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Last Updated: January 31, 2024, 00:01 IST
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Princeton coach Carla Berube put collectively a troublesome nonconference schedule so her crew can be prepared for the pains of the Ivy League in addition to probably one other NCAA Tournament run if the Tigers can get again there.
Princeton coach Carla Berube put collectively a troublesome nonconference schedule so her crew can be prepared for the pains of the Ivy League in addition to probably one other NCAA Tournament run if the Tigers can get again there.
The Tigers misplaced a good recreation at UCLA in early November after which beat Oklahoma earlier than dropping to Indiana in a Florida event.
“We got to challenge ourselves early on and see who we are and where we need to get better. You want to play against some of the top players and teams in the country,” Berube stated in a cellphone interview Monday. “You figure out you can play with them and then you feel like you can compete and win those games. We were right there with them.”
Those video games have helped the Tigers run off a ten-recreation successful streak and earn the No. 25 spot in The Associated Press ladies’s basketball ballot launched Monday. It’s the second time Princeton has been ranked this season.
“Things are clicking better, we have a great balanced group with some experienced players and some young talent,” Berube stated. “You find out about yourself, and we wanted to be playing some of our best basketball when Ivy League season began.”
Princeton has received its first 5 league video games, the closest being a 15-level victory over Columbia.
Berube stated her crew is getting again into its regular routine now as a result of Princeton had been on winter break till Monday. The Tigers have two residence video games this weekend in opposition to Yale and Brown.
“It’s been a long break, but now it’s business as usual today,” she stated. “Excited to be back on the court.”
The coach stated she wouldn’t deal with being ranked together with her crew, although she is aware of the gamers are conscious.
“I think it’s great, we were putting on a really great season,” she stated. “I’m glad that we get the recognition. We’re just going to keep doing what we are doing here.”
Kansas State moved as much as No. 2 on Monday to match its highest rating ever. The Wildcats have a troublesome week in entrance of them, with video games at Oklahoma and Texas.
Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer now owns the file for many appearances within the ballot on the similar faculty, as Stanford was ranked Monday for the 619th time. She broke a tie with Pat Summitt, who had 618 appearances with Tennessee. VanDerveer, who owns the all-time win file in Division I basketball after passing former Duke males’s coach Mike Krzyzewski, has 646 complete appearances within the AP Top 25, together with her 27 at Ohio State.
Caitlin Clark has a superb shot to maneuver into second all-time on the profession scoring listing when Iowa performs at Northwestern on Wednesday. She has 3,389 factors and is 4 behind Missouri State’s Jackie Stiles (3,393) and 13 away from Ohio State’s Kelsey Mitchell (3,402). Passing Mitchell would give Clark the Big Ten scoring mark. Kelsey Plum holds the all-time mark with 3,527 factors.
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