The Associated Press has released its preseason poll for the 2023-24 women’s basketball season. With Notre Dame coming off an ACC regular-season championship and a Sweet 16 berth in the NCAA Tournament, not to mention most of the roster returning, it should come as no surprise to find the Irish in the No. 10 spot.
The ACC has plenty of representation in the poll. Only Virginia Tech ranks higher than the Irish at No. 8. North Carolina, Louisville and Florida State round out the conference representation in the 16th through 18th spots respectively. Programs receiving votes but not cracking the poll were NC State, Duke and Miami.
The AP story about the poll mentions [autotag]Olivia Miles[/autotag] among the stars in women’s basketball and that she’s back from the ACL injury that kept her out of tournament competition last season. This comes fresh off Miles being named to the Nancy Lieberman Award watch list for the country’s top point guard. Meanwhile, Sonia Citron is on the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award watch list for the best shooting guard in the country.
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