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November 3rd, 2007

New poll, same result

Tennessee’s the one.
Unanimous, actually.
The Lady Volunteers finished with 1,250 points — and all 50 first place votes — in the Associated Press Preseason Poll.
“I think this team has yet to understand what goes with a No. 1 ranking,” (Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt) said. “It’s a first for them, at the same […]

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October 31st, 2007

Lady Vols go polling

Well, the AP poll is still a few days away, but the ESPN/USA Today poll was released today and the defending champions were the near-consensus choice at No. 1.
Tennessee received 26 first-place votes while second-ranked UConn received four. Fifth-ranked LSU received one first-place vote. Here’s how the rankings came down.

1. Tennessee (26); 2. Connecticut (4); […]

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October 26th, 2007

Shocking nobody, Lady Vols picked to win SEC

Across the nation, groups of media members and sports info directors are voting on their respective pre-season polls. As the headline suggests, the defending NCAA Champion Lady Vols received all but two first-place votes by the SEC media members. LSU finished a distant second.
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