The 2021-22 DII women’s basketball season ended with a little bit of history. Glenville State brought the title home for the first time in program history and to West Virginia for the first time in DII history.
Kim Stephens has put together a lot of fun high-scoring offenses with the Pioneers over her tenure, but perhaps no team was decimated more by graduation and transfers than last year’s team. With a rebuild on the horizon, for the first time in the young history of the DII women’s basketball Power 10 rankings, the defending national champions won’t begin the new year on top.
Who will? Let’s find out.
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2022-23 DII women’s basketball preseason Power 10 rankings
No. 1 Grand Valley State: The Lakers were national semifinalists last season and return just about everyone. That includes their top four scorers and potential GLIAC player of the year Emily Spitzley. This defense is always stingy and with all this experience coming back wanting to avenge that semifinals loss, this could be the most dangerous team in the land.
No. 2 Western Washington: The national runner-up returns a ton of experience, including NCAA West Regional MVP Brooke Walling and GNAC defensive player of the year Avery Dykstra. What…
