Weber State Men’s Basketball Picked Third in Big Sky Preseason Poll, Miguel Tomley Named To All-Conference Team

Wednesday, Weber State men’s basketball was selected third in the Big Sky Conference preseason poll by the media and fourth by the conference’s coaches. Montana State is favored to win the conference by media as the Bobcats received 14 first-place votes. The media preseason rankings are as follows:

Media

1. Montana State 297 (14)
2. Montana 297 (11)
3. Weber State 270 (7)
4. Northern Colorado 211 (1)
5. Northern Arizona 209
6. Eastern Washington 139
7. Portland State 124
8. Idaho State 108
9. Idaho 104
10. Sacramento State 74

The conference’s coaches selected Montana as the favorite to win the conference. The Grizzlies received seven first place votes. The coaches preseason rankings are as follows:

Coaches

1. Montana 78 (7)
2. Montana State 72 (2)
3. Northern Colorado 62
4. Weber State  61 (1)
5. Northern Arizona 51
6. Portland State 38
7. Idaho 32
8. Idaho State 21
9. Eastern Washington 19
10. Sacramento State 15

The Wildcats were represented on the preseason all-conference team by senior guard Miguel Tomley, a transfer from Idaho State. The native of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, posted 14 points per game last season for the Bengals.

The all-Big Sky preseason team is as follows:

preseason MVP: Northern Arizona senior guard/forward Trent McLaughlin (16.6 points, 3.2 rebounds per game last season for the Lumberjacks)

Tomley

Montana State junior guard/forward Brian Goracke (13.5 points, 4.3 rebounds per game last season for the Bobcats)

Montana senior guard Brandon Whitney (10.3 points, 4.1 assists per game last season for the Grizzlies).

Montana State junior forward Brandon Walker (13.1 points, 4 rebounds per game last season for the Bobcats).

Idaho senior forward Julius Mims (11.1 points, 7.2 rebounds per game last season for the Vandals).