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USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION I TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Preseason Poll: November 1, 2006
The Top 25 PRESEASON women’s basketball coaches poll, with team’s 2005-06
record in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through
one point for 25th, ranking in last season's final poll (April 5) and first-place
votes received:
|
Rank
|
School (2005-06 record) |
Points
|
Final 2005-06 Rank
|
First-Place Votes
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1
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Maryland (34-4) |
773
|
1
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29
|
|
2
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North Carolina (33-2) |
709
|
3
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1
|
|
3
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Oklahoma (31-5) |
686
|
8
|
0
|
|
4
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Stanford (26-8) |
655
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7
|
1
|
|
5
|
Tennessee (31-5) |
648
|
5
|
0
|
|
6
|
Duke (31-4) |
632
|
2
|
0
|
|
7
|
Ohio State (29-3) |
587
|
10
|
0
|
|
8
|
Connecticut (32-5) |
557
|
6
|
0
|
|
9
|
Georgia (23-9) |
487
|
13
|
0
|
|
10
|
LSU (31-4) |
454
|
4
|
0
|
|
11
|
Rutgers (27-5) |
448
|
9
|
0
|
|
12
|
Arizona State (25-7) |
383
|
17
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0
|
|
13
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Purdue (26-7) |
380
|
11
|
0
|
|
14
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Texas A&M (23-9) |
297
|
not ranked
|
0
|
|
15
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Vanderbilt (21-11) |
262
|
22
|
0
|
|
16
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Kentucky (22-9) |
255
|
not ranked
|
0
|
|
17
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Michigan State (24-10) |
204
|
16
|
0
|
|
18
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Baylor (26-7) |
192
|
14
|
0
|
|
19
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DePaul (27-7) |
178
|
15
|
0
|
|
20
|
New Mexico (22-10) |
134
|
21
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0
|
|
21
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California (18-12) |
114
|
not ranked
|
0
|
|
22
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Southern California (19-12) |
100
|
not ranked
|
0
|
|
23
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UCLA (21-11) |
95
|
18
|
0
|
|
24
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Brigham Young (26-6) |
93
|
20
|
0
|
|
25
|
Washington (19-11) |
92
|
not ranked
|
0
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Others receiving votes (2005-06 record in parentheses): Boston College (21-12) 83;
George Washington (23-9) 77; Utah (27-7) 77; Texas (13-15) 50; Bowling Green (28-3) 47;
TCU (19-12) 46; Louisiana Tech (26-5) 45; Old Dominion (22-9) 39; Temple (24-8) 37;
Louisville (19-10) 33; St. John‘s (22-8) 20; Pittsburgh (22-10) 16; Kansas State (22-10) 13;
North Carolina State (19-12) 12; Tulsa (25-7) 10; Florida State (20-10) 8; Texas Tech (15-14) 7;
South Carolina (17-12) 6; Florida (21-9) 5; Hartford (27-4) 4; Rice (19-13) 4; South Florida (19-12) 4;
Virginia Tech (21-10) 4; Mississippi (17-14) 3; Western Kentucky (26-7) 3; Drake (17-12) 2; Iowa (17-12) 2;
Middle Tennessee (20-11) 2; Montana (21-7) 1.
The USA TODAY/ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions.
All are members of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. The board for the 2006-07 season:
Agnus Berenato, Pittsburgh; Pam Borton, Minnesota; Beth Burns, San Diego State; Pokey Chatman, LSU;
Debra Clark, Florida A&M; Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, Prairie View; Beth Couture, Butler; Mary Taylor Cowles,
Western Kentucky; Leslie Crane, Western Illinois; Tricia Cullop, Evansville; Brian Giorgis, Marist;
Kellie Harper, Western Carolina; Mary Hegarty, Long Beach State; Melissa McFerrin, American;
Kevin McGuff, Xavier; Tina Martin, Delaware; Curt Miller, Bowling Green; Dan Muscatell, Sacramento State;
Paul Nixon, Columbia; Jill Poe, St. Francis (Pa.); Jeri Porter, Radford; Rick Reeves, Gardner-Webb;
Lee Ann Riley, Stephen F. Austin; Jennifer Rizzotti, Hartford; Rhonda Rompola, Southern Methodist;
Julie Rousseau, Pepperdine; Brady Sallee, Eastern Illinois; Cindy Stein, Missouri; LaVonda Wagner, Oregon State;
AdrianWiggins, Fresno State; Kay Yow, North Carolina State.
The WBCA prohibits schools on major NCAA or conference probation from receiving
votes.
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