PHILADELPHIA – The Temple women's basketball team was picked to finish second in the American Athletic Conference in voting by the league's head coaches, the conference announced on Monday. In addition, the Owls had two first-team preseason All-Conference selections in senior Feyonda Fitzgerald and junior Alliya Butts.
UConn was selected as the preseason favorite tallying 100 points and 10 of 11 first-place votes. The Huskies enter the season returning seven letterwinners and two starters from last year's squad that went an unblemished 38-0 (18-0 in the American) and won its fourth consecutive national championship.