MWC Men’s Basketball Preseason Poll and All-Conference Team Released

October 14th, 2008, 2:49 pm · 3 Comments · posted by Jake Schaller

The Mountain West Conference released its men’s basketball preseason media poll and all-conference team on Tuesday at the league’s media day in Las Vegas.

The preseason poll and teams are below.

MWC Preseason Poll

Rank Team (First-Place Votes) Points

1. UNLV (16) 206

2. BYU (5) 181

3. San Diego State (3) 170

4. Utah 148

5. New Mexico 132

6. Wyoming 75

7. Air Force 66

8. Colorado State 53

9. TCU 49

MWC Preseason All-Conference Team

G Lee Cummard (BYU, Sr.)

G Wink Adams (UNLV, Sr.)

G Brandon Ewing (Wyoming, Sr.)

F Lorrenzo Wade (San Diego State, Sr.)

C Luke Nevill (Utah, Sr.)

Preseason Co-Players of the Year

G Lee Cummard (BYU, Sr.)

G Wink Adams (UNLV, Sr.)

Preseason Newcomer of the Year

G Tre’Von Willis (UNLV, So.)

Preseason Freshman of the Year

G Phillip McDonald (New Mexico, Fr.)

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afafan says:

October 15, 2008 at 12:19 am

I can’t believe we are continually picked for the bottom 3rd of the conference. The lack of big man is a bit of concern, but might be fixed by league play with the return of Phillip Brown.

Roger Allison says:

October 15, 2008 at 8:19 am

Once again, our beloved Falcons are flying well below the radar which is a good thing. However, based on the talent level I’ve observed and the verbal commitment from several of our returning players, I am confident our team will finish higher than the pre-season poll prediction. In fact, I would not be surprised to see this year’s Falcons complete an 16-20 win season. More importantly, win a game in the MWC tournament.

Jake Schaller says:

October 16, 2008 at 8:57 am

I had Air Force sixth in my poll, ahead of Wyoming. But I think it will be pretty difficult for the Falcons to break into that top five. As Air Force coach Jeff Reynolds has said, this league is going to be pretty tough this year.