CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference released its 2017-18 Men's Basketball Preseason Poll on Thursday with Western Michigan picked to win the MAC West and MAC Tournament Championship.
As voted on by the leagues' head coaches and media, the Broncos are the favorite to claim the MAC Tournament Championship with 10 votes, followed by Buffalo with nine and Ball State with five. WMU received 22 of 30 first-place votes to repeat as MAC West champions. Buffalo was picked to win the MAC East with 24 first-place votes.
Senior guard Thomas Wilder was named to the Preseason All-MAC West Team after averaging 19.