Radford Voted 2019-20 Women's Basketball Preseason Favorite
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – Defending Big South Champion Radford University has been chosen the favorite in the Big South Conference’s annual women's basketball preseason poll for the 2019-20 season. The announcement was made today at the Renaissance Suites Hotel in Charlotte, N.C., as part of the league’s 2019-20 Basketball Media Day event.
The Highlanders were picked first for the third consecutive year, as Radford received six of the 11 first-place votes and 113 total points to win the conference in 2019-20. RU returns three starters and eight letterwinners from last year’s Big South Championship and NCAA Tournament squad that won 26 games. This is the 13th time overall that Radford received top billing in the women’s preseason poll,
Hampton was voted second in the women’s poll with 104 points and collected three first-place votes. UNC Asheville was third with 94 points and one first-place vote, while 2019 Big South Tournament Runner-Up Campbell received the remaining first-place vote and 91 points for the fourth spot. Gardner-Webb was fifth with 86 points, followed by High Point in sixth with 66 points. Winthrop landed in the seventh spot (47 points), ahead of Presbyterian College (eighth, 43 points) and Charleston Southern (ninth, 32 points). Longwood claimed the 10th position (26 points) and USC Upstate rounded out the poll with 24 points.
Big South basketball tips off Tuesday, Nov. 5, while the first conference date is Saturday, Dec. 28. The season culminates with the 2020 Big South Women's Basketball Championship the week of March 10-15.
2019-20 Women’s Basketball Preseason Poll
| Rk- Team (first-place votes) |
Points |
| 1 - Radford (6) |
113 |
| 2 - Hampton (3) |
104 |
| 3 - UNC Asheville (1) |
94 |
| 4 - Campbell (1) |
91 |
| 5 - Gardner-Webb |
86 |
| 6 - High Point |
66 |
| 7 - Winthrop |
47 |
| 8 - Presbyterian College |
43 |
| 9 - Charleston Southern |
32 |
| 10 - Longwood |
26 |
| 11 - USC Upstate |
24 |
Note: points are based on a weighted system. First-place votes received 11 points, followed by 10 points for second-place, and so on.