The SWAC Women’s Basketball preseason predictions are out for the 2007-08 season. No surprise really, the defending tournament champs Prairie View A&M University are selected to finish first and Jackson State is selected to finish second place.

During this election season it’s all about the votes that ultimately decide a candidate’s victory. In the SWAC preseason poles it’s the same – sort of. Votes are taken from the conference head coaches and sports information directors. Now you hope these votes are unbiased and they just look at the facts, but you just don’t know.

Even though the JSU Lady Tigers finished last season with the best overall record in the conference at 22-10 and finished second in the SWAC Tournament they only received 151 votes. The Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers finished with a 19-13 conference record and they received 184 points. The ballot breaker? The Lady Panthers know how to finish. They won their first SWAC tournament title and played in the NCAA tournament, only to fall to North Carolina in the first round, but they made an appearance on the big stage.
But they’re only pre-season polls. As we’ve seen with this season’s college football preseason polls – it’s not how you start it’s how you finish.

Christi


Institution Points (1st place votes)
1. Prairie View A&M 184 (15)
2. Jackson State 151 (1)
3. Alabama A&M 144 (1)
4. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 101 (1)
5. Alcorn State 97
6. Southern University 92 (1)
7. Alabama State 91
8. Grambling State 85
9. Miss. Valley State 67
10. Texas Southern 32