Wheaton picked second in CCIW Coaches Preseason Poll

Wheaton,

Ill. (7/26) - The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

has has releases it 2000 coaches preseason poll and the league's coaches have

tabbed Millikin University as the conference favorite. Last season Millikin

was 7-2 and 5-2 in league play for a second-place tie with Wheaton. Millikin

received 48 total points and six of a possible eight first-place votes.

Wheaton tallied

40 points and one first-place vote for second-place in the poll. Wheaton went

5-2 last season and finished in the second-place tie with the Big Blue. Augustana

was picked for a third-place finish under first-year head coach Jim Barnes.

Augustana, the defending CCIW Champion, received 38 points and one first-place

vote. Illinois Wesleyan was fourth with 32 points, Carthage was fifth with

24 points, Elmhurst received 18 points for sixth-place and North Central and

North Park each picked up 12 points for a seventh-place tie