Lady Vols Open At No. 20 In AP Poll

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The preseason women's basketball poll was released Saturday by The Associated Press, and Tennessee will begin the 2012-13 campaign ranked 20th.

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Wow, just wow. In all my born days have I ever seen TN Lady Vols ranked so low to start the season as this. We only received 256 pts out of a possible 1000 points. There has to be some kind of foul up in putting this list together. Nobody has played a game yet & they put TN girls at 20th place. I can see Baylor at #1 with that guy player they have & UConn at #2. I guess we didn't come up with enough credit from last year's play to break the top ten. Even Kentucky, Vanderbilt & Georgia are put ahead of this Great program.
 
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This poll is pointless! Look how TN was ranked last year, and the season ended no where near the preseason poll! We lost a lot with last year's graduating class. While #20 is a bit low, I'm not concerned about it in the least! We will be fine, and will not be ranked so low at the seasons end!!
 
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The only position I see as suspect is the center position. We are hurting right there unless Izzy has really improved. At the other four positions we can put a top ten recruited player at every position. If everyone stays healthy and plays up to their capabilities were a top ten team easy.
 
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Convoluted said:
Do you have any proof of this? If not, it's a vile thing for a fan to say and the Lady Vol reputation will suffer for it.
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Agree. I was sick of it the first time someone posted it. It's a slanderous statement at best.
 
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For the rankings, doesn't matter where we start, it's where we finish that counts. Should be a good year for the Lady Vols.
 
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Slydell said:
For the rankings, doesn't matter where we start, it's where we finish that counts. Should be a good year for the Lady Vols.
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I disagree to some extent here. Unfortunately, the voters (whether coaches or media) seem reluctant to make significant changes and are even more reluctant to move a team above one already ahead of them without losses by that team, in the case of a team close in number/ranking, or a head to head win against a higher ranked team. And a team ranked 20th who beats a top ten team may not move in to the top ten without several teams ahead of them losing simply because of the reluctance of the voters to make these rtadical changes.

So starting out 20 means that it is much harder to end up in the top ten than it would be if you either start out in the top ten or near there.

Jim
 
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CannonVol80 said:
I disagree to some extent here. Unfortunately, the voters (whether coaches or media) seem reluctant to make significant changes and are even more reluctant to move a team above one already ahead of them without losses by that team, in the case of a team close in number/ranking, or a head to head win against a higher ranked team. And a team ranked 20th who beats a top ten team may not move in to the top ten without several teams ahead of them losing simply because of the reluctance of the voters to make these rtadical changes.

So starting out 20 means that it is much harder to end up in the top ten than it would be if you either start out in the top ten or near there.

Jim
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I can't really comment on all this, although, I would agree on the overview. I haven't looked at all the top 20 teams schedules for this season. Depending on the top 20's schedules, some could remain towards the top or fall quickly. Just hoping this team plays to their potential each game and moves quickly towards the upper levels.
 
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Slydell said:
For the rankings, doesn't matter where we start, it's where we finish that counts. Should be a good year for the Lady Vols.
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whats up Sly ? I'm ready for some Lady Vols basket ball myself,here is to hoping CHW and the mighty Lady Vols are ready to go

and I'm not to worried about being ranked 20th,other than some voters stick to there guns,just because it might make em look bad,they shouldn't even have any rankings till at least the 2nd week of the season
 
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