ST. LOUIS --- UNI men's basketball has been selected to finish fifth in the Missouri Valley Conference's (MVC) preseason poll, as announced by the league office on Wednesday morning. Bowen Born and Austin Phyfe also earned additional recognition, earning spots on the conference's second and third All-MVC preseason teams respectively.
For the second consecutive year, Drake has been picked as the league's preseason favorite, with guard Tucker DeVries being tabbed as the MVC's Preseason Player of the Year.
The Panthers have finished in the top half of the league standings in 18 out of the last 19 years and enter the 2022-23 season as the reigning regular season conference champions.