Utah Women’s Basketball Picked To Finish 8th In Pac-12 Preseason Polls

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The Utah women’s basketball team was picked to finish 8th in the Pac-12 preseason media and coaches polls.

The Utes finished the 2019-20 season with a 14-17 record before falling to Oregon in the second round of the Pac-12 Tournament.

Entering her sixth season at the helm, Lynne Roberts returns a ton of talented players including Brynna Maxwell, Dru Gylten, Andrea Torres, Lola Pendande, Niyah Becker and Kemery Martin among others. Roberts has also recruited very well and will bring in a talented 2020 class, which includes Kennady McQueen, Peyton McFarland, Kelsey Rees and Donna Ntambue.

Maxwell was named to the preseason media All-Pac-12 team, while Gylten received honorable mention recognition.

Congrats, @brynnamaxwell on being named to the Preseason All Pac-12 Team. 🙌 #Elevate pic.twitter.com/ieTGkBFeli

— Utah Women's Basketball (@UTAHWBB) November 17, 2020

Pac-12 Preseason Coaches Poll

1. Stanford Cardinal (10 first place votes) – 120 points
2. Arizona Wildcats (2 first place votes) – 103 points
3. Oregon Ducks (tied for second) – 103 points
4. UCLA Bruins – 88 points
5. Oregon State Beavers – 83 points
6. USC Trojans – 69 points
7. Arizona State Sun Devils – 61 points
8. Utah Utes – 52 points
9. Colorado Buffaloes – 43 points
10. California Golden Bears – 31 points
11. Washington Huskies – 24 points
12. Washington State Cougars – 15 points

.@StanfordWBB has also been picked in the preseason coaches poll to take the 2020-21 #Pac12WBB crown!

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— Pac-12 Conference (@pac12) November 17, 2020

Pac-12 Preseason Media Poll

1. Stanford Cardinal (19 first place votes) – 248 points
2. Arizona Wildcats (1 first place vote) – 225 points
3. Oregon Ducks – 201 points
4. UCLA Bruins – 200 points
5. Oregon State Beavers (1 first place vote) – 174 points
6. Arizona State Sun Devils – 135 points
7. USC Trojans – 130 points
8. Utah Utes – 94 points
9. California Golden Bears – 76 points
10. Colorado Buffaloes – 75 points
11. Washington Huskies – 53 points
12. Washington State Cougars – 27 points

Pac-12 Preseason Media All-Conference Team

• Erin Boley, Oregon
• Kennedy Brown, Oregon State
• Aleah Goodman, Oregon State
• Lexie Hull, Stanford
• Haley Jones, Stanford
• Taylor Jones, Oregon State
• Brynna Maxwell, Utah
• Aari McDonald, Arizona
• Michaela Onyenwere, UCLA
• Charisma Osborne, UCLA
• Alissa Pili, USC
• Sedona Prince, Oregon
• Cate Reese, Arizona
• Sam Thomas, Arizona
• Kiana Williams, Stanford

Honorable Mentions:

• Francesca Belibi, Stanford
• Taylor Chavez, Oregon
• Jazlen Green, California
• Dru Gylten, Utah
• Mya Hollingshed, Colorado
• Taylor Mikesell, Oregon
• Endyia Rogers, USC
• Jaz Shelley, Oregon
• Jaylyn Sherrod, Colorado

The 2020-21 #Pac12WBB All-Conference team (cont.)

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— Pac-12 Conference (@pac12) November 17, 2020

Trevor Allen is a Utah Utes Insider for sports.ksl.com and host of the Crimson Corner podcast. Follow him on Twitter: @TrevorASports. You can download and listen to the podcast, here.