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Women's Hoops No. 8 in Coaches' Poll

November 04, 2009 | Women's Basketball

By: Athletics Communications

Nov. 4, 2009

 
 USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll

 
Rank School Points
1. Connecticut (31) 775
2. Stanford 739
3. Ohio State 653
4. Baylor 649
5. North Carolina 561
6. Duke 547
7. Notre Dame 438
8. Oklahoma 416
9. Tennessee 412
10. Michigan State 353
11. Arizona State 328
12. Florida State 323
13. California 314
14. Texas 311
15. Xavier 303
16. Texas A&M 302
17. LSU 298
18. Virginia 246
19. Louisville 232
20. Vanderbilt 223
21. Maryland 209
22. Pittsburgh 127
23. Purdue 126
24. Iowa State 125
25. DePaul 121

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Middle Tennessee State 118, Kansas 110, Rutgers 106, Auburn 84, Georgia 76, Georgia Tech 73, South Dakota State 70, Mississippi State 66, Gonzaga 48, San Diego State 39, Kansas State 39, Florida 31, TCU 12, North Carolina State 11, Michigan 10, Arizona 10, Bowling Green 7, Syracuse 6, South Florida 6, South Carolina 3, Temple 2, Southern Methodist 2, Richmond 2, Georgetown 2, Ball State 2, Arkansas-Little Rock 2, UCF 1, Charlotte 1, Fresno State 1, Hartford 1, Minnesota 1, West Virginia 1, Western Kentucky 1.

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NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma is No. 8 in the Preseason USA Today/ESPN Women's Basketball Coaches' Poll released Wednesday.

The Sooners, picked 13th in the media poll, finished the 2009 season ranked No. 4 after making the program's second Final Four appearance.

Oklahoma returns three starters including 2009 Nancy Lieberman Award finalist Danielle Robinson and Big 12 Freshman of the Year Whitney Hand.

Defending national champion Connecticut received all 31 first-place votes in the preseason poll. Four starters are returning from the team that went 39-0 last season.

Stanford was second, followed by Ohio State, Baylor and North Carolina, which finished the 2008-09 season ranked 17th.

Duke was No. 6, with Notre Dame seventh, Tennessee ninth and Michigan State completing the top 10. Arizona State was 11th, Florida State was No. 12 and Cal came in at 13th and Texas was 14th, followed by Xavier, Texas A&M, LSU, Virginia and Louisville.

Vanderbilt, Maryland, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Iowa State and DePaul finish the top 25.

DePaul is one of five teams in the poll not ranked at the end of last season. The others are Notre Dame, Tennessee, Texas and LSU.

Oklahoma plays its exhibition opener tonight against Rogers State. Tip-off is 7 p.m.

The Sooners host their final exhibition Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the Lloyd Noble Center versus Oklahoma Christian.

 


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