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Princeton Selected No. 2 In Ivy Preseason Media Poll
October 26, 2016 | Women's Basketball
PRINCETON, N. J. – The Princeton Tigers were selected as the No. 2 team (110 voting points) in the Ivy League Preseason Media Poll. The defending Ivy League Champion, Penn Quakers, were picked as the top squad with all 17 first place votes and 136 voting points.
Two voters from each team's media market were selected to participate, as was one national writer. The Tigers have been predicted to finish either first or second in the poll each of the past seven seasons.
Princeton returns one starter, in senior captain Vanessa Smith, from last season's team that won 23 games and became the first Ivy League school to ever receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. Smith started in 28 games in 2015-16, averaging 8.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.4 assists and just under a steal per game.
Harvard (104) was named the No. 3 team in the preseason poll followed by Cornell (76). Dartmouth (66), Yale (56), Brown (40) and Columbia (24) round out the poll.
For the first time ever, the Ivy League will feature a four-team tournament for the 2016-17 season. The tournament will both be held over the same two competition days, March 11 and 12, at The Palestra in Philadelphia.
The format for each tournament will be two semifinal games on the first day (Saturday) with the No. 1 seed playing the No. 4 seed and the No. 2 seed playing the No. 3 seed, followed by the championship game played the next day (Sunday). The tournaments' winners will receive the League's automatic bids to the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Championships.
The 2016-17 season gets started as Princeton welcomes in-state rival, Rider to Jadwin Gymnasium on Nov. 11 (7 p.m.).
Two voters from each team's media market were selected to participate, as was one national writer. The Tigers have been predicted to finish either first or second in the poll each of the past seven seasons.
Princeton returns one starter, in senior captain Vanessa Smith, from last season's team that won 23 games and became the first Ivy League school to ever receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. Smith started in 28 games in 2015-16, averaging 8.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.4 assists and just under a steal per game.
Harvard (104) was named the No. 3 team in the preseason poll followed by Cornell (76). Dartmouth (66), Yale (56), Brown (40) and Columbia (24) round out the poll.
For the first time ever, the Ivy League will feature a four-team tournament for the 2016-17 season. The tournament will both be held over the same two competition days, March 11 and 12, at The Palestra in Philadelphia.
The format for each tournament will be two semifinal games on the first day (Saturday) with the No. 1 seed playing the No. 4 seed and the No. 2 seed playing the No. 3 seed, followed by the championship game played the next day (Sunday). The tournaments' winners will receive the League's automatic bids to the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Championships.
The 2016-17 season gets started as Princeton welcomes in-state rival, Rider to Jadwin Gymnasium on Nov. 11 (7 p.m.).
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