OGDEN, Utah – The annual preseason polls are out, with Idaho men's basketball being selected ninth by the Big Sky coaches and sixth by the media.
Montana took every possible first place vote in the coaches poll. The Grizzlies won the regular season and conference tournament last year and return most of their squad.
Idaho finished second last season at 14-4, but lost six seniors to graduation. Three of those six, Brayon Blake, Arkadiy Mkrtychyan and Victor Sanders, have moved on to play professionally overseas.
This year's squad features a young core of underclassmen that are hungry to prove they belong.