ST. LOUIS – The Illinois State women's basketball team was picked to finish fourth in the 2021-22 Missouri Valley Conference Preseason Poll, announced Tuesday in the annual survey of the league's coaches, sports information directors and media.
Missouri State was selected as the favorite in the MVC women's basketball race, receiving 35 out of 40 first-place votes and 362 total points, out-distancing second-place Drake (316 pts, two first-place votes) with UNI (298 pts, three first-place votes) in third. Illinois State (268 pts) was next at fourth, followed by Bradley (209 pts), Valparaiso (208 pts), Loyola Chicago (193 pts), Southern Illinois (161 pts), Indiana State (102 pts) and rounding out the poll with Evansville (83 pts).