North Carolina State University Athletics
Wolfpack Women Tabbed No. 25 in Coaches Poll
10/31/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
The NC State Women’s Basketball team has been selected No. 25 in the first USA Today/ESPN Coaches’ Poll of the 2007-08 season.
The Wolfpack joins four other ACC schools ranked among the top-25. Maryland comes in at No. 4, followed by North Carolina at No. 7, Duke at No. 9 and Florida State at No. 19.
The BIG EAST joins the ACC as the only conference with five of its institutions ranked among the nations best.
Others teams the Pack will play this season that received votes in the poll are Mississippi, Xavier, ACC rival Georgia Tech and Temple.
The Wolfpack return two starters, senior Khadijah Whittington and junior guard Shayla Fields, and eight letterwinners from last season’s club that posted a 25-10 record and reached the NCAA Sweet 16 for the 11th time in program history.
Whittington was tabbed for the preseason All-ACC Team last week. The Roanoke, Va., native led the league with 10.5 rebounds per game last year when she set a single-season school record with 366 total boards. She also led the Pack in scoring (10.5), steals (63) and blocks (49).
The first chance to see the new-look Wolfpack will be next Thursday, Nov. 7 against the Premier Players in an exhibition game at Reynolds Coliseum at 7 pm.
Team (first-place votes)
1. Tennessee (26)
2. Connecticut (4)
3. Rutgers
4. Maryland
5. LSU (1)
6. Oklahoma
7. North Carolina
8. Stanford
9. Duke
10. Georgia
11. Texas A&M
12. Arizona State
13. George Washington
14. California
15. Baylor
16. Ohio State
17. Vanderbilt
18. Michigan State
19. Florida State
20. Purdue
21. Pittsburgh
22. West Virginia
23. Louisville
24. Texas
25. NC State
Others Receiving Votes
DePaul 75, Middle Tenn. St. 71, Notre Dame 57, Auburn 41, Wisconsin 32, Mississippi 31, Xavier 30, Marquette 30, Georgia Tech 30, Wyoming 26, USC 17, BYU 17, Oklahoma State 16, Bowling Green 16, UCLA 12, New Mexico 12, Western Kentucky 11, Temple 7, TCU 7, Nebraska 7, Montana 7, Marist 7, Iowa State 6, Minnesota 5, Kentucky 5, Gonzaga 4, Boise State 3, Old Dominion 3, Texas Tech 3, Tulane 2, Ball State 1, Hartford 1, Utah 1, Wisc. Green Bay 1.
The Wolfpack joins four other ACC schools ranked among the top-25. Maryland comes in at No. 4, followed by North Carolina at No. 7, Duke at No. 9 and Florida State at No. 19.
The BIG EAST joins the ACC as the only conference with five of its institutions ranked among the nations best.
Others teams the Pack will play this season that received votes in the poll are Mississippi, Xavier, ACC rival Georgia Tech and Temple.
The Wolfpack return two starters, senior Khadijah Whittington and junior guard Shayla Fields, and eight letterwinners from last season’s club that posted a 25-10 record and reached the NCAA Sweet 16 for the 11th time in program history.
Whittington was tabbed for the preseason All-ACC Team last week. The Roanoke, Va., native led the league with 10.5 rebounds per game last year when she set a single-season school record with 366 total boards. She also led the Pack in scoring (10.5), steals (63) and blocks (49).
The first chance to see the new-look Wolfpack will be next Thursday, Nov. 7 against the Premier Players in an exhibition game at Reynolds Coliseum at 7 pm.
Team (first-place votes)
1. Tennessee (26)
2. Connecticut (4)
3. Rutgers
4. Maryland
5. LSU (1)
6. Oklahoma
7. North Carolina
8. Stanford
9. Duke
10. Georgia
11. Texas A&M
12. Arizona State
13. George Washington
14. California
15. Baylor
16. Ohio State
17. Vanderbilt
18. Michigan State
19. Florida State
20. Purdue
21. Pittsburgh
22. West Virginia
23. Louisville
24. Texas
25. NC State
Others Receiving Votes
DePaul 75, Middle Tenn. St. 71, Notre Dame 57, Auburn 41, Wisconsin 32, Mississippi 31, Xavier 30, Marquette 30, Georgia Tech 30, Wyoming 26, USC 17, BYU 17, Oklahoma State 16, Bowling Green 16, UCLA 12, New Mexico 12, Western Kentucky 11, Temple 7, TCU 7, Nebraska 7, Montana 7, Marist 7, Iowa State 6, Minnesota 5, Kentucky 5, Gonzaga 4, Boise State 3, Old Dominion 3, Texas Tech 3, Tulane 2, Ball State 1, Hartford 1, Utah 1, Wisc. Green Bay 1.
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