Tennessee ended last season No. 1 in wmen's college basketball and the Lady Vols will start this season the same way.
The defending champions were voted the top team in the nation in the ESPN/USA Today Top 25 coaches' preseason poll released on Wednesday.
The Lady Vols received 26 of 31 first-place votes to outdistance Connecticut in the second spot.
Rutgers, which lost to Tennessee in last season's title game, earned a third-place ranking.
Maryland is No. 4 followed by LSU, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Stanford, Duke and Georgia.
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Comments » 8
arkyvol writes:
tennessee no.1, connecticut no. 2. yeah, its nice to know that increasing exposure and parity have shaken up the world of women's basketball.
utvols1969 writes:
Is there any way Pat Summit could be made head football coach? She could do it part-time and beat what we have now. Her stare would definitely straighten out this pathetic defense.
GreerVol22 writes:
as my six yr old daughter says, "Well duh Daddy, where else would they start?"
Voldemort writes:
Greer,
Sounds like the apple landed a good bit away from the tree. You go, girl!
Mclevenger1682 writes:
Can we not have one single article without some idiot talking about firing Phil Fulmer??? This is a Lady Vols Article! Stick with lady Vol Comments!!!
Voldemort writes:
Fire Mclevenger!!!
GreerVol22 writes:
Fire Voldemort! yep, she's brighter than us put together
Voldemort writes:
No Doubt!!!
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