Iowa Tops Big Ten Conference Women’s Basketball Preseason Rankings

Rosemont, Illinois – The University of Iowa was voted as the Big Ten Conference women’s basketball favorite for the 2022-23 preseason by both the conference’s 14 head coaches and a select media panel, the conference office said Wednesday. Iowa junior guard also named Kaitlyn Clark As the 2022-23 Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year, Clarke was named by the coaches as the preseason winner for the second year in a row.

Ohio State was voted second in the coaches’ preseason poll, and Indiana State was voted third in that poll. A media poll reversed the order, with Indiana coming in second for her, followed by Ohio. Maryland was his No. 4 in both coaches and media polls, but the two groups were split on his No. 5 pick. The coaches voted for Michigan and the media chose Nebraska.

The schools voted for by Big Ten preseason coaches and media voters also feature in the 2022-23 Way Too Early rankings published by espnW and The Athletic. According to espnW’s latest rankings on June 14th, Iowa was No. 6, Indiana No. 12, Ohio No. 15, Maryland No. 18 and Nebraska No. 22. .

Iowa came in fourth in The Athletic’s April 5 ranking, followed by Maryland at 9th, Ohio at 17th, Indiana at 20th and Michigan at 23rd. Again, his five schools in the Top 25 Big Ten line up for the most of any major conference.

The Big Ten Conference is wrapping up a successful season with six programs selected for the 2022 NCAA Tournament and another two invited to the WNIT. The Big Ten set a conference record by sending four teams to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen for the second year in a row, and for the first time in school history one of its member institutions advanced to his NCAA Elite Eight (Indiana in 2021, 2022). Michigan). ).

In addition to her Player of the Year selection, Clarke was one of two student-athletes with Ohio State University. Jaycee Sheldon, voted unanimously for the preseason All-Big Ten team of coaches and media. Three of his other student-athletes were unanimously named to the coach’s preseason All-Big Ten team—the Indiana state team. Grace BurgerIowa Monica Chinano and Ohio’s Taylor Mikesell.


Both preseason all-conference teams feature the same 10 Big Ten standout players, with the next five joining the quintet of Clark, Sheldon, Berger, Shinano and Mikesell. Mackenzie HolmesMaryland diamond mirrorMichigan Leia BrownNebraska Alexis Markowski and Pennsylvania State University Makena Marisa.


All 10 of Wednesday’s preseason All-Big 10 selections were last season’s All-Conference winners, including six first-team selections and seven later All-American selections (Berger, Holmes, Clarke, Chinano , Brown, Mikesell, Sheldon) ). His two of last year’s four Big Ten individual award winners are also included on Wednesday’s preseason All-Big Ten squad in Clarke (Player of the Year) and Markowski (Rookie of the Year).


Preseason practices are underway at all 14 Big Ten member institutions, and all Big Ten head coaches and student-athletes selected from each school will participate in the 2022 Big Tournament at the Target Center on October 11-12. Getting ready to head to Minneapolis for the Ten Basketball Media Days. (Detail is bigten.org/22BBMD). 2022-23 regular season on November 7th and 30th^th The Big Ten Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament will be held March 1-5 at the Target Center, also in Minneapolis. The 2023 NCAA Women’s Final Four is scheduled for March 31 and April 2 at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas.


Here are the All-Big 10 teams and rankings for the 2022-23 preseason:



2022-23 Coaches Big Ten Preseason Rankings
1. Iowa
2. Ohio
3. Indiana
4. Maryland
5. Michigan



2022-23 Coach Preseason All-Big Ten Team
GRACE BERGER, Grad., G, Indiana
Mackenzie Holmes, Sr., F, Indiana
CAITLIN CLARK, Jr., G, Iowa
Monica Chinano, 5 years old^th-Yr., F/C, Iowa
Diamond Miller, Sr., G, Maryland
Leia Brown, 5 years old^th-Yr., G, Michigan
Alexis Markowski, So., C/F, Nebraska
TAYLOR MIKESELL, Sr., G, Ohio
Jaycee Sheldon, Sr., G, Ohio
Makenna Marisa, Sr., G, Pennsylvania



2022-23 Coach Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year
Kaitlyn Clark Jr., G, Iowa





2022-23 Media Big Ten Preseason Rankings
1. Iowa
2. Indiana
3. Ohio
4. Maryland
5. Nebraska



2022-23 Media Preseason All-Big Ten Teams
Grace Berger, Grad., G, Indiana
Mackenzie Holmes, Sr., F, Indiana
CAITLIN CLARK, Jr., G, Iowa
Monica Zinano, 5 years old^th-Yr., F/C, Iowa
Diamond Miller, Sr., G, Maryland
Leia Brown, 5 years old^th-Yr., G, Michigan
Alexis Markowski, So., C/F, Nebraska
Taylor Mikesell, Sr., G, Ohio
Jaycee Sheldon, Sr., G, Ohio
Makenna Marisa, Sr., G, Pennsylvania



2022-23 Media Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year
Caitlin Clark, Jr., G, Iowa