Griz basketball overwhelming favorites in preseason polls

Montana has been picked as overwhelming favorite to repeat as Big Sky Conference champs in both the preseason coaches’ and media polls.

IMG_0532The Grizzlies, who posted a 26-8 record and swept the Big Sky regular season and tournament titles last season, will return four senior starters and three All-Big Sky honorees to this year’s squad. That includes senior guard Ahmaad Rorie, who was selected by the coaches and media as the league’s preseason MVP.

Montana collected 10 first-place votes from the league’s coaches – the most a team can garner from the 11-team pool since coaches are not allowed to vote for their own team. The team also earned 33 of 35 first-place votes in the media poll, which also include’s the league’s sports information directors.

Weber State came in second in both the coaches’ and media polls, picking up one first-place vote from the coaches poll and two first-place nods from the media. Northern Colorado filled out the top three in both polls.

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