University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels Ranked No. 14 In Preseason
November 4, 2003 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 4, 2003
North Carolina is ranked 14th in the preseason NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Coaches Poll, released Tuesday by the WBCA. The Tar Heels, 28-6 last season, were 15th in last year's final USA Today/ESPN/WBCA Poll.
Defending-champion Connecticut was a unanimous pick for No. 1, with Duke at No. 2 and Texas at No. 3. Tennessee is ranked fourth and Kansas State fifth.
Carolina received 467 points in the polling, just behind No. 13 Minnesota (472).
The first regular-season poll will come out on Nov. 18, three days before the Tar Heels play their season-opener against St. Francis. That game, on Nov. 21, will tip off at 7 p.m. at Carmichael Auditorium.
The Tar Heels open 2003-04 action on Wednesday night with an exhibition game against Premier Players. UNC will play a second exhibition on Nov. 10.
USA TODAY/ESPN/WBCA DIVISION I TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
School is followed by 2002-03 record, total points received in the poll, and final 2002-03 ranking
1. Connecticut (37-1) 1000, 1
2. Duke (35-2) 932, 4
3. Texas (29-6) 896, 3
4. Tennessee (33-5) 883, 2
5. Kansas State (29-5) 824, 10
6. Texas Tech (29-6) 727, 6
7. Stanford (27-5) 688, 14
8. Penn State (26-9) 630, 12
9. Purdue (29-6) 621, 7
10. LSU (30-4) 605, 5
11. Georgia (21-10) 550, 11
12. Louisiana Tech (31-3) 507, 9
13. Minnesota (25-6) 472, 13
14. North Carolina (28-6) 467, 15
15. Ohio State (21-10) 314, NR
16. Notre Dame (21-11) 291, 21
17. Rutgers (21-8) 276, NR
18. UC-Santa Barbara (27-5), 272, 22
19. Utah (24-7), 271, NR
20. Colorado (24-8) 241, 19
21. Oklahoma (19-13) 184, NR
22. Arizona (22-9) 153, NR
23. TCU (20-14) 150, NR
24. Virginia (17-14) 133, NR
25. Auburn (23-11) 109, NR
Others receiving votes: George Washington (25-7) 108; Boston College (22-9) 94; Villanova (28-6) 70; Virginia Tech (22-10) 64; Vanderbilt (22-10) 57; DePaul (22-10) 53; South Carolina (23-8) 48; Washington (22-8) 44; Mississippi State (24-8) 29; Arkansas (22-11) 28; Michigan State (17-11) 27; Cincinnati (23-8) 21; Liberty (26-4) 18; Old Dominion (20-11) 14; Creighton (24-9) 11; Houston (15-13) 11; New Mexico (24-9) 10; Western Kentucky (22-9) 10; Chattanooga (26-5) 9; Southwest Missouri State (18-13) 9; Clemson (14-15) 8; Wisconsin-Green Bay (28-4) 8; North Carolina-Wilmington (22-6) 7; Saint Joseph's (19-11) 7; Charlotte (21-9) 6; Colorado State (20-13) 6; Arizona State (16-14) 4; Pepperdine (22-8) 4; Xavier (20-10) 4; Iowa (17-15) 3; Florida State (17-13) 2; Oregon (12-16) 2; Toledo (20-10) 2; UCLA (18-11) 2; Brigham Young (19-12) 1; Holy Cross (24-8) 1; Middle Tennessee (18-12) 1; Montana (20-10) 1
