OU women 14th, OSU 24th in coaches poll
BY Staff Reports
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
10/31/12 at 5:59 AM
The University of Oklahoma was picked 14th in the preseason USA Today/ESPN Top 25 women's basketball poll released Tuesday.
Oklahoma State checked in at No. 24 in the coaches rankings.
The Sooners are No. 12 in the preseason Associated Press poll, released Saturday. OSU is 23rd.
OU returns seven players, including its starting five, from a squad that finished second in the Big 12 Conference and with its 13th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance.
All-Big 12 First Team members Aaryn Ellenberg and Whitney Hand and the Big 12's Sixth Man Sharane Campbell are returning.
The defending WNIT champion Cowgirls are coming off a 22-12 record and will begin the season Nov. 7 with an exhibition game against Central Oklahoma in Stillwater.
The Cowgirls were last ranked heading into the season prior to the 2008-09 campaign when they were ranked 14th by the AP and No. 15 by the coaches.
Oklahoma hosts Oklahoma Christian in the first of two exhibition games at the Lloyd Noble Center at 7 p.m. Thursday.
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2012-13 Preseason USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll
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|
'12 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1. |
Baylor (31) |
40-0 |
775 |
1 |
| 2. |
Connecticut |
33-5 |
736 |
4 |
| 3. |
Duke |
27-6 |
674 |
6 |
| 4. |
Stanford |
35-2 |
669 |
3 |
| 5. |
Maryland |
31-5 |
656 |
5 |
| 6. |
Notre Dame |
35-4 |
617 |
2 |
| 7. |
Kentucky |
28-7 |
599 |
8 |
| 8. |
Penn State |
26-7 |
521 |
9 |
| 9. |
Louisville |
23-10 |
460 |
16 |
| 10. |
Delaware |
31-2 |
411 |
14 |
| 11. |
Georgia |
22-9 |
409 |
20 |
| 12. |
Texas A&M |
24-11 |
361 |
12 |
| 13. |
St. John's |
24-10 |
315 |
15 |
| 14. |
Oklahoma |
21-13 |
308 |
NR |
| 15. |
California |
25-10 |
294 |
NR |
| 16. |
Tennessee |
27-9 |
284 |
7 |
| 17. |
Vanderbilt |
23-10 |
241 |
NR |
| 18. |
Purdue |
25-9 |
240 |
18 |
| 19. |
Nebraska |
24-9 |
203 |
NR |
| 20. |
Georgia Tech |
26-9 |
198 |
10 |
| 21. |
Ohio State |
25-7 |
185 |
22 |
| 22. |
West Virginia |
24-10 |
182 |
NR |
| 23. |
Miami (Fla.) |
26-6 |
95 |
11 |
| 24. |
Oklahoma State |
22-12 |
94 |
NR |
| 25T. |
Kansas |
21-13 |
89 |
25 |
| 25T. |
Wis.-Green Bay |
31-2 |
89 |
13 |
Others receiving votes (with 2011-12 record): DePaul (23-11) 68; South Carolina (25-10) 49; Gonzaga (28-6) 43; Georgetown (23-9) 38; Iowa State (18-13) 33; Rutgers (22-10) 33; Middle Tennessee (26-7) 28; Texas (18-14) 20; LSU (23-11) 11; UCLA (14-16) 11; Michigan (20-12) 7; Virginia (25-11) 7; St. Bonaventure (31-4) 6; Arkansas (24-9) 4; Iowa (19-12) 4; San Diego State (25-7) 3; Brigham Young (26-7) 2; Syracuse (22-15) 2; Marist (26-8).
Voters: The USA TODAY Sports/ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. The board for the 2012-13 season: Joan Bonvicini, Seattle; Joanne Boyle, Virginia; Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, Texas Southern; Matt Corkery, American; June Daugherty, Washington State; Kathy Delaney-Smith, Harvard; Brooks Donald-Williams, McNeese State; Jose Fernandez, South Florida; Ronny Fisher, Presbyterian; Beckie Francis, Oakland (Mich.); Stephanie Glance, Illinois State; Sue Guevara, Central Michigan; Bonnie Henrickson, Kansas; Rick Insell, Middle Tennessee; Jim Jabir, Dayton; Karen Kemp, East Tennessee State; Krista Kilburn-Stevesky, Hofstra; Andy Landers, Georgia; Kevin McMillan, Tennessee-Martin; Suzy Merchant, Michigan State; Faith Mimnaugh, Cal Poly; Sherri Murrell, Portland State; John Olenowski, Manhattan; Kathy Olivier, UNLV; Jennifer Rizzotti, Hartford; Eric Simpson, Loyola (Ill.); David Six, Hampton; Charlotte Smith, Elon; Ed Swanson, Sacred Heart; Paul Thomas, Saint Mary's; Joi Williams, Central Florida.
