SWAC Hoops: JSU women picked repeat, men's team third

Another year of Jackson State basketball is on the horizon and both the men's and women's teams are picked to finish top 3 or better in the conference.

The Lady Tigers look to repeat as SWAC Champs well the men's team hope to win the SWAC outright this season.

HE AND THE TEAM AREOPTIMISTIC HE WILL RETURNTO THE FIELD SOON.

NOW WE GO TO THE HARDWOOD ATJACKSON STATE.

BOTH THEMEN'S AND WOMEN'S TEAMS HADGREAT SEASONS LAST YEAR.NOW THE QUESTION IS N CATHEYDO IT AGAIN.

THE LATESTPREASEASON POLL GIVES US APREVIEWWE START WITH THE LADIES.

THEJSU WOMEN'S TEAM WON THESWAC LAST SEASON AND MADITETO THE NCATOA URNAMENT.TODAY THEY WERE PICKED TOWIN THE CONFERENCE AGAINCOMING IN AT NUMBER ONE INTHE SWAC PREASEASON POLLTHE TIGERS BRING 3 POWER 5TRANSFERS, HISTORICSIGNING ALEXIS ROBERTSFROM THE MISSISSIPSCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AS WELLAS AIYALAH MOSELY ANDKENNEDY RANSOM FROMMADISON CENTRAL HIGHSCHOOL.BUT THEY'LL BE LED BY THEREIGNING SWAC PLAYER OF THEYEAR DAYZSHA ROGAN ANDREIGNING DEFENSIVE PLAYEROF THE YEAR AMESHYAWILLIAMS.ANOTHER LOADED ANDTALENTED SQUAD FOR HEADCOACH TOMEKIA REED WHO ISENTERING HER FOURTH SEASONAT JSU.AND FOR THE MEN'S TEAM WAY NEBRENT'S TIGERS WERE PICKEDTO FINISH THIRD IN THECONFERENCE.JSU WENT UNDEFEATED IN SC WAPLAY AND SHARED THECONFERENCE TITLE WITHPRAIRIE VIEW.

THE FE LLSHORT IN THE SEMIFINALBUS TARE BACK FOR REDEMPTION.THEY LOSE SWAC PLAYER OF T HEYEAR TRISTAN JARRETT TOGRADUATION.

HOWEVER,BRANDON PRODUCT ANDREIGNING DEFENSIVE PLAYEROF THE YEAR JAYVEOUSMCKINNON.

HE WAS PICKED TOWIN THAT AWARD AGAINST THISYEAR AND IS A FIRST TEAMPICK.LOTS OF LOCAL PRODUCTS ONTHIS YEAR'S SQUAD GABEWATSON COMES AFTER STINTSAT SOUTHERN MISS AND TULEAND MURRAH GRAD JOE DUPREE.JSU RECEIVER MALACHIWIDEMAN IS ALSO ON THESTROER AND JONAS JAMES ISBACK AT POINT GUAR