Iowa women picked 2nd behind Buckeyes

The University of Iowa women's basketball team was picked to finish second by both the coaches and the media at Big Ten media day.

Both the media and coaches selected Ohio State as the preseason favorite, with the Hawkeyes coming in second.  The coaches selected Michigan State in third place, while the media had a third place tie between the Spartans and Purdue.

Iowa's Kachine Alexander was chosen to both preseason all-Big Ten squads.

Alexander was a unanimous preseason all-Big Ten selection by the coaches and was also selected to the media team.  Alexander was joined on the coaches' team by Ohio State's Jantel Lavender and Samantha Prahalis, Michigan State's Kalisha Keane and Northwestern's Amy Jaeschke.

The media team consisted of Alexander, Lavender, Prahalis, Jaeschke, Purdue's Brittany Rayburn and Wisconsin's Alyssa Karel.