Coaches Select OU No. 9

Nov. 2, 2010

Preseason Coaches' Poll
RK	TEAM	PTS
1.	Connecticut (27)	765
t2.	Baylor (2)	724
t2.	Stanford (1)	724
4.	Tennessee (1)	674
5.	Duke	619
6.	Xavier	602
7.	Ohio State	522
8.	Texas A&M	512
9.	Oklahoma	506
10.	Kentucky	497
11.	West Virginia	454
12.	Notre Dame	419
13.	Georgetown	380
14.	Florida State	298
15.	UCLA	283
16.	St. John's	262
17.	Iowa State	226
18.	North Carolina	206
19.	Georgia	196
20.	Texas	182
21.	Vanderbilt	151
22.	Gonzaga	106
23.	Nebraska	95
24.	Michigan State	91
25.	Iowa	86

NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma is No. 9 in the USA Today/ESPN Preseason Women's Basketball Coaches' Poll announced Tuesday.

The Sooners have started the season in the top 10 of the coaches' poll each of the past five seasons.

Connecticut received 27 of a possible 31 first-place votes to start as the preseason favorite, while Baylor and Stanford tied for second. Tennessee and Duke rounded out the top five.

OU and UConn will square off Feb. 14 at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn.

Xavier, Ohio State, Texas A&M, OU and Kentucky completed the top 10. The Sooners meet Ohio State in Columbus on Dec. 1.

Big 12 foes Iowa State (No. 17), Texas (No. 20), and Nebraska (No. 23) were also among the Top 25.

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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 2010-11 season: Courtney Banghart, Princeton; Frank Bennett, Lipscomb; Rae Blair, Texas-San Antonio; Matt Bollant, Wisconsin-Green Bay; Nikki Caldwell, UCLA; Matt Corkery, American; Leslie Crane, Western Illinois; Tonya Edwards, Alcorn State; Bill Fennelly, Iowa State; Jose Fernandez, South Florida; Jim Flanery, Creighton; Nell Fortner, Auburn; Susan Robinson Fruchtl, St. Francis (Pa.); LeDawn Gibson, Florida A&M; Tom Hodges, Morehead State; Jim Jabir, Dayton; Joe Mathews, Towson; Lynn Milligan, Rider; Kelly Packard, Ball State, Raegan Pebley, Utah State; Mike Petersen, Wake Forest; Rick Pietri, South Alabama; Gordy Presnell, Boise State; Rick Reeves, Gardner-Webb; Phil Stern, Maryland-Baltimore County; Paul Thomas, Saint Mary's; Sharon Versyp, Purdue; Jaime White, Northern Colorado; Joi Williams, Central Florida; Nancy Wilson, College of Charleston; and Jody Wynn, Long Beach State.

Oklahoma was ranked No. 10 in the preseason AP poll, voted by media and released last week.

The Sooners begin their basketball season Thursday, Nov. 4, with an exhibition game against Oklahoma Christian. Tip-off at the Lloyd Noble Center is 7 p.m.

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