Rutgers Women's Basketball Included in Three More Polls
Oct 18 | Women's Basketball
PISCATAWAY, NJ – The Rutgers women’s basketball program has been included in three more 2005-2006 preseason polls, earning a ranking of fifth by ESPN.com, sixth by Basketball Times and 11th by SI.com.
RU, selected second by the Womens Basketball News Service, third by Lindy’s, 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.
ESPN.com Preseason Top 25 Poll
1. Duke
2. Tennessee
3. Ohio State
4. Georgia
5. Rutgers
6. LSU
7. Baylor
8. Connecticut
9. Texas
10. North Carolina
11. Texas Tech
12. Michigan State
13. Maryland
14. Vanderbilt
15. Stanford
16. Notre Dame
17. Arizona State
18. Utah
19. Purdue
20. DePaul
21. UCLA
22. N.C. State
23. Oklahoma
24. Minnesota
25. USC
Basketball Times Preseason Top 25 Poll
1. Duke
2. Tennessee
3. Ohio State
4. LSU
5. Georgia
6. Rutgers
7. Texas
8. North Carolina
9. Maryland
10. Connecticut
11. Stanford
12. Michigan State
13. DePaul
14. Texas Tech
15. UCLA
16. Baylor
17. USC
18. Vanderbilt
19. Temple
20. N.C. State
21. Arizona State
22. Notre Dame
23. Oklahoma
24. Purdue
25. Minnesota
SI.com Preseason Poll
1. Tennessee
2. LSU
3. North Carolina
4. Georgia
5. Baylor
6. Duke
7. Ohio State
8. Texas
9. Connecticut
10. Michigan State
11. Rutgers
12. Texas Tech
13. Maryland
14. Stanford
15. Vanderbilt
16. Oklahoma
