Women’s Basketball Preseason Top 25
October 24, 2011 · CSM Staff
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Baylor |
Baylor’s disappointment last season will not happen again if Brittney Griner has anything to say about it. |
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Notre Dame | Notre Dame’s trip to the championship game last year got them wanting more. Skylar Diggins can provide it. |
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Tennessee |
As always, Tennessee has the talent to win a national title, and this year they’ll want to do it for Coach Summitt. |
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Connecticut |
The absence of Maya Moore is getting all the headlines, but this is still a team with a ton of talent. |
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Stanford | Stanford is looking for their fifth straight trip to the Final Four and Coach Tara VanDerveer has the weapons. |
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Texas A&M |
Texas A&M returns enough talent from their National Championship team, but have to replace Danielle Adams. |
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Louisville | Shoni Schimmel and Monique Reid will have Louisville ready to compete for a Big East title and maybe more. |
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Duke |
Duke lost a ton of talent, but the Blue Devils will reload with another superb recruiting class. |
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Georgetown |
Georgetown has built their program the right way and now it is time to reap the rewards of the hard work. |
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Miami |
Miami has had an amazing rise to success over the last few years. The rise will continue this season. |
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Georgia |
Jasmine James is a good scorer, but Georgia will have to depend on their defense to make noise in the NCAAs. |
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Penn State |
Maggie Lucas had a great freshman campaign and rejoins an experienced group in Happy Valley. |
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Florida State | Few teams in the nation have as much length and size as Florida State and that will be a nightmare for opposition. |
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LSU |
Coach Nikki Caldwell takes over a very experienced LSU squad that is expected to battle for an SEC title. |
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Maryland | Maryland has a ton of experience and that should catapult them back into the national spotlight in 2011-2012. |
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Rutgers | Rutgers returns a slew of talent from a 20 win team that was hit with the injury bug. They should be a force now. | |
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Kentucky | The Wildcats are undersized, but their talent on the perimeter will lead to another great season in Lexington. |
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Oklahoma | Oklahoma is a post player away from regaining their old spot atop the Big 12 pecking order. |
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North Carolina |
UNC has pieces to replace, but their uptempo style of play has attracted plenty of recruits who are very talented. |
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Purdue |
Drey Mingo, Brittany Rayburn will be better and Purdue is virtually a lock for their 18th straight NCAA appearance. |
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USC | Guards Briana Gilbreath and Ashley Corral should help end USC’s NCAA Tournament drought. |
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| 22 |  |
DePaul | Keisha Hampton averaged 16.0 points per game last year and will be in for an even bigger senior season. |
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| 23 |  |
Michigan State |
The Spartans will have to rely on some freshmen, but Lykendra Johnson will lead the Spartans back to the NCAAs. |
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Texas | Last year is behind them and now Texas can get back to their winning ways with a healthy Cokie Reed. |
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UCLA | New coach Cori Close has a little rebuilding to do, but the Bruins will keep winning games with their defense. |
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