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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Blue Raider basketball is back in Murfreesboro and after back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament Second Round, expectations are high again as Middle Tennessee has been picked first in the Conference USA preseason poll.
Middle Tennessee garnered eight of the 14 first place votes to push them to the top of the poll. Nearby rival UAB came in at second with four first place votes while Louisiana Tech earned a pair of first place votes and slots in at third in the preseason poll.
"We all work like crazy to try to create expectations and our expectations are high," Head Coach Kermit Davis said.