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Washington 56

Cheyenne 33

Casper 32

Jackson Hole 35

Milwaukee 41 Madison 38

Charleston 48

Seattle Olympia 55 55 Spokane 43

Richmond 59

Burlington

(^50) Montpelier
48
Salt Lake City
46
St. George
65
Dallas/Ft. Worth
59
Brownsville
72
Lubbock
60
Midland-
Odessa
70
El Paso
68 Austin 64
San Antonio
62 Houston
60
Nashville
52
Memphis
53
Knoxville
52
Rapid City
(^37) Pierre
42
Sioux Falls
42
Charleston
66
Columbia
64
Harrisburg
54
Philadelphia
55
Pittsburgh
44
Burns
53
Bend
51
Portland
Salem 58
59
Oklahoma
City
59
Tulsa
58
Cincinnati
47
Cleveland
44
Columbus
45
Fargo
39
Bismarck
37
Raleigh
Charlotte^60
61
Buffalo
42 Albany
53
New York
56
Albuquerque
59
Santa Fe
56
Reno
62 Elko 56
Carson City
60
Las Vegas
69
Omaha
46
North Platte
47
Billings
40
Miles City
38
Helena
38
Kansas City
49
Jefferson City
56
St. Louis
54
Jackson
56
Mpls-St. Paul
42
Duluth
40
Detroit
45
Marquette
38
Lansing
42
Grand
Rapids
44
Boston
58
Annapolis
55
Bangor
62
Augusta
58
Baton Rouge
60
Shreveport
58
New
Orleans
59
Louisville
50
Topeka
51
Wichita
Dodge City 49 54
Des Moines
42
Indianapolis
46
Chicago
40
Springfield
50
Boise
47
Idaho Falls
39
Atlanta
57
Savannah
66
Tallahassee
65
Jacksonville
67
Tampa
80
Miami
89
Hartford
57
Denver
Aspen 40 35
San Francisco
70
Palm Springs
81
Los Angeles
81
Sacramento
73
Fresno
73
Eureka
59
San Diego
76
Little Rock
Phoenix 80 55
Flagstaff
60
Birmingham
55
Montgomery
61
Mobile
Honolulu^61
86
San Juan
85
Anchorage
47
Juneau
46
Fairbanks
31
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Alaska
Washington
58
Cheyenne
46
Casper
38
Jackson
Hole
40
Milwaukee
39
Madison
37
Charleston
53
Seattle
Olympia 56 55 Spokane
46
Richmond
61
Burlington
(^50) Montpelier
46
Salt Lake City
51
St. George
69
Dallas/Ft. Worth
58
Brownsville
72
Lubbock
55
Midland-
Odessa
59
El Paso
62 Austin 65
San Antonio
65 Houston
64
Nashville
53
Memphis
52
Knoxville
55
Rapid City
(^47) Pierre
47
Sioux Falls
46
Charleston
67
Columbia
66
Harrisburg
55
Philadelphia
55
Pittsburgh
48
Burns
53
Bend
60
Portland
Salem 59
59
Oklahoma
City
54
Tulsa
55
Cincinnati
47
Cleveland
48
Columbus
47
Fargo
42
Bismarck
43
Raleigh
Charlotte^64
63
Buffalo
47 Albany
52
New York
53
Albuquerque
55
Santa Fe
53
Reno
65
Elko
Carson City^58
65
Las Vegas
71
Omaha
48
North Platte
53
Billings
45
Miles City
44
Helena
45
Kansas City
48
Jefferson City
48
St. Louis
48
Jackson
59
Mpls-St. Paul
42
Duluth
39
Detroit
44
Marquette
37
Lansing
40
Grand
Rapids
40
Boston
52
Annapolis
55
Bangor
49
Augusta
49
Baton Rouge
63
Shreveport
59
New
Orleans
64
Louisville
50
Topeka
51
Wichita
Dodge City 53 53
Des Moines
45
Indianapolis
42
Chicago
Springfield^37
43
Boise
51
Idaho Falls
43
Atlanta
60
Savannah
69
Tallahassee
69
Jacksonville
68
Tampa
81
Miami
88
Hartford
54
Denver
Aspen 46 46
San Francisco
72
Palm Springs
85
Los Angeles
82
Sacramento
76
Fresno
76
Eureka
60
San Diego
76
Little Rock
Phoenix 84 55
Flagstaff
62
Birmingham
58
Montgomery
63
Mobile
Honolulu^63
87
San Juan
85
Anchorage
45
Juneau
46
Fairbanks
25
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Alaska
Albany, N.Y. 53/35w 52/34s
Albuquerque 59/28s 55/31s
Amarillo, Texas 53/24s 54/32s
Anchorage, Alaska 47/41sh 45/35sh
Atlantic City, N.J. 56/40w 56/42s
Augusta, Ga. 66/33s 68/39s
Austin, Texas 64/38s 65/37pc
Baton Rouge, La. 60/36s 63/37s
Billings, Mont. 40/26s 45/30pc
Birmingham, Ala. 55/31s 58/33s
Bismarck, N.D. 37/25c 43/25c
Boise, Idaho 47/24s 51/28s
