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USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION III TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Preseason Poll: October 31, 2006
USA TODAY ESPN Top 25 women's basketball poll, with first-place votes
in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one
point for 25th.
| Rank, Institution |
Points |
1. University Of Scranton (Pa.) - 4
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656 |
2. Hope College (Mich.) - 4
|
613 |
3. University Of Southern Maine - 1
|
577 |
4. Bowdoin College (Maine)
|
558 |
5. DePauw University (Ind.)
|
493 |
6. Baldwin-Wallace College (Ohio)
|
468 |
7. Hardin-Simmons University (Texas)
|
438 |
8. University of Mary Washington (Va.)
|
402 |
9. University Of Wisconsin, Stout
|
387 |
10. Washington University (Mo.)
|
369 |
11. Wheaton College (Ill.)
|
356 |
12. Pacific Lutheran University (Wash.0
|
347 |
13. Messiah College (Pa.)
|
339 |
14. University Of Rochester (N.Y.)
|
313 |
15. Calvin College (Mich.)
|
273 |
16. Brandeis University (Mass.)
|
267 |
17. McMurry University (Texas)
|
263 |
18. Bridgewater College (Va.)
|
250 |
19. Williams College (Mass.)
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176 |
20. New York University
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168 |
21. Capital University (Ohio)
|
113 |
22. Simpson College (Iowa)
|
112 |
23. Randolph-Macon College (Va.)
|
104 |
24. Carroll College (Wis.)
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102 |
25. Bates College (Maine)
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86 |
Others Receiving Votes: University Of Puget Sound (Wash.) - 26; Wilmington
College (Ohio) - 23; Salem State College (Mass.) - 20; College Of St. Benedict
(Minn.) - 19; Howard Payne University (Texas) - 18; Thomas More College (Ky.)
- 15; University Of Wisconsin, Stevens Point - 15; Gwynedd Mercy College (Pa.)
- 13; Muhlenberg College (Pa.) - 13; Trinity University (Texas) - 13; University
Of Chicago (Ill.) - 13; University Of Wisconsin, La Crosse - 13; Emmanuel College
(Mass.) - 12; Maryville College (Mo.) - 12; College Of New Jersey - 6; Montclair
State University (N.J.) - 6; Moravian College (Pa.) - 4; Wittenberg University
(Ohio) - 4; Oswego State University (N.Y.) - 3; Otterbein College (Ohio) - 3;
Medaille College (N.Y.) - 2; Springfield College (Mass.) - 1.
The USA Today ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 10 head coaches at
Division III institutions. All are members of the Women's
Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). The 2006-07 board: Aaron Roussell
(University of Chicago), Brian Niemuth (Simpson College), Deb Hunter (Austin
College), Helen Higgs (Whitworth College), James Scheible (University of Rochester),
Jerry Scheve (Wilmington College), Mike Strong (University of Scranton), Nan
Hambrose (St. Marys College of MD), Ron Rohn (Muhlenberg College), Stefanie
Pemper (Bowdoin College).
-WBCA.org "The Address for Women's Basketball"-
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