The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Men's Basketball ranked No. 19 in ESPN/USA Today preseason coaches poll
10.27.2006 | Men's Basketball
AUSTIN, Texas -- Despite having no returning starters from last year's "Elite Eight" squad, The University of Texas men's basketball team is ranked No. 19 in the ESPN/USA Today Preseason Top 25 Coaches poll. This marks the seventh time in the last eight seasons that Texas has been ranked in the coaches' preseason poll. UT was tabbed No. 22 in 1999-2000, No. 22 in 2001-02, No. 5 in 2002-03, No. 11 in 2003-04, No. 15 in 2004-05 and No. 3 last year.
The Longhorns are one of three Big 12 Conference teams selected in the Top 25. Kansas is ranked No. 3, while Texas A&M comes in at No. 13.
Texas tips off the 2006-07 campaign with an exhibition game against Lenoir-Rhyne College (Hickory, N.C.) on Tuesday, Oct. 31. Tip time is 7 p.m. Central at the Frank Erwin Center. UT opens the regular season with a home game against Alcorn State in the opening round of the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer on Thursday, Nov. 9 (8:30 p.m.) at the Erwin Center.
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ESPN/USA Today Preseason Top 25 Coaches Poll
Team (first-place votes) Points
1. Florida (30) 772
2. North Carolina 728
3. Kansas 714
4. Ohio State (1) 595
5. Pittsburgh 583
5. UCLA 583
7. LSU 556
8. Georgetown 538
9. Wisconsin 530
10. Arizona 478
11. Duke 477
12. Alabama 420
13. Texas A&M 335
14. Memphis 328
15. Boston College 284
16. Washington 240
17. Marquette 203
18. Connecticut 200
19. TEXAS 172
20. Syracuse 138
21. Georgia Tech 137
22. Kentucky 119
23. Creighton 113
24. Tennessee 106
25. Nevada 101
