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AUSTIN, Texas -- The Texas women's basketball team has picked up two more preseason national top five rankings, as Athlon Magazine selected the Longhorns as the No. 1 team in its Preseason Top 25 and Lindy's Sports Annuals chose UT as the fifth-best team in its polls.

Texas is coming off a 30-5 season a year ago and will be headlined by three preseason National Player of the Year candidates in 5-6 senior guard Jamie Carey (Thornton, Colo./Horizon HS), 6-2 senior forward Heather Schreiber (Windthorst, Texas/Windthorst HS) and 6-3 sophomore forward Tiffany Jackson (Dallas, Texas/Duncanville HS).

Jackson was selected as a preseason All-America by both Athlon and Lindy's. Athlon named Jackson, last year's National Freshman of the Year (as chosen by ESPN.com and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association), one of five First Team Preseason All-Americans. Lindy's chose Jackson (13.0 points and 7.5 rebounds per game a year ago) as a Third Team All-American, ranking her among the top 15 players in the nation.

Jackson, Schreiber (12.9 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 50 3-pointers last year) and Carey (10.7 ppg, team-high 66 3-pointers) were all selected as Preseason Wooden All-Americans in August. Texas is the ONLY school in the nation to have three National Player of the Year Candidates entering 2004-05. The Longhorn trio is up for the John R. Wooden and State Farm Wade Trophy National Player of the Year awards.

Earlier in September, the Longhorns were picked No. 5 nationally in SLAM Magazine's preseason top 10 rankings.

The Longhorns are the two-time defending Big 12 regular season champions (winning that title outright in 2003 and sharing it last year) and have advanced to three consecutive trips to the NCAA Sweet 16, with the 2003 Women's Final Four showing sandwiched in between two Sweet 16 appearances. Texas ended last year No. 4 in the Associated Press Top 25 and 10th in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25.

The 2004-05 USA Today/ESPN and Associated Press Preseason Top 25 preseason polls will be released in early November.

The Athlon and Lindy's preseason rankings and All-America teams appear below. Both publications are currently on newsstands.

2004-05 Athlon's Preseason Top 25
1. TEXAS
2. Connecticut
3. LSU
4. Tennessee
5. Georgia
6. Stanford
7. North Carolina
8. Ohio State
9. Duke
10. Baylor
11. Michigan State
12. Maryland
13. Vanderbilt
14. Texas Tech
15. Notre Dame
16. Purdue
17. Kansas State
18. Minnesota
19. Rutgers
20. DePaul
21. Penn State
22. Boston college
23. Tennessee-Chattanooga
24. Southwest Missouri State
25. Middle Tennessee State

Athlon Preseason All-American Teams
First Team
Seimone Augustus, 6-1, Jr., G, LSU
Shyra Ely, 6-2, Sr., F, Tennessee
TIFFANY JACKSON, 6-3, So., F, Texas
Janel McCarville, 6-2, Sr., C, Minnesota
Kendra Wecker, 5-11, Sr., F, Kansas State

Second Team
Sandora Irvin, 6-3, Sr., F, TCU
Cappie Pondexter, 5-9, Sr., G, Rutgers
Khara Smith, 6-2, Jr., F, DePaul
Barbara Turner, 6-0, Jr., G/F, UConn
Sophia Young, 6-1, Jr., F, Baylor,

Lindy's Sports Annuals 2004-05 Preseason Top 25
1. Tennessee
2. LSU
3. TEXAS
4. Georgia
5. Connecticut
6. Minnesota
7. Duke
8. Baylor
9. Stanford
10. Vanderbilt
11. Rutgers
12. Texas Tech
13. Ohio State
14. Notre Dame
15. Boston College
16. Louisiana Tech
17. Oklahoma
18. North Carolina
19. Kansas State
20. Arizona
21. Michigan State
22. UCLA
23. Purdue
24. DePaul
25. Utah

2004-05 Lindy's Preseason All-America Teams
First Team
G Seimone Augustus, LSU, 6-1, Jr.
C Janel McCarville, Minnesota, 6-2, Sr.
F Khara Smith, DePaul, 6-2, Jr.
F Jacqueline Batteast, Notre Dame, 6-2, Sr.
F Kendra Wecker, Kansas State, 5-11, Sr.

Second Team
G Cappie Poindexter, Rutgers, 5-8, Sr.
G Tan White, Miss. State, 5-7, Sr.
F Kim Smith, Utah, 6-1, Jr.
F Shyra Ely, Tennessee, 6-2, Sr.
F Sophia Young, Baylor, 6-1, Jr.

Third Team
G Temeka Johnson, LSU, 5-3, Sr.
G Monique Currie, Duke, 6-0, Jr.
C Shawntinice Polk, Arizona, 6-5, Jr.
C Katie Feenstra, Liberty, 6-8, Sr.
F TIFFANY JACKSON, Texas, 6-3, So.