Maryland Women's Basketball is Third in AP Poll
11/1/2008 8:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Nov. 1, 2008
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Associated Press released its preseason women's basketball rankings on Saturday, and once again the Maryland team was near the top. The Terrapins were ranked third, the highest of any Atlantic Coast Conference squad.
The Terps trail only Connecticut, which received 44 of 45 first-place votes, and Stanford, which received the other. Maryland is joined in the poll by ACC rivals North Carolina (#6), Duke (#8) and Virginia (#15).
Last week, the Terps were picked to finish second in the ACC by a blue ribbon panel made up of conference coaches, media and school representatives. Only North Carolina beat them out in that ranking.
Maryland finished last season ranked fifth in the AP poll. The Terps earned a No. 1 seed to the NCAA Tournament and reached the Elite Eight before falling to Stanford. Maryland finished the season 33-4, only the second time in school history the Terps had won 30 games.
Maryland, which was ranked fourth in the AP poll at the start of last season, plays its first exhibition game tomorrow when it takes on DT III, a collection of former college stars which includes former Terp Kalika France. Game time is 2:00 p.m. The game can be heard on WMUC Radio at www.wmucsports.com.
AP TOP 25
1 Connecticut (44) 1124 2 Stanford (1) 1018 3 Maryland 1005 4 Oklahoma 946 5 Rutgers 914 6 North Carolina 892 7 Tennessee 857 8 Duke 815 9 California 769 10 Louisville 726 11 Texas A&M 624 12 Vanderbilt 546 13 Texas 501 14 Oklahoma State 442 15 Virginia 437 16 Notre Dame 374 17 Arizona State 364 18 Ohio State 359 19 Baylor 353 20 Auburn 239 21 Florida State 204 22 Xavier 170 23 Purdue 148 24 LSU 133 25 Old Dominion 124 Others Receiving Votes: Pittsburgh(0-0) 116; Michigan State(0-0) 67; Iowa State(0-0) 66; Marist(0-0) 58; Marquette(0-0) 56; Utah(0-0) 50; Georgia(0-0) 37; Kansas State(0-0) 25; Syracuse(0-0) 20; DePaul(0-0) 8; George Washington(0-0) 7; Illinois State(0-0) 7; Southern California(0-0) 5; West Virginia(0-0) 5; Arkansas(0-0) 3; Texas-El Paso(0-0) 2; Montana(0-0) 2; Georgia Tech(0-0) 2; Iowa(0-0) 1; Gonzaga(0-0) 1; Liberty(0-0) 1; South Dakota State(0-0) 1; Southern Methodist(0-0) 1
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