Westerville, OH- Ohio Northern has been tabbed as the favorite in preseason voting by the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) basketball coaches.

Ohio Northern tallied 77 points (seven first-place votes), followed by Baldwin Wallace with 72 points ( three first-place votes), Marietta with 69 points, Capital with 51 points and Otterbein with 47 points.

Last season, Ohio Northern won the OAC Regular Season and Tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. The Polar Bears are ranked No. 10 in the D3hoops.com preseason Top 25.