Texas Tech University Athletics
Texas Tech Women's Basketball Ranked Fifth by Gballmag.com
October 31, 2001 | Women's Basketball
Oct. 31, 2001
LUBBOCK, Texas - The Texas Tech women's basketball team has been ranked fifth by Gballmag.com in its preseason top 10 poll. It marks the 10th preseason ranking so far this year for the Lady Raiders. Tech was also ranked third by Street & Smith's, fourth by Basketball America, fourth by Women's Basketball Magazine, fifth by Lindy's, fifth by Women's Basketball News Service, seventh by SLAM Magazine, ninth by Athlon's, 10th by The Women's Basketball Journal and 12th by Basketball News.
Junior forward/center Plenette Pierson, who is a preseason candidate for the Naismith Player of the Year award, was one of 10 players named to the Gballmag.com preseason All-America list.
Four of Tech's 2001-02 opponents are ranked in the poll, including Big 12 foes Oklahoma and Iowa State.
The Lady Raiders will tip-off the season on Nov. 11 against Duke in the State Farm Tip-Off Classic in Durham, N.C. at noon CST on ESPN.
2001-02 Gballmag.com Preseason Top 10
1. Connecticut
2. Vanderbilt
3. Tennessee
4. Oklahoma
5. Texas Tech
6. Duke
7. Louisiana Tech
8. Iowa State
9. North Carolina State
10. Stanford
