University of Connecticut Athletics
The Associated Press Tabs UConn Preseason No. 1
11/6/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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
