UNK women middle of the pack, men near bottom of MIAA basketball polls

The University of Nebraska at Kearney womens basketball team has been picked sixth and eighth in the MIAA preseason coaches and media polls announced Tuesday, while the men have been picked 12th and 13th.

The MIAA has released the voting of the coaches and media as part of MIAA Media Day in Kansas City.

In the womens polls, the coaches voted the Lopers sixth and the media penciled them in for eighth.

Last year, the Lopers finished seventh in the MIAA with a 12-10 league record.

They also reached the second round of the league tournament in Kansas City.

Pittsburg State, Fort Hays State and Northwest Missouri State are the top three teams in both polls.

Pitt received 10 of the 12 first-place votes in the coaches' poll and nine of the 14 media first-place nods.

Fort Hays picked up the other five.

Additionally, Missouri Southern is fourth on both polls.

Second-year head coach Drew Johnson and his staff have seven returning letter winners, including four starters.

The veterans include Jillian Aschoff, Meg Burns and Samantha Moore, Bailee Sobczak and Kia Wilson.

The Loper men tallied 39 points in the coaches' poll to come in 12th while garnering 42 points in the media rankings to be 13th.

Washburn, Hays and Pitt State are the top three teams in the coaches' poll with Hays, Pitt and Northwest being 1-2-3 in the media's determination.

First-year head coach Marty Levinson has two returners on a 17-player roster in senior Tom Connelly and redshirt freshman Clayton Moore.

The newcomers include six graduates or seniors in Chereef Knox, RJ Ogom, Chase Thompson and Allen Taylor.

Both UNK teams begin the season on the road Nov.

8-9, the men in Marshall, Minn., and the women in Aberdeen, S.D.

2024-25 MIAA MEN'S PRESEASON COACHES POLL 1.

Washburn [8] 161 points 2.

Fort Hays State [3] 156 points 3.

Pittsburg State [2] 149 points 4.

Northwest Missouri [1] 125 points 5.

Central Oklahoma 120 points 6.

Missouri Western 105 points 7.

Central Missouri 96 points 8.

Rogers State 88 points 9.

Emporia State 79 points 10.

Missouri Southern 66 points 11.

Northeastern State 44 points 12.

Nebraska Kearney 39 points 13.

Arkansas-Fort Smith 24 points 14.

Newman 22 points [#] - Number of First-Place Votes 2024-25 MIAA MEN'S PRESEASON MEDIA POLL 1.

Fort Hays State [9] 247 points 2.

Pittsburg State [3] 229 points 3.

Northwest Missouri [5] 217 points 4.

Washburn [1] 212 points 5.

Central Oklahoma [1] 174 points 6.

Rogers State 165 points 7.

Missouri Western 163 points 8.

Emporia State 134 points 9.

Missouri Southern 130 points 10.

Central Missouri 106 points 11.

Arkansas-Fort Smith 74 points 12.

Northeastern State 65 points 13.

Nebraska Kearney 42 points 14.

Newman 36 points [#] - Number of First-Place Votes 2024-25 MIAA WOMEN'S PRESEASON COACHES POLL 1.

Pittsburg State [10] 164 points 2.

Fort Hays State [2] 152 points 3.

Northwest Missouri [2] 142 points 4.

Missouri Southern 137 points 5.

Central Missouri 124 points 6.

Nebraska Kearney 97 points 7.

Missouri Western 89 points 8.

Emporia State 86 points 9.

Northeastern State 80 points 10.

Washburn 68 points 11.

Central Oklahoma 50 points 12.

Arkansas-Fort Smith 39 points 13.

Rogers State 29 points 14.

Newman 17 points [#] - Number of First-Place Votes 2024-25 MIAA WOMEN'S PRESEASON MEDIA POLL 1.

Fort Hays State [9] 246 points 2.

Pittsburg State [5] 231 points 3.

Northwest Missouri [1] 225 points 4.

Missouri Southern [1] 206 points 5.

Missouri Western [2] 192 points 6.

Central Missouri [1] 174 points 7.

Emporia State 139 points 8.

Nebraska Kearney 129 points 9.

Washburn 107 points 10.

Northeastern State 101 points 11.

Central Oklahoma 84 points 12.

Arkansas-Fort Smith 74 points 13.

Rogers State 66 points 14.

Newman 21 points [#] - Number of First-Place Votes Get local news delivered to your inbox!.

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