University of Minnesota Athletics
Golden Gopher Women's Basketball No. 15 in Preseason Poll
11/4/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Duke collected 38 of 44 first-place votes to earn top billing entering the season. Two other Big Ten Conference teams joined Minnesota in the top 25: No. 8 Purdue and No. 14 Penn State. Ohio State, Michigan and Michigan State received votes.
Rank School 01-02 Record Points Last Year 1. Duke (38) 31-4 1,093 3 2. Tennessee (4) 29-5 1,049 6 3. LSU (1) 18-12 941 22 4. Connecticut (1) 39-0 873 1 5. Kansas State 26-8 839 11 6. Stanford 32-3 818 5 7. Texas Tech 20-12 814 17 8. Purdue 24-6 794 9 9. Georgia 19-11 749 NR 10. Notre Dame 20-10 696 NR 11. Texas 22-10 674 14 12. Vanderbilt 30-7 608 4 13. North Carolina 26-9 551 16 14. Penn State 23-12 506 24 15. Minnesota 22-8 453 18 16. Louisiana Tech 25-5 442 8 17. Arkansas 20-12 338 NR 18. Cincinnati 27-5 235 19 19. Colorado State 24-7 218 20 20. Boston College 23-8 165 21 21. George Washington 21-9 150 NR 22. Oklahoma 32-4 148 2 23. Iowa State 24-9 147 10 24. Mississippi State 19-12 141 NR 25. UC Santa Barbara 26-6 106 NR Others receiving votes: TCU 100, Washington 94, Tulane 88, Virginia 81, Old Dominion 75, Oregon 67, BYU 46, Colorado 46, N.C. State 26, New Mexico 26, South Carolina 21, Ohio St. 14, Florida 12, Pepperdine 8, Villanova 8, Michigan St. 6, Southern Cal 6, Harvard 5, Houston 5, Michigan 5, Ball St. 3, Temple 3, DePaul 2, Rutgers 2, Pittsburgh 1, Rice 1, Siena 1.