From espn article: https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/35511047/in-first-women-basketball-ap-top-25-no-texas-teams
For the first time in the 47-year history of The Associated Press women's basketball poll no team from Texas is in the Top 25.
The Texas Longhorns fell out of Monday's poll, ending a 835-week run that had at least one team from the Lone Star state in the rankings. From Wayland Baptist, Stephen F. Austin and Baylor appearing in the first poll in 1976 to Texas' No. 25 ranking last week, there has always been at least one team from the state in the poll until now.
"Texas is the oil state and also has certainly been rich in women's basketball as well," said Mel Greenberg, who started the poll in the 1976-77 season while with the Philadelphia Inquirer. "When I started, the state had some of the best teams with Wayland and Stephen F. Austin. Then Jody (Conradt) at Texas and eventually Kim (Mulkey) at Baylor continued the tradition."
For the first time in the 47-year history of The Associated Press women's basketball poll no team from Texas is in the Top 25.
The Texas Longhorns fell out of Monday's poll, ending a 835-week run that had at least one team from the Lone Star state in the rankings. From Wayland Baptist, Stephen F. Austin and Baylor appearing in the first poll in 1976 to Texas' No. 25 ranking last week, there has always been at least one team from the state in the poll until now.
"Texas is the oil state and also has certainly been rich in women's basketball as well," said Mel Greenberg, who started the poll in the 1976-77 season while with the Philadelphia Inquirer. "When I started, the state had some of the best teams with Wayland and Stephen F. Austin. Then Jody (Conradt) at Texas and eventually Kim (Mulkey) at Baylor continued the tradition."
