DALLAS, Texas - The Old Dominion women's basketball program was picked to finish fifth in the C-USA Preseason Poll, league officials announced on Wednesday afternoon. The poll was voted on by all 14 head coaches in the league.
The Monarchs are coming off one of the biggest turnarounds, not only in program history, but in the nation. In Nikki McCray's second season, the Monarchs went 21-11, marking a 13-win improvement from the previous season. The 13+ win mark was the second-best single-season improvement in program history and the sixth-best turnaround in the NCAA last year. With the 21 wins, ODU earned an at-large bid to the WNIT, the program's seventh appearance in the WNIT and first postseason appearance since 2015.