USI and UT Martin
(St. Louis, MO) – During our second OVC preview we speak with the coaches and some players from the Ohio Valley Conference’s officially eighth and ninth ranked teams. Southern Indiana and UT Martin have dramatically remade their rosters.
These teams are ranked according to OVC’s official poll and not my opinions. Those will be shared on BustingBrackets.com.
No. 9 – Southern Indiana – 10-20 (5-15)
OVC’s ‘Players to Watch’ – Trey Thomas (16.2 peg & 3.6 rebounds for Bethune-Cookman) & Ismail Habib (8.7 ppg for Portland State).
We interviewed fourth year (Division 1) coach Stan Gouard (34-61) and California transfer) Devin Curtis.
No. 8 – UT Martin – 14-19 (9-11)
OVC’s ‘Players to Watch’ – Afan Trnka (8.3 ppg & 3.0 assists) & Lamine Niang (3.6 ppg & 3.6 rebounds).
We interviewed head second year coach Jeremy Shulman (14-19, 9-11) and the 6’9 Niang.
During part one of our preview we spoke with Western Illinois’s Chad Boudreau and Eastern Illinois’s Marty Simmons.
Coming up next: We preview number seven Tennessee Tech and the two teams tied for fifth and six in the official preseason poll, Morehead State and Lindenwood.
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