NEW ORLEANS. La. – The 2016-17 Texas State women's basketball team was picked to finish sixth in the Sun Belt Conference in a polling of the league's head coaches, it was announced Tuesday. In addition, redshirt senior guard Erin Peoples and junior guard Kaitlin Walla were named to the league's preseason third team.
Troy was selected as preseason favorite, garnering three first-place votes and tallying 125 points. The Trojans finished second in the league last season with a 20-13 record, but claimed the Sun Belt Tournament title to earn its second-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament.