Preseason Coaches' Poll

[Fightin Choke]

Not unanimous, as UConn received 2 first place votes. LINK

1. Notre Dame (30)
2. UConn (2)
3. Oregon
4. Louisville
5. Baylor
6. Miss. St.
7. Stanford
8. Texas
9. Oregon St.
10.Maryland
11. South Carolina
12. Tennessee
13. Georgia
14. Missouri
15. DePaul
16. North Carolina St.
17. Iowa
18. Syracuse
19. Marquette
20. Duke
21. South Florida
22. Texas A&M
23. UCLA
24. Miami
25. West Virginia

ACC: 6 teams
SEC: 6
PAC12: 4
B12: 3
B1G: 2
AAC: 2
BE: 2

 

[UConnCat]

I'm sure Muffet is wondering who those two coaches are who didn't vote ND preseason #1.

Remember back in 2013 after ND beat UConn and some coaches still voted UConn ahead of ND?

"I told our players not to comment," McGraw said. "We don't talk about the polls at all. I told them after the UConn game, the polls don't matter, no matter what they say. Nothing matters until the end. But, I did tweet about it. I tweeted that, 'History is written by the victors, unless you're on the women's basketball coaches poll.' But that was a while ago. I'm over it now, but I'll be anxious to find out who voted us lower when they release the information at the end of the season."

Coaches don't care about polls.

 

[bballnut90]

I remember when someone voted Baylor #1 after the 2013 season when they lost in the Sweet 16 and UCONN won it all. Some outside the box thinking for sure.

 

[Alydar]

Despite winning the tournament, Notre Dame lost 3 games last season to one for UConn. The Irish lost the 3 toughest games in their regular season, twice 2 Louisville, including a 31 pt drubbing and once to UConn.

Preseason polls remind me of horse handicapping. The winner of the last race tends to be over-bet in their next race.

 

[Carnac]

I remember when someone voted Baylor #1 after the 2013 season when they lost in the Sweet 16 and UCONN won it all. Some outside the box thinking for sure.

Remember, coaches do talk among themselves. Maybe some of them know something that's being kept on the "down-low" for now.