Texas Tech University Athletics
Lady Raiders Preseason 23rd in USA Today/ESPN Poll
November 09, 1999 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 9, 1999
LUBBOCK, Texas - The Texas Tech women?s basketball team is preseason ranked 23rd by the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll released Nov. 8. This is the fourth preseason ranking for the Lady Raiders as they were ranked 13th by the Women?s Basketball News Service, 15th by Athlon Sports College Basketball Magazine and 22nd by The Women?s Basketball Journal.
Two of Tech?s opponents this year and three possible opponents were selected as one of the top 25 teams by coaches, UCLA (fourth), Iowa State (seventh), North Carolina (eighth), LSU (14th), and Kansas (20th)
USA Today/ESPN Preseason Top 25
1. Connecticut
2. Tennessee
3. Rutgers
4. UCLA
5. Georgia
6. Louisiana Tech
7. Iowa State
8. North Carolina
9. Notre Dame
10. Penn State
11. Auburn
12. Illinois
13. UC Santa Barbara
14. Louisiana State
15. Old Dominion
16. Oregon
17. Virginia Tech
18. North Carolina State
19. Purdue
20. Kansas
21. Boston College
22. Duke
23. Texas Tech
24. Arizona
25. Virginia
