{"id":1873,"date":"2023-01-09T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T12:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/09\/no-24-illinois-womens-basketball-ranked-in-ap-poll-for-first-time-since-2000-university-of-illinois-athletics\/"},"modified":"2023-01-09T12:02:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T12:02:00","slug":"no-24-illinois-womens-basketball-ranked-in-ap-poll-for-first-time-since-2000-university-of-illinois-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/09\/no-24-illinois-womens-basketball-ranked-in-ap-poll-for-first-time-since-2000-university-of-illinois-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 24 Illinois Women&#8217;s Basketball Ranked in AP Poll for First Time Since 2000 &#8211; University of Illinois Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"sidearm-story-template-links hide-on-large\" aria-label=\"Story Links\">&#13;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"hide\">Story Links<\/h3>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                <\/aside>\n<p><strong>CHAMPAIGN, Ill. &#8211;<\/strong> For the first time since Nov. 27, 2000, Illinois Women&#8217;s Basketball is ranked in the Associated Press (AP) Top-25 Rankings. After 8,072 days, the Fighting Illini returned to the AP Poll at No. 24.<\/p>\n<p>Illinois is off to a 14-3 start under first year head coach <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/shauna-green\/1694\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"1694\" target=\"_blank\">Shauna Green<\/a><\/dfn>, one of the best starts in program history. Two of Illinois&#8217; three losses came by a combined 10 points on the road at a pair of top-5 Big Ten foes.<\/p>\n<p>The Fighting Illini program has appeared in 64 AP Polls total across nine different seasons now. <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/shauna-green\/1694\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"1694\" target=\"_blank\">Shauna Green<\/a><\/dfn> joins Theresa Grentz, Laura Golden and Jane Schroeder\u00a0as Illini coaches to led a ranked Illinois squad. Green is the lone coach to achieve a Top-25 ranking in her first year leading the program.<\/p>\n<p>The complete Jan. 9, 2023 AP Rankings\u00a0can be viewed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll?week=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>NOTES (AS OF 1\/9\/23)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Illinois has matched the\u00a0best 17-game start in program history with a 14-3\u00a0record.\u00a0<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>With a 4-2 start to Big Ten play, Illinois owns its best start conference play since a 6-3 B1G start in 2012-13 (finished 9-7 vs. B1G).<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>With 14\u00a0wins, the Illini have more wins than any season since 2014-15 (15-16).<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>As of the day of the poll, Illinois owned a NET ranking of 29th\u00a0\u2013 up 151 spots from a year ago.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Illinois is already 9-0 at home this season &#8211; matching the fifth-longest home winning streak in program history.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>The Illini have seen notable success on the road as well, owning wins at Pitt, Butler, Missouri and Wisconsin for the program&#8217;s most road wins since the 2014-15 campaign.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/shauna-green\/1694\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"1694\" target=\"_blank\">Shauna Green<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0has implemented a defensive mentality that has helped lead the program&#8217;s resurgence\u00a0\u2013 opponents are averaging 62.4 PPG (138<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0NCAA, 5th\u00a0B1G), 29.1% rate from 3-point range (107<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0NCAA, 4th B1G), and 37.5% from the field (80<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0NCAA, 2nd\u00a0B1G).\u00a0<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>The Illinois offense has been\u00a0just as lethal \u2013 UI is averaging 81.3\u00a0PPG (14<sup>th<\/sup>NCAA, 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0B1G), 41.3% rate from 3-point range (2nd\u00a0NCAA, 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0B1G), and 47.6% from the field (13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0NCAA, 5<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0B1G).<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>The Illini&#8217;s scoring and rebounding margins have been remarkable under\u00a0<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/shauna-green\/1694\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"1694\" target=\"_blank\">Shauna Green<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0so far. Illinois&#8217; rebounding margin sits at 10.5, which ranks 14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0in the nation and 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0in the Big Ten. With a scoring margin of 18.9, Illinois ranks 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0overall and 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0in the Big Ten.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p>fbq('init', '101980176909011');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/news\/2023\/1\/9\/no-24-illinois-womens-basketball-ranked-in-ap-poll-for-first-time-since-2000.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Story Links &#13; &#13; &#13; CHAMPAIGN, Ill. &#8211; For the first time since Nov. 27, 2000, Illinois Women&#8217;s Basketball is ranked in the Associated Press (AP) Top-25 Rankings. 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