NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference announced Monday morning that South Alabama men's basketball has been picked to finish third in the 2025 Sun Belt Preseason Coaches Poll, while redshirt sophomore John Broom was named to the Preseason All-Sun Belt Third Team.
Despite receiving a league-best four first-place votes, the Jaguars were projected to finish third behind co-regular season champions from a year ago — James Madison (175 points, one first-place vote) and Arkansas State (154 points, three first-place votes). Troy followed close behind South Alabama in fourth with 148 points, while Old Dominion rounded out the top five with 145 points.