Lindsey Branch, UMW Sports Information
DILLON, Mont. – In a preseason poll of Frontier Conference fmen's basketball coaches, the Montana Western men's basketball team was picked to finish second for the 2024-25 season.
Montana Tech claimed the top spot in the 2024-25 Frontier Conference Men's Basketball Coaches' Preseason Poll. The six Frontier head coaches voted on the projected order of finish and the preseason awards.
Montana Western picked up the final first place vote and 20 points to finish second in the preseason poll. Rocky Mountain came in third with 17 points, followed by Montana State-Northern fourth with 12 points, Providence fifth with nine points, and Carroll sixth with seven points.
Montana Western placed two on the Frontier Preseason All-Conference Team with seniors Abi Adebo (forward) and Jalyn Stepney (guard).
2024-25 Frontier Men's Basketball Coaches' Poll:
Place | School | Votes |
1 | Montana Tech (5) | 25 |
2 | Montana Western (1) | 20 |
3 | Rocky Mountain | 17 |
4 | MSU-Northern | 12 |
5 | Providence | 9 |
6 | Carroll | 7 |
(first place votes in parenthesis) |
2024-25 Frontier Men's Basketball All-Conference Preseason Team:
Name | School | Position | Year | Hometown |
Michael Ure* | Montana Tech | Forward | Senior | Idaho Falls, Idaho |
Montana Western | Forward | Senior | London, England | |
Jesse Owens | Rocky Mountain | Guard | Senior | Billings, Mont. |
Montana Western | Guard | Senior | Seattle, Wash. | |
Hayden Diekhans | Montana Tech | Forward | Junior | Geraldine, Mont. |
Xavier Bailey | MSU-Northern | Forward | Senior | Renton, Wash. |
*Preseason Player of the Year |
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