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Conference USA Announces Preseason Poll
10/16/2019 4:51:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Herd ranked 11th
IRVING, Tx. -- A year after capturing its third postseason bid in the last five years, the Marshall women's basketball team was picked 11th in the Conference USA preseason poll by the league's 14 head coaches.
Rice (11 first-place votes) and Middle Tennessee (three) topped the list. Rice's Erica Oguwmike was named the conference's preseason player of the year.
C-USA embarks on its 25th women's basketball campaign set to tip off Tuesday, Nov. 5. Twelve teams will battle for a conference crown and NCAA Tournament bid at the 2020 Air Force Reserve Conference USA Basketball Championships presented by Baylor Scott & White Sports Performance Center at The Star, March 11-14, in Frisco, Texas. C-USA will host the tournament for the third-straight year with the final scheduled for 5:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. CT Saturday, March 14, to be broadcast on CBS Sports Network.
2019-20 C-USA Preseason Poll (first-place votes)
1. Rice (11)
2. Middle Tennessee (3)
3. WKU
4. UAB
5. Old Dominion
6. Charlotte
7. North Texas
8. Southern Miss
9. Louisiana Tech
10. Florida Atlantic
11. Marshall
12. UTEP
13. UTSA
14. FIU
2019-20 C-USA Preseason Team
Anastasia Hayes, Middle Tennessee
*Erica Ogwumike, Rice
Nancy Mulkey, Rice
Shonte Hailes, Southern Miss
Rachael Childress, UAB
Miyah Barnes, UAB
Dee Givens, WKU
Raneem Elgedawy, WKU
*Preseason Player of the Year
Rice (11 first-place votes) and Middle Tennessee (three) topped the list. Rice's Erica Oguwmike was named the conference's preseason player of the year.
C-USA embarks on its 25th women's basketball campaign set to tip off Tuesday, Nov. 5. Twelve teams will battle for a conference crown and NCAA Tournament bid at the 2020 Air Force Reserve Conference USA Basketball Championships presented by Baylor Scott & White Sports Performance Center at The Star, March 11-14, in Frisco, Texas. C-USA will host the tournament for the third-straight year with the final scheduled for 5:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. CT Saturday, March 14, to be broadcast on CBS Sports Network.
2019-20 C-USA Preseason Poll (first-place votes)
1. Rice (11)
2. Middle Tennessee (3)
3. WKU
4. UAB
5. Old Dominion
6. Charlotte
7. North Texas
8. Southern Miss
9. Louisiana Tech
10. Florida Atlantic
11. Marshall
12. UTEP
13. UTSA
14. FIU
2019-20 C-USA Preseason Team
Anastasia Hayes, Middle Tennessee
*Erica Ogwumike, Rice
Nancy Mulkey, Rice
Shonte Hailes, Southern Miss
Rachael Childress, UAB
Miyah Barnes, UAB
Dee Givens, WKU
Raneem Elgedawy, WKU
*Preseason Player of the Year
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