DENVER - Louisiana Tech and Fresno State both received votes in the Associated Press women's basketball preseason poll, released Friday.
The Lady Techsters, which shared the WAC regular-season title with Fresno State last year, received 11 points in the poll. Louisiana Tech returns reigning WAC Player of the Year Shanavia Dowdell and first-team all-WAC honoree Adrienne Johnson, the top two scorers in the WAC a year ago. The Techsters were selected by the media to claim the WAC title this season.
Fresno State, which won both the WAC regular-season and tournament titles, earned three points in the poll. The Bulldogs return all five starters from last year's team that led the nation in three-point field goals per game, including WAC Tournament MVP Jaleesa Ross. Fresno State was picked by the WAC coaches to win the conference title this season.
The complete poll is listed below.
| 1 |
Connecticut (40) |
0-0 |
1000 |
| 2 |
Stanford |
0-0 |
951 |
| 3 |
Ohio State |
0-0 |
862 |
| 4 |
Notre Dame |
0-0 |
799 |
| 5 |
North Carolina |
0-0 |
798 |
| 6 |
Duke |
0-0 |
772 |
| 7 |
Baylor |
0-0 |
744 |
| 8 |
Tennessee |
0-0 |
676 |
| 9 |
LSU |
0-0 |
600 |
| 10 |
Michigan State |
0-0 |
521 |
| 11 |
Xavier |
0-0 |
492 |
| 12 |
Texas |
0-0 |
487 |
| 13 |
Oklahoma |
0-0 |
444 |
| 14 |
Virginia |
0-0 |
394 |
| 15 |
Florida State |
0-0 |
385 |
| 16 |
Arizona State |
0-0 |
317 |
| 17 |
DePaul |
0-0 |
301 |
| 18 |
California |
0-0 |
294 |
| 19 |
Georgia Tech |
0-0 |
262 |
| 20 |
Kansas |
0-0 |
241 |
| 21 |
Georgia |
0-0 |
201 |
| 22 |
Vanderbilt |
0-0 |
165 |
| 23 |
Louisville |
0-0 |
156 |
| 24 |
Middle Tennessee State |
0-0 |
143 |
| 25 |
Rutgers |
0-0 |
138
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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.