Third & Fourth Place Predictions
(St. Louis, MO) – When studying the OVC favorites, it is difficult to differentiate these final four teams. Little Rock is the polling favorite. SEMO is the Ohio Valley Conference regular season champion and SIUE is the reigning tournament title holder. Tennessee State has some great returning talent.
The official league poll calls Tennessee State the fourth best team and Southern Illinois Edwardsville the bronze medal winner. My personal ‘power rankings’ are coming out soon at BustingBrackets.com.
While health will play a huge factor in this hotly contested race, there is some serious fire power and coaching ability residing in these four teams.
Today, we look at Tennessee State and Southern Illinois Edwardsville.
No. 4 – Tennessee State – 17-16 (12-8)
OVC’s ‘Players to Watch’ – Khalil London & Carlous Williams (10.8 ppg & 4.3 rebounds).
We interviewed first year coach Nolan Smith and senior guard Travis Harper II (10.2 ppg & 4.3 rebounds).
No. 3 – Southern Illinois Edwardsville – 22-12 (13-7)
OVC’s ‘Players to Watch’ – Arnas Sakenis (OVC Blocks Leader) & Ring Malith (11.1 ppg & 7.0 rebounds.
We interviewed seventh year head coach Brian Barone (86-103) and the 6’9 Malith.
During Part One of our five part series we featured Western Illinois and Eastern Illinois. In Part Two, we looked into Southern Indiana and UT Martin. Part three focused on Tennessee Tech, Morehead State and Lindenwood.
Up Next: Studying the OVC favorites, second ranked Southeast Missouri and top-ranked Little Rock.
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