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LCSC Men Selected to Finish First, Women Third In Pre-Season Poll

OCTOBER 13, 2004

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DILLON - In a pre-season poll of Frontier Conference teams, the men’s basketball coaches selected last season’s tournament and regular season co-champion Lewis-Clark State to win the 2004-05 league title. LCSC was followed by regular season co-champion Westminster College, Rocky Mountain College, University of Montana-Western, Carroll College, and MSU Northern.  Rounding up the poll was Great Falls and Montana Tech. Lewis-Clark State received seven first place votes, with Rocky receiving one.

Head coach of the Warrior men’s team, George Pfeifer, had this to say about the pre-season picks “We seem to get this distinction a lot. I often believe this is an evaluation pertaining more to the product from the past, as opposed to the present. We have some quality players returning who were productive, however as most coaches will convey when it comes to preseason polls, there are no banners or trophies for being picked to win it at this juncture of the year.”
 

On the women’s side, 2003 regular season champion Carroll College was picked to win the 2004-2005 title. Tournament champion UM-Western was picked second, followed by Lewis-Clark State , MSU-Northern, Rocky Mountain College, University of Great Falls, Westminster College and Montana Tech. Carroll received four first place votes, UM-Western received three first place votes, and Lewis-Clark State one.  

Votes were 7 points for first, 6 points for second, 5 points for third, 4 points for fourth, 3 points for fifth, 2 points for sixth and one point for seventh. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own team.

Women¹s Results          Points                  Men¹s Results        Points
Carroll College (4)         45                      Lewis-Clark (7)          49
UM-Western (3)             44                      Westminster College  41
Lewis-Clark (1)              36                      Rocky Mountain (1)   35
MSU-Northern                33                     UM-Western               32
Rocky Mountain             26                     Carroll College            26
Westminster College       20                    MSU-Northern             21
University of Great Falls  13                    U. of Great Falls          10                 
Montana Tech                  7                       Montana Tech             10