Oct. 26, 2006
LAS VEGAS - The San Diego State women's basketball team has been picked to finish seventh in the Mountain West Conference in a preseason poll released Thursday at the league's basketball media day in Las Vegas, Nev. The voting panel consisted of the MWC's nine head coaches, as well as selected media.
The Aztecs, who ended up ninth in the 2005-06 regular season, earned 41 points from the panel, beating out eighth place Air Force by two points. New Mexico was picked to win the conference title, garnering eight of the 19 first-place votes. The Lobos edged BYU by just one first-place nod and three overall points. The Cougars are followed by TCU (126 pts.), Utah (102), Wyoming (96) and UNLV (71). Colorado State rounded out the poll with a ninth-place point total of 36.
Six Mountain West Conference teams are coming off postseason bids in 2005-06, with four playing in the NCAA tournament. All four squads won their NCAA first round game and Utah advanced all the way to the Elite Eight, falling to eventual national champion Maryland in overtime.
The San Diego State women's basketball team opens its 2006-07 campaign with a pair of exhibition contests at Cox Arena, Nov. 7 versus the Arizona Venom and Nov. 11 against Love & Basketball. The Aztecs officially kick off head coach Beth Burns' second year of her second stint at SDSU on Nov. 14 at home when the Nevada Wolfpack comes to town.
| 2006-07 MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE PRESEASON POLL | |
| Rk. Team (1st-place votes) | Points |
| 1. New Mexico (8) | 137 |
| 2.BYU (7) | 134 |
| 3.TCU (4) | 126 |
| 4. Utah | 102 |
| 5.Wyoming | 96 |
| 6. UNLV | 71 |
| 7.San Diego State | 41 |
| 8.Air Force | 39 |
| 9. Colorado State | 36 |
| Note: Coaches do not vote for their own teams. | |
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| 2006-07 MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM | |
| Dionne Marsh, Jr., F, New Mexico | |
| Hanna Zavecz, Jr., F, Wyoming | |
| Dani Kubik Wright, Sr., C, BYU | |
| Adrianne Ross, Jr., G, TCU | |
| Katie Montgomery, Sr., G, New Mexico | |
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| Top Returning Player | |
| Dionne Marsh, Jr., F, New Mexico | |
| Top Newcomer | |
| Justyna Podziemska, Jr., F, Wyoming | |