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Michigan State Women’s Basketball Ranked No. 17 In Preseason AP Poll
10/30/2019 5:53:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Spartans’ highest preseason poll ranking since 2014-15.
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan State women's basketball is ranked No. 17 in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll that was released Wednesday.
The No. 17 ranking is the Spartans' first ranking in the preseason poll since 2015-16 and is their highest preseason ranking since 2014-15 when they were No. 14.
Overall it is MSU's seventh preseason ranking under head coach Suzy Merchant and the 10th in the history of the program.
Michigan State is one of five Big Ten teams in the AP Top 25 Poll, led by No. 4 Maryland. Michigan State follows at No. 17, preceding Minnesota (No. 23), Indiana (No. 24) and Michigan (No. 25). Iowa and Rutgers are among others receiving votes.
Along with facing the aforementioned Big Ten teams, Michigan State's 2019-20 schedule also includes three non-conference opponents ranked in the AP Top 25, in No. 12 Florida State, No. 16 Notre Dame and No. 21 Syracuse. MSU takes on Notre Dame on Nov. 14 in East Lansing, while facing Florida State on Dec. 5 at Tallahassee, Fla., in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge and Syracuse on Dec. 20 in the Sunshine Challenge in Orlando, Fla.
The Spartans will take on either Memphis or Kansas State in the Junkanoo Jam in their second game of the tournament, and both are among others receiving votes in the AP Top 25 Poll.
Merchant leads the Green and White into action in an exhibition game against in-state foe Ferris State Wednesday night at 7 p.m. at the Breslin Center, before officially tipping off the 2019-20 season against another in-state opponent in Eastern Michigan on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Breslin Center.
The No. 17 ranking is the Spartans' first ranking in the preseason poll since 2015-16 and is their highest preseason ranking since 2014-15 when they were No. 14.
Overall it is MSU's seventh preseason ranking under head coach Suzy Merchant and the 10th in the history of the program.
Michigan State is one of five Big Ten teams in the AP Top 25 Poll, led by No. 4 Maryland. Michigan State follows at No. 17, preceding Minnesota (No. 23), Indiana (No. 24) and Michigan (No. 25). Iowa and Rutgers are among others receiving votes.
Along with facing the aforementioned Big Ten teams, Michigan State's 2019-20 schedule also includes three non-conference opponents ranked in the AP Top 25, in No. 12 Florida State, No. 16 Notre Dame and No. 21 Syracuse. MSU takes on Notre Dame on Nov. 14 in East Lansing, while facing Florida State on Dec. 5 at Tallahassee, Fla., in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge and Syracuse on Dec. 20 in the Sunshine Challenge in Orlando, Fla.
The Spartans will take on either Memphis or Kansas State in the Junkanoo Jam in their second game of the tournament, and both are among others receiving votes in the AP Top 25 Poll.
Merchant leads the Green and White into action in an exhibition game against in-state foe Ferris State Wednesday night at 7 p.m. at the Breslin Center, before officially tipping off the 2019-20 season against another in-state opponent in Eastern Michigan on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Breslin Center.
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