BATON ROUGE – This past week, LSU women’s basketball went 1-1.
The Tigers (22-3, 8-3 SEC) lost on the road to No. 4 Texas in a competitive game that was close in the fourth quarter. LSU bounced back after that defeat and routed Auburn by 33 points last Sunday.
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Would a road loss to a top-5 team bump Kim Mulkey and her team down in this week’s rankings? Turns out, it was enough to see the Tigers drop one spot to No. 6 in the latest USA TODAY Coaches Poll, which was released Tuesday.
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Vanderbilt, which holds the head-to-head result over LSU, moved ahead of Mulkey’s team after an impressive week that featured two ranked wins over Kentucky on the road and a 16-point domination of Oklahoma at home.
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Cory Diaz covers the LSU Tigers for The Daily Advertiser as part of the USA TODAY Network. Follow his Tigers coverage on Twitter: @ByCoryDiaz. Got questions regarding LSU athletics? Send them to Cory Diaz at bdiaz@gannett.com.
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