	Team	Votes (first place votes)
1.	Cortland	113 (5)
2.	Oneonta	107 (4)
3.	Buffalo State	101 (2)
4.	Brockport	84
5.	Geneseo	78
6.	Plattsburgh	66
7.	Oswego	57
8.	Fredonia	56
9.	Potsdam	26
10.	New Paltz	24
11.	Utica/Rome	20

CORTLAND PICKED TO PLACE FIRST IN SUNYAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Cortland looks to capture their third consecutive conference championship

FREDONIA, NY -- The Cortland State Red Dragons women's basketball team enters the 2000-01 season favored to win the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Championship according to the pre-season coaches poll.

Cortland has been victorious in the past two championships, including last years 65-52 win over Brockport. The Red Dragons finished the regular season 19-1 in the conference and 23-1 overall.

Voted to finish second in the pre-season poll was Oneonta, receiving four first-place votes. Oneonta was defeated by Cortland in last years semi-finals 71-66. The Red Dragons of Oneonta will look to improve on their 1999-00 fourth place finish in SUNYAC. They were 13-7 in the conference and 15-9 overall.

Also receiving first-place votes was Buffalo State who finished third in the pre-season poll. The Bengals had a SUNYAC record of 16-4 in 1999-00, which put them in second place in the conference. They were defeated in the semi-finals by Brockport 52-44.

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