There’s really not much that can shock us UConn Huskies women’s basketball fans. So it should come as no surprise that UConn women’s basketball team was the unanimous choice at No. 1 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Preseason Poll that was released on Tuesday morning.
The Huskies were also the unanimous No. 1 choice in the AP Poll as well.
Joining the Huskies from the Big East in the Top 25 are Notre Dame (7), Louisville (19), Pittsburgh (22) and DePaul (25). Rutgers, Syracuse, South Florida, Georgetown and West Virginia were among the other teams receiving votes.
After exhibition games against St. Rose College (11/5) and Vanguard (11/9), the Huskies will kickoff the 2009-10 season against Northeastern at Gampel Pavilion on November 14th.
Editor’s note: During the season, the two polls will run side-by-side each other in the same post.
| ESPN/USA Today Poll | |||
| 1 | Connecticut (31) |
0-0 | 775 |
| 2 | Stanford | 0-0 | 739 |
| 3 | Ohio State | 0-0 | 653 |
| 4 | Baylor | 0-0 | 649 |
| 5 | North Carolina | 0-0 | 561 |
| 6 | Duke | 0-0 | 547 |
| 7 | Notre Dame | 0-0 | 438 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | 0-0 | 416 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 0-0 | 412 |
| 10 | Michigan State | 0-0 | 353 |
| 11 | Arizona State | 0-0 | 328 |
| 12 | Florida State | 0-0 | 323 |
| 13 | California | 0-0 | 314 |
| 14 | Texas | 0-0 | 311 |
| 15 | Xavier | 0-0 | 303 |
| 16 | Texas A&M | 0-0 | 302 |
| 17 | LSU | 0-0 | 298 |
| 18 | Virginia | 0-0 | 246 |
| 19 | Louisville | 0-0 | 232 |
| 20 | Vanderbilt | 0-0 | 223 |
| 21 | Maryland | 0-0 | 209 |
| 22 | Pittsburgh | 0-0 | 127 |
| 23 | Purdue | 0-0 | 126 |
| 24 | Iowa State | 0-0 | 125 |
| 25 | DePaul | 0-0 | 121 |
| OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES | |||
| Middle Tennessee State 118, Kansas 110, Rutgers 106, Auburn 84, Georgia 76, Georgia Tech 73, South Dakota State 70, Mississippi State 66, Gonzaga 48, San Diego State 39, Kansas State 39, Florida 31, TCU 12, North Carolina State 11, Michigan 10, Arizona 10, Bowling Green 7, Syracuse 6, South Florida 6, South Carolina 3, Temple 2, Southern Methodist 2, Richmond 2, Georgetown 2, Ball State 2, Arkansas-Little Rock 2, UCF 1, Charlotte 1, Fresno State 1, Hartford 1, Minnesota 1, West Virginia 1, Western Kentucky 1, |
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