MAC Media Poll Out for Men's Hoops

The MAC's media poll is out for this week.  Remembering that this poll reflects conventional wisdom and is as much about last year as it was about this year.  Anyway, let's see what we found.

• BG is picked to finish 5th in the East, ahead of Buffalo.
• Scott Thomas is picked All-EAST pre-season.
• Despite a roughish off-season, OU is expected to win the East.
• Despite the arrival of Trey Zeigler, Ball State is expected to win the West.

I'll be doing some men's basketball previews coming up in the extra days we have between the CMU game and the Miami game, which is on the following Wednesday.  As always, I am looking forward to the season, and I think our team will be interesting to watch, and, I hope, successful.

Total results are listed below.

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East Division Preseason All-MAC Team
Brett McKnight, F, Akron
Scott Thomas, F, Bowling Green
Justin Greene, F, Kent State
Julian Mavunga, F, Miami
D.J. Cooper, G, Ohio

West Division Preseason All-MAC Team
Jarrod Jones, F/C, Ball State
Trey Zeigler, G, Central Michigan
Brandon Bowdry, F, Eastern Michigan
Xavier Silas, G, Northern Illinois
Flenard Whitfield, F, Western Michigan

East Division Predicted Order of Finish
1. Ohio - 128 points (12)
2. Kent State - 114 points (8)
3. Akron - 104 points (4)
4. Miami - 84 points
5. Bowling Green - 42 points
6. Buffalo - 32 points

West Division Predicted Order of Finish
1. Ball State - 124 points (12)
2. Central Michigan - 122 points (8)
3. Eastern Michigan - 88 points (2)
4. Western Michigan - 68 points
5. Northern Illinois - 64 points (2)
6. Toledo - 38 points
(1st place votes in parentheses)

Tournament Champion: Ohio (10), Kent State (6), Central Michigan (4), Ball State (2), Akron (2)