INDIANAPOLIS – Truman State University was voted in the preseason coaches’ poll as the choice to win the 2025 Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) men’s basketball championship, the league office announced on Tuesday.
The preseason poll is determined by the league’s head coaches, who, per GLVC Bylaws, are not permitted to vote for their own team.
No. 1 Truman State
- Received six first-place votes and 172 total points.
- Earned birth to GLVC Championship Tournament this past year as No. 4 seed
- Coached by 2023-24 GLVC Coach of the Year Jeff Horner, who enters his seventh season after a 15-14 overall and 12-8 GLVC record in 2023-24
- Return Second Team All-GLVC selections Xavier Hall and Trey Shearer as well as GLVC Freshman of the Year Kobi Williams
No. 2 Illinois Springfield
- Received two first-place votes and 162 total points.
- Earned birth to GLVC Championship Tournament last season as No. 6 seed
- Coached by Matt Brock, who enters his sixth campaign after a 18-13 overall and 11-9 in GLVC in 2023-24.
- Return First Team All-GLVC selection Jordan Rice and Second Team All-GLVC selection Jack Weber
No. 3 William Jewell
- Received four first-place vote and 161 total points.
- Won first GLVC Championship this past year earning an automatic qualification spot in the NCAA Midwest Regional
- Coached by Chris McCabe, who enters his sixth season after a 21-11 overall and 12-8 GLVC record in 2023-24.
- Return First Team All-GLVC selection, Jordan Jermain.
No. 4 Lewis
- Received 153 total points.
- Advanced to GLVC Championship Tournament final last season as third seed.
- Coached by Scott Trost, who enters his 19th campaign after a 18-13 overall and 12-8 GLVC record in 2023-24.
Upper Iowa (152 points, two first-place votes) and Indianapolis (140 points, one first-place vote) each garnered at least one first-place vote in placing fifth and sixth, respectively, in the preseason poll.
Rounding out the poll respectively in seventh through 15th was University of Missouri-St. Louis (132), Drury University (107), McKendree University (91), Missouri S&T (88), Lincoln University (58), Maryville University (49), Rockhurst University (45), Quincy University (44), and Southwest Baptist University (21).
The complete poll and voting results can be found below.
| Place |
School |
Points (1st-place votes) |
| 1. |
Truman State |
172 (6) |
| 2. |
Illinois Springfield |
162 (2) |
| 3. |
William Jewell |
161 (4) |
| 4. |
Lewis |
153 |
| 5. |
Upper Iowa |
152 (2) |
| 6. |
Indianapolis |
140 (1) |
| 7. |
Missouri-St. Louis |
132 |
| 8. |
Drury |
107 |
| 9. |
McKendree |
91 |
| 10. |
Missouri S&T |
88 |
11.
12. |
Lincoln
Maryville |
58
49 |
| 13. |
Rockhurst |
45 |
| 14. |
Quincy |
44 |
| 15. |
Southwest Baptist |
21 |