SUWANEE, Ga. - Coming off a 10-16 overall record, the Majors of Millsaps College have been slated as the preseason 11th ranked team in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference as voted on by the league's head coaches.
Following its first SCAC Tournament appearance since 2005-06, there is optimism this season in Jackson. The Millsaps roster is full of talented young players, as it returns three starters from last year's team including the team's leading scorer and rebounder sophomore Janice Okeke. Okeke averaged 11.2 points (20th in SCAC) and 7.8 rebounds per game (seventh in SCAC).
DePauw University had its streak of three consecutive Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference women's basketball titles snapped last season by Oglethorpe University, but that did not deter the head coaches of the conference from making the Indiana Tigers the prohibitive favorite to win the 2009-10 SCAC league championship.
In exclusive voting by the head coaches of the conference, DePauw received eight of 12 first place votes and finished with 117 total points. The coaches' second choice, Centre College, picked up two first-place votes and 109 total points while third choice, Trinity University, garnered the remaining two first-place votes and 107 total points.
Millsaps will tipoff the season Nov. 20 in Atlanta at the Emory Tipoff Classic.
2009-10 Women's Basketball Predicted Order of Finish
| Eastern Division |
No. of Votes
|
2008-09 Division
|
2008-09 Overall
|
| 1. DePauw University |
117 (8)
|
12-2
|
22-6
|
| 2. Centre College |
109 (2)
|
10-4
|
18-9
|
| 3. Oglethorpe University |
76
|
12-2
|
27-4
|
| 4. Rhodes College |
69
|
6-8
|
13-13
|
| 5. Birmingham-Southern |
58
|
0-0*
|
15-10
|
| 6. Sewanee-U of South |
20
|
2-12
|
4-20
|
| Western Division |
No. of Votes
|
2008-09 Division
|
2008-09 Overall
|
| 1. Trinity University |
107 (2)
|
11-4
|
20-8
|
| 2. Hendrix College |
82
|
7-8
|
14-12
|
| 3. Austin College |
57
|
4-11
|
9-16
|
| T4. Colorado College |
37
|
9-6
|
16-9
|
| T4. Southwestern |
37
|
2-13
|
6-19
|
| 6. Millsaps College |
23
|
5-10
|
10-16
|