Women's Hoops Debuts at Lucky No. 13

Oct. 30, 2009

AP Preseason Top 25

Rank	School	Points
1.	Connecticut (40)	1000
2.	Stanford	951
3.	Ohio State	862
4.	Notre Dame	799
5.	North Carolina	798
6.	Duke	772
7.	Baylor	744
8.	Tennessee	676
9.	LSU	600
10.	Michigan State	521
11.	Xavier	492
12.	Texas	487
13.	Oklahoma	444
14.	Virginia	394
15.	Florida State	385
16.	Arizona State	317
17.	DePaul	301
18.	California	294
19.	Georgia Tech	262
20.	Kansas	241
21.	Georgia	201
22.	Vanderbilt	165
23.	Louisville	156
24.	Middle Tennessee	143
25.	Rutgers	138
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES Texas A&M 137, Maryland 114, Mississippi State 110, San Diego State 78, South Dakota State 70, Pittsburgh 48, Purdue 45, Kansas State 33, Gonzaga 30, Marist 26, UCLA 26, Michigan 16, Iowa State 14, Minnesota 14, Boston College 12, Louisiana Tech 11, Tulane 9, Bowling Green 8, Arkansas 7, TCU 7, Wisconsin-Green Bay 7, Auburn 6, Nebraska 6, Texas Tech 6, USC 5, Florida 3, Fresno State 3, Oklahoma State 3, Delaware 1, Florida Gulf Coast 1, Temple 1.

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2009-10 OU Women's Basketball Schedule

NEW YORK (AP) -- Oklahoma will start its 2009-10 women's basketball season ranked 13th in the Associated Press Preseason Top 25 Poll.

The Sooners have been ranked in the top 25 since the debut poll of the 2005-06 season, extending the longest such streak in the program's history.

OU followed Big 12 rivals Baylor (No. 7) and Texas (No. 12) in this year's version. Kansas was No. 20.

Defending national championship Connecticut were the unanimous No. 1 in the women's basketball poll, earning all 40 first-place votes from a national media panel.

The Sooners will play at least nine games against preseason top 25 foes, including home matchups against No. 1 UConn (Feb. 15), No. 7 Baylor (Feb. 10), No. 12 Texas (Feb. 3) and No. 20 Kansas (Jan. 23).

OU also meets No. 4 Notre Dame on Nov. 28 during the Virgin Islands Paradise Jam, No. 8 Tennessee in Knoxville on Jan. 3 and No. 21 Georgia in Athens on Nov. 15.

Ten other OU opponents -- Texas A&M, San Diego State, Kansas State, Marist, Iowa State, Arkansas, TCU, Nebraska, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State -- received votes for the preseason poll.

Stanford was voted second and Ohio State third, with Notre Dame and North Carolina rounding out the first five.

Duke and Baylor start the next five, followed by Tennessee. LSU is ninth with Michigan State rounding out the top 10.

Xavier, Texas, Oklahoma, Virginia and Florida State, Arizona State, DePaul, California, Georgia Tech and Kansas complete the first 20.

Georgia, Vanderbilt, Louisville, Middle Tennessee State and Rutgers finish off the Top 25.

Oklahoma opens its season at the Lloyd Noble Center, Nov. 13, versus Mercer. The Sooners host exhibitions against Rogers State (Nov. 4) and Oklahoma Christian (Nov. 10). All of those games being at 7 p.m.

Season tickets and mini-packs are available for purchase at the OU Athletics Ticket Office by calling 1-800-456-GoOU or visiting the tickets link online at SoonerSports.com.

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