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JMU women enter national rankings

Chris Graham

  
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The James Madison women’s basketball program is ranked 24th in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 media poll.

JMU has a 7-0 record that includes a 75-73 win at Virginia, ranked 19th by AP this week.

Last week the Dukes received votes in both the AP media poll and in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll.

This week’s USA Today/ESPN poll will be released Tuesday afternoon.

The Top 25 ranking is the first for JMU since the 2006-07 season. That year the Dukes were ranked for four consecutive weeks (Jan. 29-Feb. 19) in the AP poll with a high of No. 22 on Feb. 19.

JMU’s last USA Today/ESPN poll appearance was Feb. 19, 2007, when the Dukes were ranked 25th.

In addition to this year’s win over Virginia, JMU has beaten two teams, Georgetown (79-76) and Liberty (60-50), that have been among the vote-getters in this season’s USA Today/ESPN polls.

1987 Waynesboro High School graduate Kenny Brooks is the head coach of the women’s program at JMU.

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Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to Substack or his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].

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