OGDEN, Utah — The Big Sky Conference revealed the results of its 2018-19 Men’s Basketball Coaches and Media Poll, with the Thunderbirds being tabbed sixth by the league’s coaches and ninth by the media in and around the conference.
In the Coaches Poll the T-Birds received 53 votes and were tied with Montana State for the sixth spot in the standings. In the Media Poll the T-Birds received 128 votes, being slated in ninth above Sacramento State and Northern Arizona.
Montana, Weber State, Northern Colorado and Eastern Washington were the top four teams in both polls in the same order.
Montana’s Ahmaad Rorie was named Preseason MVP, while Jerrick Harding (Weber State), Tyler Hall (Montana State), Jordan Davis (Northern Colorado), Michael Oguine (Montana) and Holland Woods (Portland State) made of the 2018-19 Preseason All-Conference Team.
Fans can get a look at the Thunderbirds before they open up their season at the Basketball Bash on October 24. The Thunderbirds will host Life Pacific on October 30 for their first exhibition contest of the season.
Follow the Thunderbirds all season @SUUBasketball on Twitter and Instagram and by liking the Southern Utah Basketball page on Facebook.
Read all about the Thunderbirds on www.suutbirds.com.
2018-19 Big Sky Coaches Poll
|
Place |
Team |
Votes (First Place) |
|
1 |
Montana |
100 (10) |
|
2 |
Weber State |
90 (1) |
|
3 |
Northern Colorado |
70 |
|
4 |
Eastern Washington |
63 |
|
5 |
Portland State |
55 |
|
T6 |
Southern Utah |
53 |
|
T6 |
Montana State |
53 |
|
8 |
Idaho State |
50 |
|
9 |
Idaho |
34 |
|
10 |
Sacramento State |
27 |
|
11 |
Northern Arizona |
10 |
2018-19 Big Sky Media Poll
|
Place |
Team |
Votes (First Place) |
|
1 |
Montana |
383 (33) |
|
2 |
Weber State |
346 (2) |
|
3 |
Northern Colorado |
280 |
|
4 |
Eastern Washington |
261 |
|
5 |
Montana State |
194 |
|
6 |
Idaho |
192 |
|
7 |
Portland State |
189 |
|
8 |
Idaho State |
176 |
|
9 |
Southern Utah |
128 |
|
10 |
Sacramento State |
115 |
|
11 |
Northern Arizona |
46 |
