WESTERVILLE, Ohio – The Baldwin Wallace University men's basketball team, led by 12th-year head coach Tom Heil, has been picked to finish ninth in the Ohio Athletic Conference preseason coaches' poll.
 
The Yellow Jackets come into the season with 17 points in the poll. Leading the way is Mount Union with 62 points in the poll. Last season, the Brown and Gold were 7-18 overall and 4-12 in the conference, finishing in a tie for seventh place and they are looking to improve this mark.
 
Coming into the season, BW returns four of their five starters from a season ago, including top scorer Isaac Richardson, lead assists man Titus Baskerville IV, Josh Byers, who started in all 25 games, and Brock Beech. They also return their lead scorer from two years ago, Ray Ellington, who appeared in one game last year and averaged 17.5 points per game in 2024-25.
 
The Yellow Jackets open their season in 18 days on Saturday, November 7 when they host the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg in the Ursprung Gymnasium. Tip-off is set for 1 p.m. and it will be streaming on Flo College. They then will play Chatham University on Wednesday, November 11 to open the road portion of the schedule.