STORRS, Conn. (November 1, 2008) -The University of Connecticut women's basketball team is ranked No. 1 nationally in the 2008 Associated Press Preseason Top-25, which was released Saturday.
This marks the first time since 2004 and the sixth time in the program's history that Connecticut has been ranked No. 1 by the Associated Press in the preseason.
The Huskies received 44 of 45 first-place votes and garnered a total of 1,124 from a national media panel.
UConn has captured the NCAA National Championship in three of the previous five seasons it opened as the nation's No. 1 team (2000, 2002, 2004). It also opened the year ranked No. 1 to start the 1995-96 and 2000-01 seasons.
The Huskies return four starters and 10 letterwinners from last season's squad that finished 36-2 and advanced to the ninth NCAA Final Four in the program's history.
Connecticut opens preseason action on Thursday, Nov. 6 against Stonehill College (Mass.) in a 7:30 p.m. tip at Gampel Pavilion.
2008 Associated Press Preseason Top-25
1. Connecticut (44) 36-2 1,124 1
2. Stanford (1) 35-4 1,018 4
3. Maryland 33-4 1,005 5
4. Oklahoma 22-9 946 14
5. Rutgers 27-7 914 7
6. North Carolina 33-3 892 2
7. Tennessee 36-2 857 3
8. Duke 25-10 815 9
9. California 27-7 769 10
10. Louisville 26-10 726 19
11. Texas A&M 29-8 624 8
12. Vanderbilt 25-9 546 21
13. Texas 22-13 501 –
14. Oklahoma St. 27-8 442 13
15. Virginia 24-10 437 24
16. Notre Dame 25-9 374 15
17. Arizona St. 22-11 364 –
18. Ohio St. 22-9 359 25
19. Baylor 25-7 353 12
20. Auburn 20-12 239 –
21. Florida St. 19-14 204 –
22. Xavier 24-9 170 –
23. Purdue 19-15 148 –
24. LSU 31-6 133 6
25. Old Dominion 31-5 124 11
Others receiving votes: Pittsburgh 116, Michigan St. 67, Iowa
St. 66, Marist 58, Marquette 56, Utah 50, Georgia 37, Kansas St.
25, Syracuse 20, DePaul 8, George Washington 7, Illinois St. 7,
Southern Cal 5, West Virginia 5, Arkansas 3, Georgia Tech 2,
Montana 2, UTEP 2, Gonzaga 1, Iowa 1, Liberty 1, S. Dakota St. 1,
SMU 1.
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