Rutgers Women's Basketball Picked 17th in Preseason Poll
Nov 03 | Women's Basketball
PISCATAWAY, NJ - The Rutgers women's basketball team was rated 17th in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA)/ESPN/USA Today Preseason Top 25 Poll, the groups announced.
The WBCA/ESPN/USA Today Poll was the latest in a string of preseason rankings for the Scarlet Knights. Rutgers also was picked eighth by Street & Smith's, ninth by Slam Magazine, 11th by Lindy's, 19th by Athlon Sports and 24th by Basketball Times.
The 2004-2005 Scarlet Knights will host exhibition games Nov. 10 and Nov. 18 before officially kicking off the regular season Nov. 20 at home against Rider. Last season, Rutgers (21-12, 10-6 BIG EAST) advanced to its sixth NCAA Championship in the last seven years and finished as the runner-up at the 2004 BIG EAST Championship. C. Vivian Stringer, who will begin her 10th year at the helm of the Rutgers program this fall just five wins shy of her 700th victory, helped lead Team USA to a gold medal as an assistant coach for the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team in Athens.
Preseason WBCA/ESPN/USA Today Women's Basketball Top 25 Poll
1. Tennessee (15) 944
2. LSU (10) 934
3. Texas (9) 908
4. Connecticut (6) 883
5. Georgia 782
6. Duke 747
7. Stanford 724
8. Baylor 688
9. Ohio State 555
Texas Tech 555
11. Notre Dame 483
12. North Carolina 472
13. Vanderbilt 468
14. Minnesota 425
15. Purdue 420
16. Michigan State 397
17. Rutgers 324
18. Boston College 259
Kansas State 259
20. DePaul 232
21. Penn State 226
22. Louisiana Tech 165
23. Maryland 153
24. Arizona 147
25. Oklahoma 139
