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Coaches around the country are casting their votes for their respective conference races. Included below are some of the preseason conference polls released so far (with first-place votes in parentheses and total points; will update as more become available). For results on preseason all-league teams,
click here.
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2002-03 PRESEASON LEAGUE POLLS
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BIG 12
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PAC-10
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MID-AMERICAN*
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1. Texas Tech (6), 114
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1. Stanford (9), 90
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EAST DIVISION
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2. Kansas State (4), 113
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2. Washington, 77
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1. Kent State (24), 189
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3. Texas (2), 105
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3. Oregon (1), 71
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2. Miami (9), 174
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4. Oklahoma, 88
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4. USC, 67
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3. Marshall, 106
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5. Colorado, 79
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5. Arizona, 61
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4. Ohio, 100
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6. Iowa State, 70
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6. Arizona State, 51
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5. Buffalo, 91
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7. Baylor, 59
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7. Oregon State, 40
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6. Akron, 33
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8. Missouri, 55
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8. UCLA, 36
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WEST DIVISION
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9. Oklahoma State, 38
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9. Cal, 26
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1. Ball State (29), 225
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10. Texas A&M, 32
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10. Washington State, 21
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2. Western Michigan, 173
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11. Kansas, 24
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3. Toledo, 162
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12. Nebraska, 15
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4. Northern Illinois, 152
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5. Eastern Michigan, 100
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6. Bowling Green, 73
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7. Central Michigan, 39
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Tourney champ: Kent State
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2002-03 PRESEASON LEAGUE POLLS, CONT.
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C-USA
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1. Tennessee (27), 37
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1. (tie) Cincinnati
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2. LSU (5), 110
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1. (tie) TCU
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3. Vanderbilt, 130
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3. Tulane
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4. Georgia, 135
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4. Houston
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5. Mississippi State, 194
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5. Louisville
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6. Arkansas, 196
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6. Charlotte
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7. South Carolina, 228
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7. DePaul
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8. Florida, 233
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8. Marquette
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9. Alabama, 285
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9. Memphis
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10. Auburn, 290
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10. South Florida
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11. Kentucky, 333
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11. Saint Louis
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12. Mississippi, 351
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12. UAB
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13. Southern Miss
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14. East Carolina
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2002-03 PRESEASON LEAGUE POLLS, CONT.
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SUN BELT
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ATLANTIC SUN
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BIG EAST
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EAST DIVISION
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NORTH DIVISION
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1. (tie) Connecticut (7), 161
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1. Fla. International (8), 52
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1. Georgia State, 84
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1. (tie) Notre Dame (7), 161
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2. West. Kentucky (2), 41
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2. Belmont, 60
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3. Boston College, 143
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3. Middle Tennessee (1), 38
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3. Campbell, 40
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4. Villanova, 128
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4. Arkansas State, 22
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3. Jacksonville State, 40
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5. Virginia Tech, 110
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5. Arkansas-Little Rock, 12
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5. Samford, 27
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6. Rutgers, 107
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WEST DIVISION
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6. Gardner-Webb, 15
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7. Miami, 104
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1. Denver (7), 61
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SOUTH DIVISION
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8. West Virginia, 81
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2. North Texas (2), 52
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1. Florida Atlantic, 75
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9. (tie) Seton Hall, 69
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3. South Alabama (2), 46
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2. UCF, 68
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9. (tie) Syracuse, 69
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4. New Mexico State, 35
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3. Troy State, 52
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11. Georgetown, 64
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5. New Orleans, 25
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4. Stetson, 28
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12. Providence, 33
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6. Louisiana-Lafayette, 12
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5. Mercer, 27
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13. Pittsburgh, 29
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6. Jacksonville, 19
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14. St. John's, 15
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Tourney champ: Ga. State
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2002-03 PRESEASON LEAGUE POLLS, CONT.
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ACC*
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BIG TEN^
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HORIZON
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1. Duke (48)
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1. Penn State
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1. UW-Green Bay, 231
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2. North Carolina
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2. Purdue
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2. UW-Milwaukee, 204
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3. Virginia
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3. Minnesota
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3. Loyola, 154
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4. N.C. State
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MEDIA POLL
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4. Cleveland State, 143
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5. Clemson
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1. Purdue
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5. UIC, 133
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6. Georgia Tech
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2. Penn State
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6. Youngstown State, 116
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7. Maryland
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3. Minnesota
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7. Detroit, 91
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8. (tie) Florida State
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8. Butler, 52
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8. (tie) Wake Forest
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9. Wright State, 46
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Note: * ACC, SEC and Mid-American balloting conducted by media members; ^ Partial list released for Big Ten balloting.
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PRESEASON ALL-LEAGUE TEAMS, PLAYER OF YEAR HONORS
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Big 12: Nicole Ohlde, Kansas State; Stacy Stephens, Texas; Jia Perkins, Texas Tech; Lindsey Wilson, Iowa State; Caton Hill, Oklahoma; Plenette Pierson, Texas Tech. Player of Year: Ohlde. Newcomer of Year: Maria Villarroel, Oklahoma. Freshman of Year: Erin Grant, Texas Tech.
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SEC: LaToya Thomas, Mississippi State; Kara Lawson, Tennessee; Chantelle Anderson, Vanderbilt; Temeka Johnson, LSU; Kara Braxton, Georgia; Jocelyn Penn, South Carolina. Player of Year: Anderson.
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Big East: Jacqueline Batteast, Notre Dame; Chanivia Broussard, Miami; Trish Juhline, Villanova; Ieva Kublina, Virginia Tech; Alicia Ratay, Notre Dame, Diana Taurasi, Connecticut. Player of Year: Taurasi. Rookie of Year: Ann Strother, Connecticut.
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ACC: Alana Beard, Duke; Coretta Brown, North Carolina; Chrissy Floyd, Clemson; Iciss Tillis, Duke; Brandi Teamer, Virginia. Player of Year: Beard. Rookie of Year: La'Tangela Atkinson, North Carolina. |
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Big Ten: LeeAnn Bies, Michigan; Jennie Lillis, Iowa; Kelly Mazzante, Penn State; Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota; Shereka Wright, Purdue. Player of Year: Mazzante.
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C-USA: Chandi Jones, Houston; Sandora Irvin, TCU; Valerie King, Cincinnati; Teana McKiver, Tulane; Sara Nord, Louisville. Player of Year: Jones.
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Sun Belt: Jolie McKeirnan, Arkansas State; Ashley Atkinson, Denver; Cormisha Cotton, Florida International; Mandy Shafer, Florida International; Patrice Holmes, Middle Tennessee; Princess Moore, New Mexico State; Taneisha Russell, South Alabama; Kristina Covington, Western Kentucky; Leslie Logsdon, Western Kentucky; Shala Reese, Western Kentucky. Player of Year: Cotton.
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Horizon League: Sara Boyer, UW-Green Bay; Jaysie Chambers, UIC; Erika Roudebush, Cleveland State; Maria Viall, UW-Milwaukee; Jessica Wilhite, UW-Milwaukee. Player of Year: Viall.
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