BATON ROUGE — What a different a week — a game makes in the rankings world.
Last week, LSU women’s basketball dropped its first two Southeastern Conference games to Kentucky and Vanderbilt, both ranked matchups, by six combined points and it tumbled in the polls.
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Kim Mulkey and her Tigers followed that up with consecutive wins, the second of those being the biggest win on the season by any team in women’s college basketball when it upset then No. 2 Texas, 70-65, Sunday inside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The win surged LSU back up the rankings.
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In this week’s USA TODAY Coaches Poll, LSU (16-2, 2-2 SEC) comes in at No. 6, a change of six spots, the second largest move of any team in the top 25.
The Tigers are the fourth-highest ranked team from the SEC in this week’s poll behind No. 2 South Carolina, No. 4 Texas and No. 5 Vanderbilt.
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LSU women’s basketball in Coaches Poll
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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