ASU women's basketball ranked No. 12 in preseason coaches' poll

October 31, 2007

TEMPE, Ariz. - The Arizona State women's basketball team is ranked No. 12 in the country, according to the ESPN/USA Today Top 25 coaches' preseason poll released Wednesday. For ASU, the No. 12 ranking ties the highest rating it has ever received in a preseason poll. Last season the Sun Devils were also tabbed preseason No. 12 in the coaches' poll before eventually finishing the season No. 8.<separator></separator>The 2007-08 Sun Devils return 10 players, including three starters - guards <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/january_briann00.html"… January</a>, <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/noe_jill00.html">Jill Noe</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/pariseau_reagan00.html… Pariseau</a> - and several other significant contributors from last season's Elite Eight squad, which set single-season school records for most overall wins (31), most Pac-10 wins (16) and most road wins (10). In addition to regaining the services of All-Pac-10 Freshman guard <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/simon_dymond01.html">D… Simon</a>, who missed the last 16 games of last season with a knee injury, the Sun Devils will also receive a boost from the addition of junior posts <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/dosty_sybil00.html">Sy… Dosty</a> (transfer from the University of Tennessee) and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/lacey_lauren01.html">L… Lacey</a> (transfer from the University of Minnesota), who both sat out last season due to NCAA transfer rules, and from talented incoming freshmen <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/tobin_becca00.html">Be… Tobin</a> (Glendale Cactus) and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/wilber_stephanie00.htm… Wilber</a> (Auburn Riverside, Auburn, Wash.).<separator></separator> The 2007-08 Sun Devils will make their debut next Thursday (Nov. 8) when they host the USA National Team in an exhibition contest at 6:30 p.m. in Wells Fargo Arena. Tickets are still available and can be purchased by calling (480) 727-0000. ASU officially opens its regular season on Sunday, Nov. 11 (2:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. MT) when it travels to Chapel Hill, N.C., to take on No. 7 North Carolina in the 2007 State Farm Tip-Off Classic. The game will be televised live by ESPN.