Buffalo, N.Y. 42/34w 47/30c
Burlington, Vt. 50/31r 50/35pc
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 41/26c 41/27pc
Charleston, S.C. 66/43pc 67/43pc
Charleston, W.Va. 48/26s 53/31pc
Cheyenne, Wyo. 33/15s 46/26s
Cincinnati 47/29s 47/30pc
Cleveland 44/32w 48/32c
Columbia, S.C. 64/35s 66/37s
Columbus, Ohio 45/27pc 47/29pc
Corpus Christi, Texas 66/49s 71/45pc
Daytona Beach, Fla. 75/68pc 80/63pc
Des Moines, Iowa 42/29sh 45/33pc
Duluth, Minn. 40/27c 39/27c
Durham, N.C. 58/34s 61/37s
El Paso, Texas 68/39s 62/43pc
Fairbanks, Alaska 31/19c 25/9sf
Flagstaff, Ariz. 60/20s 62/25s
Fargo, N.D. 39/25c 42/26pc
Fort Myers, Fla. 89/72pc 88/70sh
Fort Wayne, Ind. 44/29pc 42/28c
Fresno, Calif. 73/44s 76/45s
Green Bay, Wis. 40/29c 39/27c
Harrisburg, Pa. 54/33w 55/35s
Hartford, Conn. 57/32w 54/33s
Indianapolis 46/30s 42/27pc
Jackson, Miss. 56/34s 59/32s
Jacksonville, Fla. 67/53c 68/45sh
Jefferson City, Mo. 56/32s 48/30pc
Kansas City 49/28c 48/33pc
Key West, Fla. 86/77pc 86/78pc
Knoxville, Tenn. 52/31s 55/29s
Lincoln, Neb. 47/26c 50/31s
Little Rock, Ark. 55/34s 55/31s
Louisville, Ky. 50/33s 50/32pc
Manchester, N.H. 56/33w 52/35s
Memphis, Tenn. 53/35s 52/32s
Milwaukee 41/31c 39/28pc
Mobile, Ala. 61/37s 63/37s
Montgomery, Ala. 61/34s 63/35s
Myrtle Beach, S.C. 63/44pc 66/43pc
Nags Head, N.C. 59/51c 64/53pc
Nashville, Tenn. 52/29s 53/32s
Newark, N.J. 57/37w 55/40s
Norfolk, Va. 60/47pc 63/47pc
Oakland, Calif. 71/45s 73/45s
Oklahoma City 59/29s 54/32s
Omaha, Neb. 46/30c 48/36pc
Palm Springs, Calif. 81/53s 85/57s
Pittsburgh 44/27w 48/27pc
Portland, Maine 58/33r 49/35s
Portland, Ore. 58/35s 59/37s
Providence, R.I. 57/34w 52/37s
Raleigh, N.C. 60/35s 64/37s
Rapid City, S.D. 37/18w 47/26s
Reno, Nev. 62/28s 65/33s
Richmond, Va. 59/36s 61/36s
Rochester, N.Y. 46/34w 51/33c
Sacramento, Calif. 73/37s 76/38s
San Antonio 62/39s 65/39pc
San Jose, Calif. 75/45s 77/47s
Savannah, Ga. 66/45s 69/44pc
Shreveport, La. 58/35s 59/35s
Sioux Falls, S.D. 42/27c 46/28pc
South Bend, Ind. 44/33pc 40/28pc
Spokane, Wash. 43/25s 46/27pc
Springfi eld, Mo. 56/29s 48/29s
Springfi eld, Ill. 50/30pc 43/27pc
St. Louis 54/34s 48/31pc
Syracuse, N.Y. 48/34r 52/33pc
Tallahassee, Fla. 65/43pc 69/42pc
Tampa, Fla. 80/67pc 81/61pc
Topeka, Kan. 51/28pc 51/33s
Tucson, Ariz. 81/52s 81/53s
Tulsa, Okla. 58/31s 55/32s
Wichita, Kan. 54/28s 53/32s
Wilmington, Del. 56/33s 56/35s
Winston-Salem, N.C. 58/33s 60/35s
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
FRI SAT
EXTREMES
Note: For contiguous
4 8 states through
3 p.m. Thursday
HOTTEST:
93°
Jacksonville, Fla.
COLDEST:
-14°
Gothic, Colo.
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather Inc. ©
A disturbance tracking
across southern Canada will
usher a blast of cold air into
the northern Plains and Great
Lakes from Friday through
the weekend.
Gusty winds will accompany
the cold, making it feel even
colder.
Flurries will fly across the
northern Plains Friday with
this disturbance.
Lake-effect rain and snow
showers will pester the Great
Lakes Saturday and Sunday.
A few slushy inches of
snow are likely in the higher
terrain.
A few showers and thunder-
storms will pester southern
Florida through the weekend.
Othewise, sunshine with
dry and seasonably cool
weather will prevail across
the vast majority of the nation.
C O A C H E S K N O W B E S T
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Oregon (2018-19 record, 33-5)
Points: 788 (24 first-place votes). 2018-19 final ranking: 4.

