Women's Basketball Receiving Votes In Preseason AP Poll
Nov 4, 2002 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 4, 2002
NEW ORLEANS, La. - - The Tulane women's basketball team is listed 28th in the Associated Press Women's Preseason Top Twenty Five poll, released by the organization on Monday.
It marks the fourth preseason mention for Tulane, as the Green Wave were also listed 12th by Athlon Sports, 15th by Street & Smith's and 38th by Womenscollegehoops.com.
The Green Wave are one of five Conference USA teams to earn a mention in the preseason poll. Defending C-USA Tournament champion Cincinnati is listed 18th, while defending regular-season champ TCU is 26th. League foes Houston and DePaul are also receiving votes.
Tulane could meet another three teams that are ranked in the preseason listing. Purdue, who the Wave will face on Jan. 2, is ranked eighth, while Louisiana Tech, who Tulane will host Dec. 7 in the New Orleans Arena, is ranked 16th. In addition, the Wave could match up against Boston College on Dec. 29 as part of the DoubleTree Classic. The Eagles are ranked 20th in the poll.
The Green Wave begin the 2002-03 season with an exhibition game against the Houston Jaguars on Sunday, Nov. 10 before facing cross-town rival Xavier of Louisiana in a second exhibition on Sunday, Nov. 17. The Wave open the regular season on Friday, Nov. 22 on the road against James Madison.
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The Women's Preseason Top Twenty Five
By The Associated Press
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' women's preseason college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2001-02 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last year's final ranking:
Record Pts Pv 1. Duke (38) 31-4 1,093 3 2. Tennessee (4) 29-5 1,049 6 3. LSU (1) 18-12 941 22 4. Connecticut (1) 39-0 873 1 5. Kansas St. 26-8 839 11 6. Stanford 32-3 818 5 7. Texas Tech 20-12 814 17 8. Purdue 24-6 794 9 9. Georgia 19-11 749 - 10. Notre Dame 20-10 696 - 11. Texas 22-10 674 14 12. Vanderbilt 30-7 608 4 13. North Carolina 26-9 551 16 14. Penn St. 23-12 506 24 15. Minnesota 22-8 453 18 16. Louisiana Tech 25-5 442 8 17. Arkansas 20-12 338 - 18. Cincinnati 27-5 235 19 19. Colorado St. 24-7 218 20 20. Boston College 23-8 165 21 21. George Washington 21-9 150 - 22. Oklahoma 32-4 148 2 23. Iowa St. 24-9 147 10 24. Mississippi St. 19-12 141 - 25. UC Santa Barbara 26-6 106 -
Others receiving votes: TCU 100, Washington 94, Tulane 88, Virginia 81, Old Dominion 75, Oregon 67, BYU 46, Colorado 46, N.C. State 26, New Mexico 26, South Carolina 21, Ohio St. 14, Florida 12, Pepperdine 8, Villanova 8, Michigan St. 6, Southern Cal 6, Harvard 5, Houston 5, Michigan 5, Ball St. 3, Temple 3, DePaul 2, Rutgers 2, Pittsburgh 1, Rice 1, Siena 1.
