NEW YORK – Coach Tara VanDerveer and Stanford are the new No. 1 in The Associated Press women's basketball poll.The Cardinal ascended to the top spot Monday after previous No.
1 South Carolina lost at home to then-No. 8 North Carolina State. Stanford received 24 of the 30 first-place votes from a national media panel.The Cardinal moved up to No.
1 at nearly the same time last year and held on to that spot for three weeks, the team's first appearance there in seven years.VanDerveer downplayed the significance of her team moving to No.
1 in Week 3 of the season.“Rankings are important in March," she said. "Let’s hope we’re playing in March.”Louisville moved up three spots to No.