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It’s not quite October, which means we’re just getting to the good stuff in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. That remains my primary focus for the time being. However, as a voter for The Summit League’s preseason and postseason awards, I was recently asked to direct at least some of my attention to the rapidly approaching college basketball season.
Fair enough. Here’s my full ballot for the conference’s preseason basketball polls and all-conference teams.
Preseason Poll:
Men’s Basketball:
- South Dakota State
- Denver
- South Dakota
- Purdue Fort Wayne
- North Dakota State
- Oral Roberts
- Omaha
- North Dakota
- Western Illinois
Women's Basketball
- South Dakota State
- South Dakota
- Oral Roberts
- Denver
- Western Illinois
- North Dakota
- North Dakota State
- Omaha
- Purdue Fort Wayne
Preseason All-Conference Teams:
Men:
- Mike Daum, SDSU
- John Konchar, PFW
- Joe Rosga, DEN
- Zach Jackson, OMA
- David Jenkins, Jr., SDSU
- Emmanuel Nzekwesi, ORU
- Tyler Hagedorn, USD
- Brandon Gilbeck, WIU
- Tyson Ward, NDSU
- Trey Burch-Manning, USD
- Conner Avants, UND
Women:
- Macy Miller, SDSU
- Allison Arens, USD
- Madison Guebert, SDSU
- Ciara Duffy, USD
- Taylor Higginbotham, WIU
- Maya Mayberry, ORU
- Lexi Klabo, UND
- Claire Gritt, DEN
- Myah Selland, SDSU
- Madison McKeever, USD
- Reilly Jacobson, NDSU