CLEVELAND, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University women's basketball team was selected ninth overall in the Mid-American Conference's preseason coaches' poll, released today, Oct. 27.
The league's head coaches take part in the poll, with each providing their predicted order of finishing and 10 All-MAC player selections to the conference office. The results are then compiled into a point-based system to determine the final rankings.
The league's defending regular season champions, Toledo emerged as this year's favorite to capture the regular season crown once again, earning 143 points and 11 first-place votes. Ball State was slotted second in the poll with 130 points and one first-place nod.