INDIANAPOLIS - The IUPUI basketball team has been picked to finish 11th in the #HLMBB Preseason Poll, as released by the league office on Wednesday (Oct. 19). Coaches, media and sports information personnel voted in this year's poll. Purdue Fort Wayne and Northern Kentucky finished tied atop the poll while reigning champion Wright State was pegged third. Detroit Mercy's Antoine Davis was named the league's Preseason Player of the Year and joined on the first team by Marques Warrick (Northern Kentucky), Jalen Moore (Oakland), Jarred Godfrey (Purdue Fort Wayne) and Dwayne Cohill (Youngstown State). 

Head coach Matt Crenshaw's team returns just two letterwinners from a season ago in sophomore Boston Stanton III (4.7 ppg, 23 3's) and graduate student Jonah Carrasco (4.4 ppg, 3.8 rpg). The Jaguars completely rebuilt the roster in the offseason and will rely heavily on a group of transfers this season. Crenshaw inked a pair of Division I transfers in 5-foot-11 guard Bryce Monroe (San Diego) and 6-foot-9 grad student Chris Osten (Northern Illinois). Monroe was the 2021 Southland Conference Freshman of the Year while at Sam Houston State, where he averaged 10.1 points and 2.8 assists per game while shooting 39 percent from the floor. 

The Jaguars also added four junior college transfers in Jlynn Counter, Cooper Dewitt, John Egbuta and Daylan Hamilton. The group of true freshmen includes local products Vincent Brady II, Amhad Jarrard and Armon Jarrard and highly touted prep DJ Jackson. 

Crenshaw's team will open the exhibition slate against Brescia inside the Jungle on Oct. 27. The Jags will open the regular season at Iowa State on Nov. 7 before capping the two-game trip at Drake on Nov. 9. In conjunction with the women's program, the Jags will host its IUPUI Basketball Hoopsfest inside the Jungle on Thursday, Oct. 20. 

2022-23  #HLMBB Preseason Poll
Pl.        Team – Pts. (First-place votes)
T1.       Purdue Fort Wayne (17) – 394
T1.       Northern Kentucky (15) – 394
3.         Wright State (3) – 329
4.         Oakland (2) – 321
5.         Youngstown State (1) – 291
6.         Detroit Mercy (2) – 268
7.         Cleveland State – 188
8.         RMU – 163
9.         Milwaukee – 132
10.        Green Bay – 111
11.        IUPUI – 49
 
#HLMBB Preseason Player of the Year
Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy
 
Preseason All-League First Team (alphabetical order by school)
Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy
Marques Warrick, Northern Kentucky
Jalen Moore, Oakland
Jarred Godfrey, Purdue Fort Wayne
Dwayne Cohill, Youngstown State
 
Preseason All-League Second Team (alphabetical order by school)
Trevon Faulkner, Northern Kentucky
Sam Vinson, Northern Kentucky
Kahliel Spear, RMU
Trey Calvin, Wright State
Amari Davis, Wright State