Preseason 2015-2016 Coaches' Poll Released

[UConnCat]

1. UConn (unanimous)
2. South Carolina
3. Notre Dame
4. Tennessee
5. Baylor
6. Maryland
7. Florida State
8. Louisville
9. Oregon State
10. Ohio State

http://www.wbca.org/pages/POLLS_d1_2015-16_102915

 

[DaddyChoc]

Somebody finally got it right...

 

[UConnCat]

11.Texas
12. Duke
13. Mississippi State
14. Stanford
15. Arizona State
16. Texas A&M
17. Kentucky
18. Oklahoma
19. South Florida
20. North Carolina
21. George Washington
22. Depaul
23. Iowa
24. Northwestern
25. Princeton

 

[Kaizen]

South Florida is #19, not bad...

 

[Goodgood]

[URL='http://the-boneyard.com/threads/uconn-opens-season-where-it-usually.82269/']UConn opens the season where it usually does.
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...kies-no-1-in-preseason-coaches-poll/74795732/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...kies-no-1-in-preseason-coaches-poll/74795732/

 

[EricLA]

South Florida is #19, not bad...

Agreed. Now if we can just get a 3rd team from the AAC to be ranked and get at least 2-3 more teams in the top 50...

 

[ctdogpound]

If I got my conference affiliations correct, the distribution is...

SEC (5) -- S. Carolina (2), Tenn (4), Miss. St. (13), Texas A&M (16), Kentucky (17)
ACC (5) -- Notre Dame (3), Fl St (7), Louisville (8), Duke (12), N. Carolina (20)
B1G (4) -- Maryland (6), Ohio St (10), Iowa (23), Northwestern (24)
Big 12 (3) -- Baylor (5), Texas (11), Oklahoma (18)
PAC 12 (3) -- Oregon St (9), Stanford (14), Arizona St (15)
AAC (2) -- UConn (1), USF (19)
A10 (1) -- George Washington (21)
BigEast (1) -- Depaul (22)
Ivy (1) -- Princeton (25)

 

[bballnut90]

A&M could be a lot lot better than their ranking.
I'd put Baylor ahead of Tennessee (and SC/ND in all honesty), and Florida State should be ahead of Tennessee and Maryland IMO.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Oh, Criminey! It looks like Tenn truly is injury snake bit!

PS. From the article's photo montage.

 

[PhillyCoach]

Out of all the polls--it seems the coaches would know more than narrators, pundits, columnists, etc.. IMHO the top 5 is dead on! There could be a little quibbling about the next 7 teams (I think Ohio State is going to be dangerous.)
When I saw the list my mind immediately jumped to the final four. What teams from that top 5 would be toughest in the Regional Championships? One of those top 5 is really, really going to be disappointed! It looks like the deepest group competing for the FF in years.

 

[DavidinNaples]

1. UConn (unanimous)
2. South Carolina
3. Notre Dame
4. Tennessee
5. Baylor
6. Maryland
7. Florida State
8. Louisville
9. Oregon State
10. Ohio State

http://www.wbca.org/pages/POLLS_d1_2015-16_102915

Thanks for posting.
By February 8th, UConn will have played the preseason #2, #3, #6, #7 and #10 teams. Pretty aggressive schedule..!! Good for UConn..!
Go Huskies..!!

 

[UcMiami]

I do question UNC and Maryland - Maryland is really going to miss Brown and may be a little high, and UNC is going to miss their whole team and I don't think should be ranked at all. the others ... meh ... you can quibble about a few places but until the games begin in ernest it is just guess work. TN is a completely different team this year, will they all mesh and perform, Baylor is pretty dependent on freshman, ND without Jewel will be very different, etc.

 

[BlueDevils]

I surprisingly am content with 12 for now.

 

[BlueDevils]

I do question UNC and Maryland - Maryland is really going to miss Brown and may be a little high, and UNC is going to miss their whole team and I don't think should be ranked at all. the others ... meh ... you can quibble about a few places but until the games begin in ernest it is just guess work. TN is a completely different team this year, will they all mesh and perform, Baylor is pretty dependent on freshman, ND without Jewel will be very different, etc.

Niya Johnson, Alexis Prince, Nina Davis, Kristy Wallace, Alexis Jones. All with elite 8 experience.

 

[stwainfan]

The only team I question is UNC. Mainly because of all the players they lost.

 

[stwainfan]

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Oh, Criminey! It looks like Tenn truly is injury snake bit!

PS. From the article's photo montage.

That photo was without a Diamond and a Mercedes

 

[triaddukefan]

Louisville is too high in my opinion.

UNC is way way way way way too high

I surprisingly am content with 12 for now.

Seems about right ... for now

 

[Bigpetunia]

Dayton don' get no respeck?

 

[RockyMTblue2]

I surprisingly am content with 12 for now.

I hope you guys rise in the polls, so I can see more of your 3, 7, 9 and 14 play. And maybe JM will get the courage to reengage with the Huskies.

 

[Wbbfan1]

I'd have Ohio State ranked higher then 10th. They start off the season playing So Carolina in So Carolina and then play UConn at home. Don't be surprised if they win at least one of these games. I'd rank them in the 6-8th Range.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

UConn opens the season where it usually does.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...kies-no-1-in-preseason-coaches-poll/74795732/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...kies-no-1-in-preseason-coaches-poll/74795732/

Pretty good 2d line in the article: " In other news, the sun rose in the East this morning." Somewhere in Nashville this morning a Tenn fan ordered his/her bisguits and gravy, took a delicious sip of that first cup of coffee and ran into this. Is there any mystery about the vitriolic dislike of the perennial favorite...who rarely disappoints?

 

[triaddukefan]

Baylor is too low @ 5. I'd have them at 3..... I'd have Florida State a bit higher... ahead of TN and Maryland.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

Dayton don' get no respeck?

It's pre-season. Lots of proving to go on.

I think - I haven't checked - that Dayton lost a lot (due to graduation, not transfer). From a fairly thin cupboard when compared to many of the other teams.

I agree with those that think UNC could struggle. I also fear Maryland, Ohio State and Northwestern (and not only because they regularly can beat Rutgers, it seems) - the B1G historically seems to get no respect, but it ain't your old BTen. Impressive jobs by McGuff and McKeown with pre-season respect.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

Louisville is too high in my opinion.

I agree. While I think they will be good it's a roster of freshman and sophomores.

Baylor is better than that as is FSU.

It will all play itself out over the season.

 

[Shmermerer]

Iowa seems a bit high to me as well. They lost their three best players to graduation I believe.