Big West Coaches Pick UCSB to Win
Again Nov. 5– Irvine, Calif.
The 10 Big West Conference women's basketball coaches today projected
UC Santa Barbara to win a fourth consecutive regular season championship
in a poll conducted at the annual Media Day at the Irvine Marriott Hotel.
UCSB received 9 of 10 first-place votes (coaches couldn't vote for their
own team) and tallied 81 points. Pacific was second with 72 points followed
by Long Beach with 61 points and UCSB's first-place vote. Cal State Fullerton
was picked ninth ahead of Utah State.
The poll results:
1. UC Santa Barbara (9), 81 points
2. Pacific, 72 points
3. Long Beach State(1), 61 points
4. UC Irvine, 56 points
5. Idaho, 46 points
6. UC Riverside, 43 points
7. Cal State Northridge, 28 points
8. Cal poly, 25 points
9. Cal State Fullerton, 23 points
10. Utah State, 15 points
