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The Associated Press Tabs UConn Preseason No. 1
STORRS, CT (Nov. 6, 2001) -- The University of Connecticut
women’s basketball team claimed number one in the preseason AP poll,
released Tuesday. Receiving 31 of a possible 45 first-place votes,
UConn garnered 1,102 points for its third consecutive and fourth
overall AP preseason No. 1 ranking.
Tennessee, whom the Huskies will face in Knoxville, TN, Jan. 5, was second
with 1,032 points and five first-place votes. No. 3 Vanderbilt received six
first-place votes, while No. 4 Oklahoma and No. 5 Duke split the remainder of
the first-place votes, with the Sooners receiving two and the Blue Devils
getting one.
Louisiana Tech, Texas Tech, Iowa State, Stanford and North Carolina State
rounded out the top ten, respectively.
2001 NCAA Champion Notre Dame was the only other BIG EAST school represented
in the top 25. The Fighting Irish are ranked No. 15.
UConn is also preseason No. 1 in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches’ Preseason Poll,
released yesterday.
| Rank |
Team (First-Place Votes) |
Points |
| 1 |
CONNECTICUT (31) |
1,102 |
| 2 |
Tennessee (5) |
1,032 |
| 3 |
Vanderbilt (6) |
1,023 |
| 4 |
Oklahoma (2) |
986 |
| 5 |
Duke (1) |
931 |
| 6 |
Louisiana Tech |
879 |
| 7 |
Texas Tech |
866 |
| 8 |
Iowa State |
789 |
| 9 |
Stanford |
706 |
| 10 |
North Carolina State |
655 |
| 11 |
Purdue |
654 |
| 12 |
Colorado |
540 |
| 13 |
Florida |
518 |
| 14 |
Baylor |
451 |
| 15 |
Notre Dame |
420 |
| 16 |
Georgia |
339 |
| 17 |
Michigan |
334 |
| 18 |
Old Dominion |
273 |
| 19 |
Washington |
263 |
| 20 |
George Washington |
197 |
| 21 |
Penn State |
177 |
| 22 |
Arizona State |
153 |
| 23 |
Maryland |
137 |
| 24 |
Colorado State |
130 |
| 25 |
Utah |
108 |
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