Truman is picked to finish 3rd in the West Division in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Women’s Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll. The Bulldogs are coming off a 20-10 season, in which they finished 3rd with a conference mark of 13-5. Drury is the unanimous choice to win the West. The Lady Panthers are ranked 19th in the Division II Bulletin Preseason Poll. Quincy is picked 2nd.
Defending GLVC champion Bellarmine takes the top spot in the East Division, followed by Lewis and St. Joseph’s. The favored Knights are ranked 13th in the Division II Bulletin Preseason Poll.
The complete 2016-17 GLVC Women’s Basketball Preseason Poll:
2016-17 Women’s Basketball East Division Preseason Poll
School Votes (First Place)
1. Bellarmine 115 (10)
2. Lewis 110 (6)
3. Saint Joseph’s 81
4. Southern Indiana 80
5. Indianapolis 62
6. McKendree 48
UW-Parkside 48
8. Illinois Springfield 24
2016-17 Women’s Basketball West Division Preseason Poll
School Votes (First Place)
1. Drury 120 (15)
2. Quincy 103 (1)
3. Truman State 84
4. Rockhurst 82
5. Missouri-St. Louis 64
6. Maryville 43
7. William Jewell 41
8. Missouri S&T 31
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