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ESPN/Dick Vitale's Basketball Preview
(only ranked 10)
1. Connecticut
2. Tennessee
3. Georgia
4. Purdue
5. Duke
6. Notre Dame
7. Rutgers
8. Texas Tech
9. Virginia
10. LSU
Women's Basketball News Service
1. Connecticut
2. Tennessee
3. Georgia
4. Notre Dame
5. Purdue
6. Duke
7. Old Dominion
8. Texas Tech
9. Rutgers
10. LSU
11. Louisiana Tech
12. Xavier
13. Iowa State
14. Mississippi State
15. George Washington
16. Virginia
17. Vanderbilt
18. Stanford
19. Wisconsin
20. Clemson
21. Southwest Missouri State
22. Michigan
23. UC-Santa Barbara
24. Arkansas
25. Penn State
Honorable Mention (alphabetical): UAB, Auburn, Boston College, Colorado, Colorado State, DePaul, Harvard, Illinois, North Carolina State, Oklahoma, St. Joseph's, Southern California, Utah, Virginia Tech
Athlon's
1. Connecticut
2. Georgia
3. Tennessee
4. Purdue
5. Duke
6. Notre Dame
7. Rutgers
8. Louisiana Tech
9. LSU
10. UC Santa Barbara
11. Iowa State
12. Texas Tech
13. Old Dominion
14. Oklahoma
15. North Carolina
16. Penn State
17. Vanderbilt
18. Mississippi State
19. Stanford
20. Virginia
21. Illinois
22. Wisconsin
23. Xavier
24. UAB
25. Oregon
Athlon's Top 25 Recruiting Classes
1. Duke
2. Purdue
3. Connecticut
4. Stanford
5. Tennessee
6. Auburn
7. Georgia
8. Rutgers
9. Florida
10. Notre Dame
11. Kentucky
12. Texas
13. Texas Tech
14. Louisiana Tech
15. Illinois
16. USC
17. LSU
18. Arkansas
19. Penn State
20. UCSB
21. North Carolina State
22. Clemson
23. Virginia
24. Oregon State
25. Houston
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Those seem different than the ones that I have been seeing. I have seen Texas Tech #3 in most and La. Tech at around #14. UConn is falling around 6 to 8 range. Duke and Tenn. are #1 and #2 interchangeably. That is the very first one that I have seen UConn as #1. They have a great recruiting class, but lost everyone but Diana Taurasi, so they have some proving to do.
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If I remember correctly, WBNS is really just one guy one makes picks (Joe Smith I think) -- often a bit quirky. The Vitale choices look like typical "I'll just pick the names I know" info from someone who doesn't follow women's ball.
Most people do have UT/Duke as 1 or 2. I haven't seen Purdue that high among many pollsters (I believe the Big 10 coaches/media picked them second in the conference behind PSU -- and closer to Minnesota at #3)
Athlon is the first group I've seen pick us over LSU.
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I still think those must be older polls. Except for the one that has Duke as #1, they are really off from the other polls.
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You're right about Athlon anyway Champ. I saw the mag in Barnes and Noble Friday -- their ratings are different from above -- more in line with others I've been seeing for this year.
Must be an old internet connection rather than current rankings.
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The key is for us to BEAT TEXAS TECH this Sunday. If we do that, we will be right back in the top 10. My eyes will be glued to ESPN. I am very eager to see what have this year.
Having Tennessee at home is a BIG advantage this year. If we can just play them close, we stay right at the top.
