3
4	St. Thomas		24-1	555	4
5	Cortland State		26-1	505	7
6	Hardin-Simmons		25-1	489	8
7	Capital			23-4	452	6
8	Millikin		23-2	449	5
9	Scranton		23-3	360	9
10	Simpson			23-4	356	16
11	St. Benedict		20-5	337	14
12	Allentown		24-3	322	19
13	UW-Oshkosh		21-6	311	12
14	Rowan			22-3	303	10
15	NYU			20-5	293	15
16	Ohio Wesleyan		23-3	272	11
17	King's (Pa.)		22-5	231	18
18	Johns Hopkins		21-5	163	23
19	New Jersey		20-5	133	13
20	McMurry			22-4	94	22
21	George Fox		21-4	76	---
22	Pacific Lutheran	19-5	75	---
23	Wellesley		21-3	74	20
24	Lakeland		23-3	73	17
25	Southern Maine		22-5	68	---

Dropped out: No. 21 William Paterson; No. 24 Trinity (Texas); No.  25
William Smith

Others receiving votes: DePauw 57; Hendrix 52; St. Lawrence  37; William
Paterson 33; Bates 30; Gwynedd-Mercy 28; Richard  Stockton 26; William
Smith 18; Wheaton  15; Lake Forest 13;  Roanoke 11; Calvin 10; Sewanee 8;
Kenyon 3; Hope 1; Salisbury  State 1.



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