IRVING, Texas – Marshall basketball was picked to finish in the top four of Conference USA during media days in Texas. Defending regular-season champion UAB was selected the preseason favorite to repeat in 2016-17, according to a vote by the league’s men’s basketball coaches and getting 10 first place votes.Middle Tennessee was picked second, receiving the other four first place votes, WKU was third and the Herd of third-year Head Coach Danny D’Antoni was selected fourth.
In addition to the preseason selection of the Herd as a team, individual players from Marshall were named to the All-Conference USA Preseason Team.