Tigers ranked seventh in WBCA preseason poll

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November 18, 2004

argetsinger2004.jpgGREENCASTLE, Ind. - The DePauw women's basketball team can claim another preseason ranking as the Tigers enter the season ranked seventh in Division III in the USA TODAY/ESPN/WBCA Top 25 women's basketball poll.

 

Last year's Tigers advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III Championship after winning their fifth Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference title in their six years in the league. Earlier this fall, the Tigers were ranked eighth by D3hoops.com.

 

Head coach Kris Huffman begins her 12th season with the Tigers and leads three returning starters and 11 letterwinners from the 2003-04 squad. DePauw opens the season on Friday, November 19, when it hosts Kalamazoo in the first round of the DePauw Tipoff Tournament.

 

DePauw opens the 2004-05 season by hosting Kalamazoo College at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the second game of the DePauw Tipoff Tournament. The 6 p.m. game features Washington (Mo.) University (7th in coaches' poll and 10th in D3hoops.com rankings) against Illinois Wesleyan. Friday's losers meet at 2 p.m. on Saturday with the winners tangling at 4 p.m.

 

The DePauw games will be carried live by WGRE and live, in-game stats for all contests will be available here.

 

 

USA TODAY/ESPN/WBCA Top 25 women's basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th.

School Record Pts. Last Week
1. New York University (4) 23-4 184 7
2. University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point 28-5 183 4
3. University of Southern Maine (1) 29-2 181 5
4. Bowdoin College (1) 30-1 173 2
5. University of Rochester 25-5 148 3
6. Washington University - St. Louis 22-5 139 9
7. DePauw University 26-4 130 12
8. Wilmington College (1) 27-6 126 1
9. Hardin-Simmons University 27-3 122 8
10. University of Scranton 27-3 120 6
11. Marymount University 26-5 112 10
12. Capital University (1) 20-7 107 NR
13. Messiah College 23-4 90 17
14. Trinity University 24-3 89 11
15. McDaniel College 25-4 67 14
16. University of Puget Sound 23-5 61 16
17. Baldwin-Wallace College 23-4 52 23
18. Buena Vista University 27-3 51 15
19. Rowan University 21-5 49 NR
20. Carleton College 25-4 45 20
21. Thomas More College 21-5 45 13
22. University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh 21-6 42 21
23. Johns Hopkins University 24-4 39 18
24. DeSales University 24-5 35 NR
25. Hope College 23-4 33 22

 

Others Receiving Votes: Millikin University - 30; Salem State College - 27; Ithaca College - 17; Brandeis University 15; Wittenberg University - 14; Washington & Jefferson - 13; Alvernia College - 11; Randolph-Macon College - 10; Colby-Sawyer College - 7; Maryville University-St. Louis - 7; Eastern Mennonite University - 5; University Of Wisconsin, Eau Claire - 5; Whitworth College - 5; Bridgewater College - 3; College Of St. Benedict - 3; Union College - 3; Albion College - 1; Lebanon Valley College - 1

 

The USA TODAY/ESPN/WBCA Board of Coaches is made up of 8 head coaches at Division III institutions. All are members of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association(WBCA). The 2004-05 board: Donna Doonan, Ferrum College; Michelle Ferenz, Witman College; Kris Huffman, DePauw University; Jennifer Kroll, St. Lawrence University; Daniel Raymond, Ithaca College; Kim Rybczyk, Western Connecticut; Mary Beth Spirk, Moravian College; Betsy Witman, York College

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