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