NEW ORLEANS – The Texas State men's basketball team was chosen to finish 10th in the Sun Belt Conference Preseason Coaches Poll, released by the league office on Monday.
Overall, the Bobcats received 72 points to finish ahead of Georgia State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern and ULM, respectively. Finishing just ahead of TXST was Arkansas State (9th) and Troy (8th).
Texas State is coming off a 16-win campaign and ended last season with a run to the semifinals of the Sun Belt Tournament. Six players are back from the squad in fifth-year seniors Drue Drinnon and Tyrel Morgan, senior Dylan Dawson, junior Brandon Love and sophomores Jordan Maso and Davion Sykes.