Lady Raiders Picked 17th By Women's Basketball Journal

October 09, 2000 | Women's Basketball

Oct. 9, 2000

LUBBOCK, Texas - The Texas Tech women's basketball team was picked 17th in the pre-season top 25 poll by the Women's Basketball Journal.

The ranking marks the fourth pre-season top 25 poll the Lady Raiders have been ranked in so far this year. Tech was ranked eighth by the ESPN/Dick Vitale's Basketball Preview, eighth by the Women's Basketball News Service and 12th by Athlon's.

Women's Basketball Journal's Pre-Season Top 25

1.	Connecticut
2.	Tennessee
3.	Georgia
4.	Notre Dame
5.	Duke
6.	Purdue
7.	LSU
8.	Rutgers
9.	Louisiana Tech
10.	Old Dominion
11.	SW Missouri State
12.	Iowa State
13.	Virginia
14.	Wisconsin
15.	Mississippi State
16.	Penn State
17.	Texas Tech
18.	Stanford
19.	Oregon
20.	NC State
21.	Vanderbilt
22.	Boston College
23.	Xavier
24.	Southern California
25.	DePaul