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Women’s college basketball rankings: Iowa reenters top 10, Auriemma makes history

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Iowa has reentered the top 10 of the AP Top 25 after a stellar performance from Ava Heiden led the Hawkeyes to a 62-44 victory over then-No. 6 Michigan. Jan Jensen’s team is finishing the regular season strong and is now up to No. 2 and tied with Michigan in the Big Ten standings.

Heiden registered her eighth career double-double with 24 points and 10 rebounds, along with two blocks and two steals. The sophomore was a key part of Iowa’s defense, holding the now-No. 8 Wolverines to their lowest point total of the season.

Another big shake-up in the top 10 came from unranked Virginia upsetting then-No. 8 Louisville 74-72 in Kentucky. Meanwhile, then-No. 9 Duke had its 17-game winning streak snapped in a 53-51 loss against Clemson. Both winners are bubble teams, so this past weekend could have been a significant one when it comes to NCAA Tournament implications.

The top five did remain steady, although No. 5 Vanderbilt barely snuck away with an 81-79 win against Kentucky on Sunday. UConn is once again the unanimous No. 1, but this week is a little more special. The program has now appeared in the AP Top 25 poll a total of 655 times under Geno Auriemma, which passed former Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer’s record during her 41-year Hall of Fame career.

Tennessee is another historic women’s basketball program, but the team has been struggling as of late. A 100-93 loss to Oklahoma became their fourth consecutive loss and now the Lady Vols have fallen out of the rankings.

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AP Women’s Basketball Top 25

1 UConn 28-0 775 (31) 1
2 UCLA 27-1 744 2
3 South Carolina 27-1 713 3
4 Texas 26-2 665 4
5 Vanderbilt 25-3 660 5
6 LSU 24-4 624 7
7 Oklahoma 21-6 543 11
8 Michigan 22-5 531 6
9 Iowa 22-5 522 13
10 Louisville 24-5 472 8
11 TCU 25-4 462 12
12 Duke 20-7 449 9
13 Ohio State 23-5 415 10
14 Maryland 22-6 382 14
15 Michigan State 22-6 319 18
16 Kentucky 20-8 286 16
17 West Virginia 22-6 264 19
18 Baylor 23-6 224 15
19 Ole Miss 21-8 219 17
20 Texas Tech 24-5 206 20
21 North Carolina 23-6 177 22
22 Minnesota 21-7 161 23
23 Georgia 20-7 68 24
24 Alabama 21-7 55 25
25 Princeton 21-3 30 NR

Others receiving votes: Colorado 23, Fairfield 18, Tennessee 12, Columbia 10, Rhode Island 7, N Dakota St 7, Virginia 6, Villanova 6, Southern Cal 5, Rice 4, Iowa St. 3, Syracuse 2, Illinois 2, Notre Dame 1, Washington 1, NC State 1.

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Wolfsburg vs Eintracht Frankfurt Prediction and Betting Tips

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Wolfsburg will invite Eintracht Frankfurt to Volkswagen Arena in the Bundesliga on Saturday. The hosts have five wins and are 17th in the league table. Frankfurt have 10 wins and are seventh in the league standings.

Die Wölfe have endured a poor run of form and are winless in their last 11 games in all competitions. They suffered a second consecutive defeat last week, as they resumed their league campaign after the international break with a 6-3 away loss to Bayer Leverkusen. The Danish trio of Jonas Wind, Joakim Mæhle, and Christian Eriksen scored in the first half, but they conceded four goals after the break.

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Die Adler are winless in their last two games and were held to a 2-2 draw by Koln last week. After a goalless first half, Jonathan Burkardt and Arnaud Kalimuendo scored in quick succession in the second half. Koln scored twice late in the match to level the score.

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Wolfsburg vs Eintracht Frankfurt Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

  • The two teams have crossed paths 53 times in all competitions. Die Wölfe have the lead in the head-to-head record with 24 wins. The visitors have 11 wins, and 18 games have ended in draws.
  • They last met in the reverse fixture in November and played out a 1-1 draw.
  • The hosts have the joint-worst defensive record in the league, conceding 63 goals, 10 more than Eintracht Frankfurt.
  • Wolfsburg have scored a goal each in their last three meetings against the visitors.
  • Six of the last nine meetings between the two teams have produced under 2.5 goals.
  • Die Adler are winless on their travels across all competitions since December.
  • Only Hamburg have drawn more games (10) in the Bundesliga this season than the visitors (9).

Wolfsburg vs Eintracht Frankfurt Prediction

Die Wölfe have lost five of their last six league games, conceding 17 goals in that period, and will look to improve upon that record. Notably, they have scored in all but one of their last 10 home games.

They have a lengthy absentee list for this match, as Cleiton, Kevin Paredes, Bence Dárdai, Rogério, Jenson Seelt, Kilian Fischer, Jonas Wind, and Marius Müller are injured, and Konstantinos Koulierakis is suspended.

Die Adler have conceded two goals apiece in their last two league games. They have conceded three goals each in four of their last seven away games, which is cause for concern.

Michy Batshuayi, Rasmus Kristensen, Kauã Santos, Nnamdi Collins, and Jean-Mattéo Bahoya remain sidelined for the visitors.

Frankfurt are unbeaten in their last four meetings against the hosts and should make the most of Wolfsburg’s struggles to eke out a win.

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Prediction: Wolfsburg 1-2 Eintracht Frankfurt


Wolfsburg vs Eintracht Frankfurt Betting Tips

Tip 1: Result – Eintracht Frankfurt to win

Tip 2: Goals – Over/Under 2.5 Goals – Over 2.5 goals

Tip 3: Both teams to score – Yes

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Tip 4: At least one goal to be scored in the second half – Yes