Saturday, March 25, 2017

Virginia Union Lady Panthers Finish Ranked #2 In Nation


RICHMOND, Virginia -- The Virginia Union University women's basketball team has finished the 2016-17 season ranked #2 in the final Women's Basketball Coaches Association poll of the season, released on Saturday, March 25.

The Lady Panthers moved up from #18 due to a miraculous run through the NCAA Tournament, culminating in an appearance in the 2017 National Championship game against Ashland University on Friday, March 24.

The #2 ranking is the highest finish ever for a VUU women's team in the WBCA poll.  VUU finished the 2016-17 with a 28-5 record.


Rank

School (record)

Points
First-place 
votes
Previous
rank
1
Ashland (37-0)
600
24
1
2
Virginia Union (28-5)
548
0
18
3
California Baptist (35-3)
547
0
3
4
Harding (31-4)
509
0
10
5
Columbus State (31-2)
493
0
4
6
Drury (30-4)
420
0
5
7
Queens, NY (25-4)
414
0
15
8
Emporia State (29-5)
380
0
6
9
California, PA (30-4)
379
0
7
10
Alaska-Anchorage (29-2)
374
0
2
11
Colorado State-Pueblo (28-4)
320
0
9
12
West Florida (28-7)
309
0
NR
13
Lincoln Memorial (26-5)
289
0
13
14
Adelphi (27-5)
283
0
8
15
West Texas A&M (26-9)
261
0
NR
16
Pittsburg State (25-6)
247
0
11
17
Eckerd (27-5)
196
0
12
18
Western Washington (26-6)
185
0
16
19
Bentley (26-5)
176
0
14
20
Angelo State (26-6)
153
0
20
21
Minnesota State-Moorhead (24-5)
125
0
17
22
Central Missouri (24-7)
121
0
19
23
Simon Fraser (26-8)
84
0
NR
24
Wingate (25-5)
78
0
21
25
Central Oklahoma (25-8)
38
0
25


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