Women’s Hoops Ranked 16th in Preseason AP Poll, 14th in Coaches

Early season love for Kim Mulkey’s second LSU squad

The 2022-2023 women’s basketball season is right around the corner and there’s no flying under the radar for Kim Mulkey’s LSU Tigers.

LSU is ranked 16th in the preseason AP Poll, and 14th in the USA Today Coaches poll. LSU is coming off a 26-6 season where they earned a No. 3 seed in the 2022 NCAA Tournament and climbed as high as #9 in the country before ultimately settling at #12 in the final polls.

The Tigers were also picked to finish third in the SEC, trailing only defending national champion South Carolina, and Tennessee. Alex Morris and incoming transfer Angel Reese were both voted to the Coaches preseason All-SEC team.

LSU will play an exhibition at 7:00 this evening against Mississippi College and Langston the following Thursday before tipping off the season officially Monday November 7 against Bellarmine.

The preseason AP Poll is as follows:

1. South Carolina
2. Stanford
3. Texas
4. Iowa
5. Tennessee
6. UConn
7. Louisville
8. Iowa State
9. Notre Dame
10. North Carolina State
11. Indiana
12. North Carolina
13. Virginia Tech
14. Ohio State
15. Oklahoma
16. LSU
17. Maryland
18. Baylor
19. Arizona
20. Oregon
21. Creighton
22. Nebraska
23. South Dakota State
24. Princeton
25. Michigan