Baylor (2018-19 record, 37-1)
Points: 773 (8 first-place votes). 2018-19 final ranking: 1.

Stanford (2018-19 record, 31-5)
Points: 709. 2018-19 final ranking: 7.

Connecticut (2018-19 record, 35-3)

Maryland (2018-19 record, 29-5)

Oregon State (2018-19 record, 26-8)

Texas A&M (2018-19 record, 26-8)

Mississippi State(2018-19 record, 33-3)

Louisville (2018-19 record, 32-4)

South Carolina (2018-19 record, 23-10)

UCLA (2018-19 record, 22-13)

North Carolina State (2018-19 record, 28-6)

Florida State(2018-19 record, 24-9)

Notre Dame(2018-19 record, 35-4)

Texas (2018-19 record, 23-10)
Points: 310. 2018-19 final ranking: Not ranked.

Kentucky (2018-19 record, 25-8)

Syracuse (2018-19 record, 25-9)

Arizona State (2018-19 record, 22-11)

Miami (Florida) (2018-19 record, 25-9)

DePaul (2018-19 record, 26-8)

Michigan State (2018-19 record, 21-12)

Arkansas (2018-19 record, 22-15)

Gonzaga (2018-19 record, 29-5)

Iowa State (2018-19 record, 26-9)

Michigan (2018-19 record, 22-12)
Dropped out: No. 8 Iowa (29-7); No. 19 Marquette (27-8); No. 22
South Dakota State (28-7); No. 24 Missouri State (25-10).
Others receiving votes: Iowa (29-7) 75; Minnesota (21-11) 73;
West Virginia (22-11) 54; Indiana (21-13) 49; Drake (27-7) 48;
Rice (28-4) 44; Arizona (24-13) 36; South Dakota (28-6) 20;
Marquette (27-8) 18; Tennessee (19-13) 16; Missouri State (25-

13; South Dakota State (28-7) 12; Boise State (28-5) 12;
Brigham Young (26-7) 10; San Diego State (14-18) 7; California
(20-13) 7; Missouri (24-11) 6; South Florida (19-16) 5; Rutgers
(22-10) 4; James Madison (29-6) 4; Kansas State (21-12) 3; Cen-
tral Florida (26-7) 3; Florida Gulf Coast (28-5) 2; Buffalo (24-10)
2; Southern California (17-13) 1; Oklahoma State (14-16) 1; Abi-
lene Christian (23-10) 1.
The USA TODAY Sports board of coaches is made up of 32 head
coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the Wom-
en’s Basketball Coaches Association. The board for the 2019-
20 season: Suzy Barcomb, Seattle; Bart Brooks, Belmont; Dan
Burt, Duquesne; Jackie Carson; Furman; Billi Chambers, Iona;
Bill Cleary, Colgate; Shane Clipfell, Western Michigan; Bradley
Davis, Pacific; Bill Fennelly, Iowa State; Jose Fernandez, South
Florida; Ronny Fisher, Campbell; Terry Fowler, South Alabama;
Freda Freeman-Jackson, Alabama State; Brenda Frese, Mary-
land; Julie Goodenough; Abilene Christian; Tamara Inoue, UC-
Irvine; Belle Koclanes, Dartmouth; Mike Lane, NJIT; Maria Mar-
chesano, Mount Saint Mary’s; Katie Meier, Miami (Fla.); Jalie
Mitchell, North Texas; Jon Newlee, Idaho; Harry Perretta, Villa-
nova; Kyle Rechlicz; Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Diane Richardson,
Towson; Lynne Roberts, Utah; Tarrell Robinson, North Carolina
A&T; Matt Ruffing, Evansville; Joni Taylor, Georgia; Jim Turge-
on, Denver; Amy Vachon, Maine; Ryun Williams, Colorado
State.

