Preseason Prognostications, Part II

The Summit League’s official basketball Twitter account (@summithoops) recently completed a “Tweetdown” of the Athlon Sports 2012-13 College Basketball Preview projections.

The publication tabbed South Dakota State as the preseason favorite followed by Oakland, North Dakota State and Western Illinois. SDSU's Nate Wolters, the pick for Player of the Year, was joined by Oakland’s Travis Bader, North Dakota State’s Taylor Braun, Western Illinois’ Ceola Clark III and Fort Wayne’s Frank Gaines on the all-league team.

Wolters also received honorable mention All-America recognition and was ranked fifth in a list of the nation’s best scorers.

A quick synopsis is below.

Predictions
1) South Dakota State
2) Oakland
3) North Dakota State
4) Western Illinois
5) Fort Wayne
6) IUPUI
7) Kansas City
8) South Dakota
9) Omaha

All-League
Nate Wolters, South Dakota State (Player of the Year); Travis Bader, Oakland; Taylor Braun, North Dakota State; Ceola Clark III, Western Illinois; Frank Gaines, Fort Wayne.

To read the entire Summit League breakdown, purchase Athlon Sports’ 2012-13 College Basketball Preview at your newsstand or online at athlonsports.com