Official Site of the AAC · Oct 15, 2018
Coaches Select UCF as Preseason Favorite
PHILADELPHIA - The American Athletic Conference men's basketball head coaches have voted UCF as the favorite in the 2018-19 Preseason Coaches Poll. The Knights garnered six of a possible 11 first-place votes and 114 points to edge Cincinnati for the No. 1 spot.
UCF returns eight of its top 10 scorers, nine letterwinners and four starters from a squad that won 19 games a season ago. Preseason Player of the Year, senior guard B.J. Taylor, is one of five seniors on a team that ranked No. 3 in the nation last season allowing just 61.7 points per game.