The UConn Huskies finished fifth in the American Athletic Conference preseason poll. That’s right about where most of the national media sees Kevin Ollie’s squad in what should be a highly-competitive conference.
Wichita State and Cincinnati seem to be top-10-ish teams and SMU appears to be in a good place as well. On top of that, many are expecting UCF to take another step forward in year two of the Johnny Dawkins era.
Those are the teams picked to finish ahead of UConn, but there are plenty of challengers in the middle of what is usually a top-heavy conference.