https://theacc.com/news/2024/10/15/womens-basketball-notre-dame-picked-as-conference-favorite-hidalgo-named-preseason-player-of-the-year.aspx

No Cal, Stanford, or SMU players were mentioned.

Good observation, although Stanford did get a first place vote

The predictors got the top six right.

Final standings:

Notre Dame (16-2)
NC State (16-2)
Duke (14-4)
UNC (13-5)
Florida State (13-5)
Louisville (13-5)

CAL (12-6)

We made the biggest leap. Does that put Charmin solidly in the conversation for Conference Coach of the Year??

Go Bears!!

Miami was picked to finish 8th and we were at 14th. You could almost flip those.

Finnish Oski said:

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Here was the reaction to the predictions on this board. https://bearinsider.com/forums/4/topics/123470 You will note CalBears80 had a typically rosy and optimistic view. Interesting that he hasn't been around since. Must be disappointed at the team's success.

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The difference of being critical but still rooting for Cal's success, vs. only posting if you can bring something negative to the table. He was also all about the "past dictating the future" which is a pretty difficult sword to fall on in the newer days of the Transfer Portal and NIL....
It is nice to be better than Furd, no doubt, but they were so far off their success of the past that they are almost an afterthought heading into the tournament....