When in doubt, forecast more of the same.
That’s a tried-and-true formula for preseason polls and voters had little reason to abandon it when predicting the Mountain West women’s basketball order of finish for 2022-23.
UNLV and the University of New Mexico, last season’s respective first- and second-place finishers, are picked first and second in the league’s annual poll of coaches and media members. The Rebels, with four returning starters, received 26 of 28 first-place votes, while the Lobos (three returning starters) got the other two.
“Not too surprising,” UNM coach Mike Bradbury said. “(Coaches) are not allowed to vote for their own teams but I would have voted for UNLV anyway.