Penn, Dakota Wesleyan Top Preseason Basketball Polls

Dakota Wesleyan and Dordt tied for first in the Great Plains Athletic Conference women’s preseason poll, with six first-place votes apiece, after DWU reached the NAIA national semifinals last season. In men’s basketball, Duke was picked first in the ACC, while North Carolina ranked fifth and had no players named to the preseason all-conference teams. Murray State topped the Missouri Valley Conference poll, with Illinois State second after reaching the NIT semifinals. Penn was the Ivy League men’s preseason favorite, followed by Harvard and Yale; Penn returns star forward TJ Power after winning the Ivy League tournament and earning an NCAA Tournament berth.