We’re exactly one week from tip-off of the Virginia Cavaliers women’s basketball regular season, as the ‘Hoos host Maryland Eastern Shore next Wednesday at John Paul Jones Arena.
Around Charlottesville, the excitement for year two of the Coach Mox era is palpable. But the “Blue Ribbon Panel” of head coaches and other insiders at ACC media day last week in Charlotte apparently aren’t feeling it, instead predicting UVA to finish 10th in the conference this winter.
The full predicted order of finish is as follows, with first place votes in parentheses.
- Virginia Tech (45)
- Notre Dame (14)
- North Carolina (1)
- Louisville (1)
- Florida State
- Miami
- Duke
- NC State
- Syracuse
- Virginia
- Clemson
- Georgia Tech
- Boston College
- Wake Forest
- Pitt
Although Virginia finished tied for 13th last season with a 4-14 conference record, they retained their top three scorers (two of which weren’t healthy for the majority of ACC play) and brought in a host of exciting talent this offseason, including five-star guard Kymora Johnson.