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Men's basketball ranked 5th for having the most returning talent

With 10 players returning to the men’s basketball team next season, www.bleacherreport.com ranked the Mavericks fifth out of 20 teams for having the most returning talent.

The 152 teams included in the ranking won at least 55 percent of their games and retained at least 76 percent of their points from last season.

UTA lost Kennedy Eubanks, Nick Pallas, Courtney Austin and Brandon Williams from, who made up a total of 360 of its points from last season.

The 10 players returning compiled 87.4 percent of UTA’s points scored from last season.

Junior forward Kevin Hervey, who averaged a team high of 18.