ST. LOUIS, Mo. – After a sixth place finish a year ago, the University of Evansville women's basketball team was selected eighth in the 2017-18 Missouri Valley Conference preseason poll, it was announced in a release by the conference on Tuesday.
The poll, which is voted on by league's coaches, sports information directors and local media members, tabbed reigning MVC champion Drake as the favorite to repeat as conference champions. The Bulldogs received 31 first-place votes, while Missouri State was picked second and received seven first-place votes, and UNI received the final two first-place votes and was selected third.