Pack women 'receive votes' in preseason national poll
The CSU-Pueblo women's basketball team "received votes" in the USA Today/ESPN/WBCA Division II Women's Basketball top 25 poll, one of just three RMAC schools listed on the preseason poll.
The CSU-Pueblo women received two votes in the preseason poll, joined by RMAC foes Fort Lewis (receiving 63 votes) and Nebraska-Kearney, which was ranked 25th in the poll. Tops on the poll is Northern Kentucky, the defending Division II national champion.
The preseason poll marks the second consecutive poll that listed CSU-Pueblo as "receiving votes." In the final poll prior to the NCAA Division II tournament last season, CSU-Pueblo received one vote after winning the RMAC Championship.
The ThunderWolves women's basketball team has never been ranked in the WBCA Top 25, and the preseason poll marks just the second time in school history that the CSU-Pueblo women have "received votes".
Preseason Poll: November 5, 2008
USA TODAY ESPN Division II Top 25 women's basketball poll, with first-place votes to the right, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th.
|
Rank |
Institution - First Place Votes |
Last Year's Final Rank |
Last Year's Final Record |
Points |
|
1. |
Northern Kentucky University (22) |
1 |
28-8 |
625 |
|
2. |
California University of Pennsylvania (1) |
8 |
27-7 |
541 |
|
3. |
Washburn University (Kan.) |
5 |
26-7 |
506 |
|
4. |
Franklin Pierce University (N.H.) |
6 |
27-5 |
494 |
|
5. |
University of Alaska Anchorage |
4 |
30-5 |
479 |
|
6. |
West Texas A&M University (3) |
18 |
26-5 |
474 |
|
7. |
Drury University (Mo.) |
11 |
27-3 |
405 |
|
8. |
Stonehill College (Mass.) |
13 |
27-5 |
402 |
|
9. |
Delta State University (Miss.) |
3 |
33-1 |
376 |
|
10. |
Holy Family University (Pa.) |
9 |
32-1 |
335 |
|
11. |
Indiana University of Pennsylvania |
23 |
27-5 |
334 |
|
12. |
Michigan Technological University |
NR |
23-8 |
298 |
|
t13. |
Tusculum College (Tenn.) |
NR |
26-5 |
280 |
|
t13. |
Wingate University (N.C.) |
10 |
26-8 |
280 |
|
t15. |
Arkansas Tech University |
16 |
26-6 |
223 |
|
t15. |
Emporia State University (Kan.) |
22 |
23-8 |
223 |
|
17. |
Hillside College (Mich.) |
NR |
23-5 |
196 |
|
18. |
University of West Georgia |
NR |
25-5 |
193 |
|
19. |
University of Central Oklahoma |
NR |
24-8 |
185 |
|
20. |
University of South Carolina, Aiken |
NR |
20-8 |
158 |
|
21. |
Augustana College (S.D.) |
NR |
22-9 |
149 |
|
22. |
Seattle Pacific (Wash.) |
7 |
29-1 |
120 |
|
23. |
Clayton State University (Ga.) |
24 |
20-11 |
104 |
|
24. |
Anderson University (S.C.) |
19 |
28-4 |
93 |
|
25. |
University of Nebraska, Kearney |
NR |
27-7 |
85 |
Others Receiving Votes: Minnesota State University, Mankato - 83; Nova Southeastern University (Fla.) - 81; University of South Dakota, Vermillion - 72; California State University, Chico - 64; Fort Lewis College (Colo.) - 63; Shaw University (N.C.) - 55; Valdosta State University (Ga.) - 50; Lake Superior State University (Mich.) - 35; Concordia University (Minn.) - 29; Johnson C. Smith University (N.C.) - 27; Millersville University of Pennsylvania - 22; Northwood University (Mich.) - 22; Shepherd University (W.Va.) - 22; Assumption College (Mass.) - 21; Fairmont State University (W. Va.) - 21; Kentucky State University - 20; Saint Mary's University (Texas) - 18; University of Indianapolis (Ind.) - 18; Rollins College (Fla.) - 17; University of District of Columbia - 17; Fort Valley State University (Ga.)- 14; Texas A&M University-Commerce - 14; Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania - 11; Bentley College (Mass.) - 8; Francis Marion University (S.C.) - 8; College of Saint Rose (N.Y.) - 7; Ashland University (Ohio) - 6; Fayetteville State University (N.C.) - 6; Sonoma State University (Calif.) - 6; West Virginia Wesleyan - 6; Quincy University (Ill.) - 5; Gannon University (Penn.) - 4; Carson-Newman College (Tenn.) - 3; Dominican College (N.Y.) - 3; Abilene Christian University (Texas) - 2; Colorado State University, Pueblo - 2; Barry University (Fla.) - 1; Northwest Missouri State University - 1.
The USA TODAY ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 29 head coaches at Division II institutions. All are members of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). The 2008-09 board: Gie Parsons - Non-voting Chair (Clarion University), James Brunelli (Anderson University), Chris Ratcliff (University of Arkansas at Monticello), Dave Wilbers (Arkansas Tech University), David Smith (Bellarmine University), Van Girard (California State University at Dominguez Hills), Kip Drown (Colorado State University at Pueblo), Heather Kearney (California University of Penn), Jay Sparks (Columbus State University), Angie Kristensen (Dixie State College of Utah), John Burke (Dominican College), Linden Weese (Eastern New Mexico University), Stephen McDonald (Fairmont State University), Mark Swasey (Franklin Pierce University), Vanessa Taylor (Johnson C. Smith University), Stephanie Evans (Kentucky State University), Jamie Pewinski (Lake Superior State University), Kevin Pederson (Lander University), John Barnes (Michigan Technological University), Carol Russell (University of Nebraska at Kearney), Jessica Smith (University of New Haven), Marilynn Rule-Heinrich (Nova Southeastern University), Brad Vanden Boogaard (Oklahoma Panhandle State University), Jacques Curtis (Shaw University), Mike Jewett (Southwest Minnesota State University), Ron McHenry (Washburn University), Greg Bruce (Western Oregon University) and Barbara Nelson (Wingate University).