USA Today Coaches Poll

[Wbbfan1]

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Wonder who's the coach that Voted Tenn #1. I could understand if a coach voted Duke #1 as they're loaded, but not Tenn.

 

[Icebear]

Coach Burdick.

 

[UConnCat]

The AP poll -- of sportswriters -- will be released later this week.

 

[VAMike23]

Perhaps Coach Rizzotti ?

 

[UConnCat]

1. Connecticut (31)
2. Duke
3. Stanford
4. Tennessee (1)
5. Louisville
6. Maryland
7. Notre Dame
8. Kentucky
9. California
10. Baylor
11. North Carolina
12. Nebraska
13. Texas A&M
14. Oklahoma
15. Penn State
16. Dayton
17. LSU
18. Michigan State
19. Colorado
20. Iowa State
21. South Carolina
22. Georgia
23. Purdue
24. Oklahoma State
25. UCLA

 

[UConnCat]

Perhaps Coach Rizzotti ?

Maybe Charlotte Smith. She didn't vote UConn #1 after UConn won the National Championship last year.

 

[Alydar]

Take your pick.

The board for the 2013-14 season: Joan Bonvicini, Seattle University; Joanne Boyle, Virginia; Lynn Bria, Stetson; June Daugherty, Washington State; Kathy Delany-Smith, Harvard; Brooks Donald-Williams, McNeese State; Tonya Edwards, Alcorn State; Oties Epps, Evansville; Jose Fernandez, South Florida; Stephanie
Gaitley, Fordham; Sue Guevara, Central Michigan; Joe Haigh, St. Francis (Pa.); Bonnie Henrickson, Kansas; Rick Insell, Middle Tennessee; Jeff Judkins, Brigham Young; Krista Kilburn-Stevesky, Hofstra; Andy Landers, Georgia; Kellie Lewis-Jay, Florida Atlantic; Kevin McMillan, Tennessee-Martin; Dave Magarity, Army; Suzy Merchant, Michigan State; Faith Mimnaugh, Cal Poly; Brenda Mock Kirkpatrick, North Carolina-Asheville; John Olenowski, Manhattan; Kathy Olivier, UNLV; Kate Peterson Abiad, Cleveland State; Jennifer Rizzotti, Hartford; Susan Robinison-Fruchtl, Providence; David Six, Hampton; Charlotte Smith, Elon; Jaime White, Northern Colorado; Amy Williams, South Dakota.

 

[doggydaddy]

Honest to god, I really wonder about the coach that voted for Tennessee for #1.

 

[EricLA]

Honest to god, I really wonder about the coach that voted for Tennessee for #1.

Dart board technique.

 

[doggydaddy]

Dart board technique.

I wish Eric.

Someone actually believes that Tennessee is better than UConn without seeing either team play a game.

 

[Phil]

Honest to god, I really wonder about the coach that voted for Tennessee for #1.

Maybe Rick Insell, his team plays TN in their opening, so he may be looking to inflate their position.

(FYI, not a serious guess, just idle speculation. The Smith guess seems more likely, although sad, if true. You'd like to think that the player who hit the greatest shot in NCAA history would have a little more sense.)

 

[vtcwbuff]

Six games against the top 9 teams. I wish ND was scheduled though.

 

[stwainfan]

Looks better than last years pre season poll.

 

[Alydar]

Or maybe Geno asked the U of H coach to give the team an incentive?

 

[doggydaddy]

Looks better than last years pre season poll.

Agree. Uconn at #1 is a beautiful thing.

 

[Alydar]

The USA article about UConn: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...aches-poll-connecticut-preseason-no1/3288925/

Geno: ""We'll see if they are mature enough to deal with all the things that are going to be thrown at them. We, generally as a basketball program, don't put a lot of stock in what other people think or what other people say. ............................. And I don't think you get extra points for margin of victory."

 

[Vowelguy]

D3 coaches poll out today too.

Amherst #3, Tufts #7, Williams #9, and Babson #25

 

[Adesmar123]

Interesting - compare the schools in the poll with the schools of the voters. Not too much of a match. I guess there is a negative correlation between knowledge of the game and the ability to coach.

 

[UConnCat]

DII coaches' poll ranks Gannon University as preseason #2. Gannon will be UConn's opponent in Friday's exhibition game.

 

[MilfordHusky]

DII coaches' poll ranks Gannon University as preseason #2. Gannon will be UConn's opponent in Friday's exhibition game.

So we'll see Division by 2. As in, divide UConn's score by 2 to get Gannon's score. Or maybe by 3.

 

[MilfordHusky]

1. 
   [ ]Connecticut (31)
   [ ]Duke
   [ ]Stanford
   [ ]Tennessee (1)
   [ ]Louisville
   [ ]Maryland
   [ ]Notre Dame
   [ ]Kentucky
   [ ]California
   [ ]Baylor
   [ ]North Carolina
   [ ]Nebraska
   [ ]Texas A&M
   [ ]Oklahoma
   [ ]Penn State
   [ ]Dayton
   [ ]LSU
   [ ]Michigan State
   [ ]Colorado
   [ ]Iowa State
   [ ]South Carolina
   [ ]Georgia
   [ ]Purdue
   [ ]Oklahoma State
   [ ]UCLA

I think I'd move MD and ND up a little and Louisville and Tenn down.

 

[cohenzone]

Okay, so KF is gone. But what did that coach not understand about essentially the whole team being back that made the field look like 3rd graders in the NCAAs last year? BB is back, and if BS, KML, and SD - and arguably a healthy BH - aren't each the best in the country at their positions, none of us know anything. Throw in MJ, who will be a force even if she doesn't score a point, Tuck, KS and who know what SC will add, and it's stupid to pick any other team. Of course nothing is guaranteed, but pre-season, wow.

 

[Phil]

So we'll see Division by 2. As in, divide UConn's score by 2 to get Gannon's score. Or maybe by 3.

Is this a twice half twice thing?

 

[doggydaddy]

Okay, so KF is gone. But what did that coach not understand about essentially the whole team being back that made the field look like 3rd graders in the NCAAs last year? BB is back, and if BS, KML, and SD - and arguably a healthy BH - aren't each the best in the country at their positions, none of us know anything. Throw in MJ, who will be a force even if she doesn't score a point, Tuck, KS and who know what SC will add, and it's stupid to pick any other team. Of course nothing is guaranteed, but pre-season, wow.

How disappointing. You almost referred to every player by their initials and you had to ruin it by referring to MT as Tuck.

Tsk tsk tsk.

 

[Phil]

How disappointing. You almost referred to every player by their initials and you had to ruin it by referring to MT as Tuck.

Tsk tsk tsk.

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