PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Wichita State senior Markis McDuffie was one of 11 players selected by the American Athletic Conference coaches for preseason honors, the league announced.
The Shockers were picked eighth out of 12 teams in The American preseason poll – also released Monday morning in conjunction with the conference's annual media day festivities at the Philadelphia Airport Marriott.
McDuffie – a 6-foot-8 senior wing from Paterson, N.J. – earned second-team preseason all-conference status. He averaged 8.5 points and 3.1 rebounds in just under 19 minutes per game last year after returning from a preseason foot injury that cost him the first two months of the regular season.