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Women's Basketball Picked Sixth in Annual Preseason Poll
10/18/2021 11:18:00 AM | Women's Basketball
New York, N.Y. -- The Creighton women's basketball team was predicted to finish sixth in the BIG EAST's Preseason Coaches Poll released at the conference media day on Tuesday, October 19.
The Bluejays scored a BIG EAST Tournament Quarterfinal upset in 2021 as the sixth-seed bounced the third seed Seton Hall. Creighton went 10-12 overall, 6-7 in BIG EAST action, in 2020-21. The Bluejays return six of their seven top scorer from last season, including BIG EAST
All-Freshman Team selection Emma Ronsiek (11.6 ppg and 5.1 rpg). Also back for the Bluejays during the 2021-22 season will be senior Tatum Rembao (9.9 ppg and 3.6 apg).
Connecticut was the unanimous favorite to win the league. The Huskies have won the conference regular season 20 times, along with 19 BIG EAST Tournament titles. Connecticut collected 100 points and 10 first-place votes to top the preseason poll. Six-time BIG EAST regular-season champion DePaul finished second in the Preseason Coaches' Poll with 90 points and the remaining first-place vote. Seton Hall was slotted third with 80 points, while Marquette, the 2020-21 runner-up in both the regular season and conference tournament, was fourth with 74 points.
BIG EAST Tournament semifinalists a season ago, Villanova (62 points) and Creighton (54) were picked fifth and sixth, respectively. With 51 points, St. John's followed in seventh, while Providence landed in eighth with 32 points. Georgetown (ninth, 27 points), Xavier (10th, 18 points) and Butler (11th, 17 points) rounded out the poll.
The Preseason All-BIG EAST team was also released on Tuesday with no Bluejay earning a spot.
BIG EAST Coaches Poll
1.  Connecticut (10)   100
2.  DePaul (1)     90
3.  Seton Hall     80
4.  Marquette    74
5.  Villanova      62
6.  Creighton     54
7.  St. John's      51
8.  Providence   32
9.  Georgetown 27
10. Xavier           18
11. Butler           17
BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year
Paige Bueckers, UConn, So., G*
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BIG EAST Preseason Freshman of the Year
Azzi Fudd, UConn, Fr., G*
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Preseason All-BIG EAST Team
Christyn Williams, UConn, Sr., G*
Olivia Nelson-Ododa, UConn, Sr., F
Aailyah Edwards, UConn, So., F
Sonya Morris, DePaul, Sr., G*
Lexi Held, DePaul, Sr., G
Lauren Van Kleunen, Marquette, Grad., F
Leilani Correa, St. John's, Jr., G*
Andra Espinoza-Hunter, Seton Hall, Grad., G/F
Lauren Park-Lane, Seton Hall, Jr., G*
Maddy Siegrist, Villanova, Jr., F*
*unanimous selection
The Bluejays scored a BIG EAST Tournament Quarterfinal upset in 2021 as the sixth-seed bounced the third seed Seton Hall. Creighton went 10-12 overall, 6-7 in BIG EAST action, in 2020-21. The Bluejays return six of their seven top scorer from last season, including BIG EAST
All-Freshman Team selection Emma Ronsiek (11.6 ppg and 5.1 rpg). Also back for the Bluejays during the 2021-22 season will be senior Tatum Rembao (9.9 ppg and 3.6 apg).
Connecticut was the unanimous favorite to win the league. The Huskies have won the conference regular season 20 times, along with 19 BIG EAST Tournament titles. Connecticut collected 100 points and 10 first-place votes to top the preseason poll. Six-time BIG EAST regular-season champion DePaul finished second in the Preseason Coaches' Poll with 90 points and the remaining first-place vote. Seton Hall was slotted third with 80 points, while Marquette, the 2020-21 runner-up in both the regular season and conference tournament, was fourth with 74 points.
BIG EAST Tournament semifinalists a season ago, Villanova (62 points) and Creighton (54) were picked fifth and sixth, respectively. With 51 points, St. John's followed in seventh, while Providence landed in eighth with 32 points. Georgetown (ninth, 27 points), Xavier (10th, 18 points) and Butler (11th, 17 points) rounded out the poll.
The Preseason All-BIG EAST team was also released on Tuesday with no Bluejay earning a spot.
BIG EAST Coaches Poll
1.  Connecticut (10)   100
2.  DePaul (1)     90
3.  Seton Hall     80
4.  Marquette    74
5.  Villanova      62
6.  Creighton     54
7.  St. John's      51
8.  Providence   32
9.  Georgetown 27
10. Xavier           18
11. Butler           17
BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year
Paige Bueckers, UConn, So., G*
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BIG EAST Preseason Freshman of the Year
Azzi Fudd, UConn, Fr., G*
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Preseason All-BIG EAST Team
Christyn Williams, UConn, Sr., G*
Olivia Nelson-Ododa, UConn, Sr., F
Aailyah Edwards, UConn, So., F
Sonya Morris, DePaul, Sr., G*
Lexi Held, DePaul, Sr., G
Lauren Van Kleunen, Marquette, Grad., F
Leilani Correa, St. John's, Jr., G*
Andra Espinoza-Hunter, Seton Hall, Grad., G/F
Lauren Park-Lane, Seton Hall, Jr., G*
Maddy Siegrist, Villanova, Jr., F*
*unanimous selection
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