by UND9296 » Wed Feb 08, 2006 7:04 am
The problem with rankings for any non-dI sports is that most of the coaches doing the voting haven't seen the teams outside their own region. The list of coaches who vote for the dII women's basketball poll is listed underneath the poll at wbca.org, and I believe only two or three of the coaches have even seen UND play. Washburn won the title last year, and is undefeated, so the vast majority of the coaches are going to vote for them. Are they actually better than UND this year? I doubt it, but hopefully we'll get a chance to see at the Elite 8 if both make it.