COACHES POLL

When Sabrina Ionescudecided to re-
turn for her senior season at Oregon, she
had a clear message on social media to
her fans and the rest of the country:
“Unfinished Business.”
Ionescu is the reigning Wade Trophy
and Wooden Award winner as the na-
tion’s top player, but she has one more
goal before leaving Eugene – win a na-
tional championship.
With Ionescu back, the Ducks are
ranked No. 1 in the USA TODAY presea-
son coaches’ poll, receiving 24 of the 32
first-place votes, making them an early
favorite to capture the program’s first
national title.
Oregon was close last season, ad-
vancing to its first Women’s Final Four,
where the Ducks lost 72-67 to Baylor. “I
don’t think I’ll ever get over it, if you
want me to be honest,” Ionescu said
about the loss to Baylor during the
Pac-12 media day. “Obviously, now our
attention is elsewhere. We’re not focus-
ing too much on the past, we’re focusing
on the future.”
After the Final Four loss, while strug-
gling with the decision, Ionescu went
for a walk to think about it. Suddenly,
there was no doubt about what she was
going to do.
“I just knew. There was no way that I
call (coach Kelly Graves) or my team and
tell them that I’m going to be leaving,”
Ionescu said. “It just didn’t feel right. So
at that moment, I just knew that it’s
meant for me to stay for my last year.”
Oregon has made it to at least the
Elite Eight in each of the past three sea-
sons, which was a complete turnaround
from the program Graves inherited in
2014-15, when the team went 13-17 in his
first season.
The Ducks now are the two-time de-
fending Pac-12 champions. Here are five
reasons they should be considered the
national title favorite.
z1. Sabrina does it all:Ionescu is the
best player in the nation, and with an

NCAA-record 18 career triple-doubles, she can do it all. The Ducks’ offense goes through her, and she has excelled at both scoring and distributing to get the players around her involved. At guard, Ionescu averaged 19. points, 7.4 rebounds and 8.1 assists per game last season as a junior. She led the team in scoring and assists, and she was second in rebounding. She also was second on the team with 51 steals. “Super excited to be back with the team,” Ionescu said. “And continue to be the best role model, the best basketball player, the best person I can is ultimate- ly what drives me.” z2. Ducks solid under the basket: Ruthy Hebard averaged 16.1 points and 9.1 rebounds last season as a junior, and she has been solid under the basket throughout her career. The 6-4 forward has shown flashes of being able to dominate, as she did against South Dakota State in the Sweet 16, when she had a game-high 24 points, 14 rebounds and four blocked shots. The Ducks would benefit from He- bard taking more shots, considering she shot 67% from the field last season. z3. Sabally is an X factor:Satou Sa- bally is a matchup nightmare for opposing teams, and she had several breakout performances last season.

Now a junior, Sabally is a 6-4 forward who is athletic and can shoot from the outside. Last season, she made 81 3- pointers, third highest on the team. Do you put a quick guard on her or a tall forward? Opposing teams struggle with that choice. z4. Oregon brings in transfers: Graves has shown a willingness to bring in transfers he believes can help the team win, including Erin Boley in the past and Minyon Moore this season. Boley had to sit out the 2017-18 season due to the NCAA rules when she transferred from Notre Dame to Oregon. Last season as a redshirt sophomore forward, Boley started all 38 games and averaged 12.4 points and 3.5 rebounds. She led the Ducks in 3-point shooting, making 108 of 251 shots (43%). Oregon has high hopes for Moore, a guard who averaged 14.8 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists last season at Southern California. She also was on the Pac-12’s all-defensive team. As a graduate transfer, Moore can play for the Ducks right away. z5. Graves making adjustments: Graves has proved an excellent lever puller as a coach, and after losing to Baylor in the Final Four he went back to work. Graves studied the loss and looked for ways to make Oregon better. “We had such a great season and

really had a chance in that semiﬁnal game, and we just missed some shots that were a little out of character for us,” Graves said. “It hurts in the moment, but we’re always turning the page to what’s next. “It’s inspired me to work harder in the oﬀseason.”

Oregon set to ﬁnish business

Ionescu back after

loss in Final Four

Pete Martini
USA TODAY

Oregon senior Sabrina Ionescu, left, already owns the NCAA record for career triple-doubles with 18. ANNA REED/STATESMAN JOURNAL

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