UT MARTIN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SELECTED SECOND IN OVC PRESEASON MEDIA POLL
10/19/2018 10:27:00 AM | Women's Basketball
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. - For the fifth year in a row the Ohio Valley Conference has conducted a Preseason Women's Media Poll prior to the start of the season. In total 12 voters from around the league cast a ballot on whom they thought would be the 2018-19 basketball favorites and preseason players of the year.
The OVC will release its preseason poll and All-OVC team, as voted on by league head coaches and sports information directors, on Tuesday, October 23 during the league's annual Media Day in Evansville.
The media panel picked Belmont as the preseason favorites. Belmont senior guard Darby Maggard was named OVC Women's Basketball Preseason Player of the Year.
In women's voting it was three-time defending OVC Tournament champion Belmont who picked up 12 of the 13 first-place votes and 143 points total en route to being tabbed an overwhelming favorite. UT Martin finished second with 129 points while Morehead State notched the other first place vote and finished with 117 points overall. The poll was rounded out by SIUE (100), Jacksonville State (95), Southeast Missouri (73), Austin Peay (65), Murray State (59), Tennessee Tech (49), Eastern Kentucky (42), Tennessee State (38) and Eastern Illinois (26).
Pollsters for the 2018-19 OVC Media Poll included: Bob Belvin, OVC TV analyst; Mike Bradd, Eastern Illinois Radio; Neal Bradley, Murray State Radio; Edward Marlowe, Paducah Sun; Mike Organ, The Tennessean; Justin Rust, Journal Gazette/Times-Courier; Harry Schroeder, ValleyHoopsInsider.com; Greg Stotelmyer, Eastern Kentucky Sports Network.
2018-19 Media OVC Preseason Women's Predicted Order of Finish
1. Belmont (11 first-place votes) - 143 points
2. UT Martin - 129
3. Morehead State (1) - 117
4. SIUE - 100
5. Jacksonville State - 95
6. Southeast Missouri - 73
7. Austin Peay - 65
8. Murray State - 59
9. Tennessee Tech - 49
10. Eastern Kentucky - 42
11. Tennessee State - 38
12. Eastern Illinois – 26
Preseason Player of the Year: Darby Maggard, Belmont
The OVC will release its preseason poll and All-OVC team, as voted on by league head coaches and sports information directors, on Tuesday, October 23 during the league's annual Media Day in Evansville.
The media panel picked Belmont as the preseason favorites. Belmont senior guard Darby Maggard was named OVC Women's Basketball Preseason Player of the Year.
In women's voting it was three-time defending OVC Tournament champion Belmont who picked up 12 of the 13 first-place votes and 143 points total en route to being tabbed an overwhelming favorite. UT Martin finished second with 129 points while Morehead State notched the other first place vote and finished with 117 points overall. The poll was rounded out by SIUE (100), Jacksonville State (95), Southeast Missouri (73), Austin Peay (65), Murray State (59), Tennessee Tech (49), Eastern Kentucky (42), Tennessee State (38) and Eastern Illinois (26).
Pollsters for the 2018-19 OVC Media Poll included: Bob Belvin, OVC TV analyst; Mike Bradd, Eastern Illinois Radio; Neal Bradley, Murray State Radio; Edward Marlowe, Paducah Sun; Mike Organ, The Tennessean; Justin Rust, Journal Gazette/Times-Courier; Harry Schroeder, ValleyHoopsInsider.com; Greg Stotelmyer, Eastern Kentucky Sports Network.
2018-19 Media OVC Preseason Women's Predicted Order of Finish
1. Belmont (11 first-place votes) - 143 points
2. UT Martin - 129
3. Morehead State (1) - 117
4. SIUE - 100
5. Jacksonville State - 95
6. Southeast Missouri - 73
7. Austin Peay - 65
8. Murray State - 59
9. Tennessee Tech - 49
10. Eastern Kentucky - 42
11. Tennessee State - 38
12. Eastern Illinois – 26
Preseason Player of the Year: Darby Maggard, Belmont
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