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On the record: UA basketball team is choice to win MAC

The University of Akron men’s basketball team was selected to win the Mid-American Conference East Division for the fourth consecutive year by the MAC preseason men’s basketball poll.

The Zips were also named the favorite to win the MAC Tournament title, and senior center Isaiah Johnson was also named to the East Division preseason All-MAC team on Friday.

The Zips received 15 first-place votes and 194 points and edged out Ohio, which had 190 points and 16 first-place votes.

The Zips finished the 2015-16 season 26-9 and appeared in the MAC Tournament title game for the eighth time in the past 10 seasons.