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2016-2017 PRE-SEASON POLL:

Place Team Points (1st)

1. South Dakota State 542 (30)
2. IUPUI 438
3. South Dakota 393 (3)
4. Oral Roberts 391 (1)
5. Omaha 325
6. Western Illinois 250
7. North Dakota State 156
8. Denver 150
9. Fort Wayne 80

I think we have the potential to do better than 6th given the eligibility of our 2 redshirts from last year.

I see the 1st and 2nd teams are SDSU heavy with 5 of the 11 total players named, followed by IUPUI and Oral Roberts with 2 each and Omaha and NDSU with 1 each.

Not much respect for the 2 basketball teams this year, hopefully they can prove them wrong

meganeck wrote:Not much respect for the 2 basketball teams this year, hopefully they can prove them wrong

Nowhere to go but up

Tere North wrote:I think we have the potential to do better than 6th given the eligibility of our 2 redshirts from last year.

I see the 1st and 2nd teams are SDSU heavy with 5 of the 11 total players named, followed by IUPUI and Oral Roberts with 2 each and Omaha and NDSU with 1 each.

The Jackrabbits(returning 5 starters) could be loaded for a few more years considering the redshirts this year and the commits for the next 2 years. Omaha might be the dark horse if they keep their Coach Lange around for a few years. The yotes and Jags will win their share of games. JD is making some progress on recruiting, but he is in a tough region to get local players. Recruiting holds him back more than coaching which is the opposite of Cussen at ORU as she is able to recruit well in the niche that a private religious school brings. Walseth and NDSU need to vault at least to 6th or 7th in their new arena to maintain her tenure. Hopefully there are 7 competitive teams in the Summit this season. The Pioneers and Mastodons may not show big steps forward.

SDSU women big favorite; WIU sixth in pre-season poll.

From the McDonough County Voice:
http://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/sports/20 ... eason-poll