MAC Basketball Media Selections

The MAC Basketball Preview is going on today in Cleveland. If you wanted to watch live (and I'm sure it is scintillating viewing), you can click here and view away.

Meanwhile, they've announced the projections for the season, and its good news for Coach Orr's Falcons...the orange and brown are picked to finish third in the East division. Obviously, this would be significant progress for Coach Orr as he rebuilds from a team that was winning almost no conference games when he got here. And, almost all Falcon fans would view a winning season, a finish like this and a tournament win as a viable step forward in the program.

Going to do a lot more hoops talk coming up in the weeks to come, as I start to transition my mind off of football. I'm excited for the start of the Falcon season, and I do love Falcon basketball.

Kent and Western are clearly the premier programs in the conference. They are good and they stay good. From what I have read, they continue to recruit well, too. Kent's run of 20 win seasons is even more remarkable because they have survived so many coach transitions, and wil have another one this year.

It goes without saying....that's the kind of tradition we'd love to have at BG. If they can do it at Kent, I would think we could do it at BG.

2008-09 MAC Men’s Basketball Preseason Poll

MAC East Division

1. Kent State (16 first place votes) – 124 points

2. Miami (6) – 109 points

3. Bowling Green – 70 points

4. Akron – 67 points

5. Ohio – 66 points

6. Buffalo – 35 points

MAC West Divison

1. Western Michigan (15) – 122 points

2. Eastern Michigan (7) – 105 points

3. Central Michigan – 79 points

4. Toledo – 71 points

5. Ball State – 55 points

6. Northern Illinois – 39 points