{"id":131008,"date":"2017-10-17T11:30:39","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T16:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=131008"},"modified":"2017-10-17T11:30:39","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T16:30:39","slug":"uj-womens-basketball-favored-to-win-nsaa-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=131008","title":{"rendered":"UJ women&#8217;s basketball favored to win NSAA crown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-116550\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/UJbasketball1-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/UJbasketball1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/UJbasketball1-431x289.jpg 431w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/UJbasketball1-261x175.jpg 261w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/UJbasketball1.jpg 446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Madison\u00a0 SD\u00a0 &#8212; \u00a0(PlayNorthStar.com) \u2013\u00a0<strong>Jamestown<\/strong> (N.D.) is the coaches\u2019 favorite to win the 2017-18 North Star Athletic Association <strong>Women\u2019s Basketball<\/strong> league title, the preseason poll was announced Monday by the conference office.\u00a0 The Jimmies received eight (8) first-place votes and 80 points to top the preseason poll.<\/p>\n<p>Bellevue (Neb.) edged out <strong>Valley City State<\/strong> (N.D.) 60-59 to finish third in the poll.\u00a0 Dakota State (S.D.) was picked to finish fifth after recording 44 points.\u00a0 Presentation (S.D.) finished sixth with 32 points, followed by Dickinson State (N.D.) seventh with 27 points, Viterbo (Wis.) eighth with 23 points and Waldorf (Iowa) ninth with 12 points.<\/p>\n<p>Points are awarded on a 9-1 basis and coaches could vote for their own team.<\/p>\n<p>On the men&#8217;s side&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Bellevue (Neb.) is the unanimous pick to win the 2017-18 North Star Athletic Association <strong>Men\u2019s Basketball<\/strong> conference title, the coaches\u2019 preseason poll was announced Monday afternoon.\u00a0 The Bruins collected all nine first-place votes and tallied 81 points to top the preseason poll.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Valley City State<\/strong> (N.D.) registered 66 points to finish second in the preseason poll, followed by Dickinson State third with 62 points.\u00a0<strong> Jamestown<\/strong> was fourth with 54 points, while Dakota State (S.D.) collected 48 points to finish fifth.\u00a0 Waldorf (Iowa) recorded 35 points to place sixth, Viterbo (Wis.) seventh with 31 points, Presentation (S.D.) eighth with 16 points and Mayville State (N.D.) ninth with 12 points.<\/p>\n<p>Points are awarded on a 9-1 basis and coaches could vote for their own team.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madison\u00a0 SD\u00a0 &#8212; \u00a0(PlayNorthStar.com) \u2013\u00a0Jamestown (N.D.) is the coaches\u2019 favorite to win the 2017-18 North Star Athletic Association Women\u2019s Basketball league title, the preseason poll was announced Monday by the conference office.\u00a0 The Jimmies received eight (8) first-place votes and 80 points to top the preseason poll. 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