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Top 25 celebrates 20th anniversary as writers poll (The Associated Press)
 This season marks the 20th anniversary of the AP women's basketball Top 25 poll's shift to voting by writers and broadcasters. Before the 1994-95 season, the poll was determined by coaches and compiled by Mel Greenberg, who started it in 1976. Here's a look at some of the highlights over the past 20 years: STOP THE PRESSES: During the first season of the poll, No. 1 Tennessee was facing second-ranked UConn in an afternoon game on Martin Luther King's birthday. ''We thought why wait a whole another week when the No. 1 team could change later that day,'' said former AP Sports Writer Chuck Schoffner, who was in charge of the Top 25 when it first started as a writers' poll. More...
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