Rutgers Women's Basketball Team Picked Second by WBNS
Oct 17 | Women's Basketball
PISCATAWAY, NJ – The Rutgers women’s basketball program was picked second in the Women’s Basketball News Service Preseason 2005-2006 Poll, marking the fifth top-20 ranking for the Scarlet Knights this fall.
RU, selected third by Lindy’s, fifth by ESPN.com, 11th by Athlon Sports and 16th by Street & Smith’s this preseason, posted a 28-7 overall record and a 14-2 mark in BIG EAST Conference play last season, winning its first outright BIG EAST regular-season title and advancing to its second consecutive BIG EAST Tournament championship game. Rutgers reached the Elite Eight of the 2005 NCAA Tournament and finished seventh in the final WBCA/ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Poll.
Rutgers, which returns nine letterwinners and four starters from last season’s Elite Eight team, will officially begin the 2005-2006 campaign on Grand Bahama Island, competing at the Junkanoo Jam Nov. 25-26.
Women’s Basketball News Service Preseason Top 25 Poll
1. Tennessee
2. Rutgers
3. Ohio State
4. Maryland
5. Duke
6. LSU
7. Georgia
8. North Carolina
9. Texas
10. Texas Tech
11. DePaul
12. Stanford
13. Connecticut
14. Baylor
15. Notre Dame
16. Temple
17. Oklahoma
18. Louisville
19. Michigan State
20. Purdue
21. Florida State
22. UCLA
23. Minnesota
24. Boston College
25. Utah
