NCAA Preseason picks: Baylor tops Jayda Evans' opening poll

posted by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 10:41am EDT

Jayda Evans covers college and pro women's basketball. While its her first year on the Washington beat, she has covered the Storm since its inception. She'll offer observations, critiques, occasional off-beat tales and answers to select e-mail inquires. Evans also has written a book on the Storm and women's hoops, called "Game On!"

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I'm not a fan of preseason polls, but we've got to start somewhere. As Washington G Kristi Kingma pointed out, it's my fourth season on the beat - my senior year - so time to really strut what I've learned from peers.

Early basis was on returnees, strength of conference and how I figured teams would fare. The actual Associated Press preseason poll appears Oct. 29 and the All-Americans will debut Nov. 1. Picks are made by media members across the nation.

Here's my ballot:

1. Baylor
2. Notre Dame
3. UConn
4. Stanford
5. Tennessee
6. Duke
7. Georgetown
8. Louisville
9. Texas A&M;
10. Miami
11. Maryland
12. Penn State
13. Purdue
14. Florida State
15. Georgia
16. Oklahoma
17. North Carolina
18. Kentucky
19. St. John's
20. Texas
21. USC
22. Texas Tech
23. Michigan State
24. LSU
25. UCLA

PRESEASON TEAM
Nnemkadi Ogwumike 6-2 Sr. F Stanford
Chiney Ogwuumike 6-3 So. F Stanford
Brittney Griner 6-8 Jr. C Baylor
Skylar Diggins 5-9 Jr. G Notre Dame
Tiffany Hayes 5-10 Sr. G Connecticut

*PHOTO CREDIT: Baylor C Brittney Griner big reason Bears are favored

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NCAA Preseason picks: Baylor tops Jayda Evans' opening poll

2011-12 NCAA Basketball

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