Both teams probably underrated - men are picked next to last and the women are picked fifth. I can understand the men's prediction because there are so many new players, but the women being picked fifth is a stunner. How can the other coaches not know about the Ogwumike sisters? No players were picked on either all-conference individual preseason team either.

2017 C-USA Men’s Basketball Preseason Poll
1. Middle Tennessee (8)
2. UAB (4)
3. Louisiana Tech (2)
4. Old Dominion
5. UTEP
6. WKU
7. Marshall
8. Charlotte
9. UTSA
10. Southern Miss
11. North Texas
12. Florida Atlantic
13. Rice
14. FIU

2017 C-USA Women’s Basketball Preseason Poll
1. Middle Tennessee (6)
2. WKU (8)
3. Louisiana Tech
4. Charlotte
5. Rice
6. Southern Miss
7. UAB
8. North Texas
9. Marshall
10. Old Dominion
11. UTEP
12. UTSA
13. Florida Atlantic
14. FIU

I, too, was stunned with the women's ranking.

With regards to the men, didn't MTSU lose all three of their Big 3 from the past two seasons?

Giddy Potts is back for the men - they lost their other two top guys.

(10-27-2017 07:41 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Giddy Potts is back for the men - they lost their other two top guys.

And the other two were the heart and soul of the team. Potts might have been the PG, but one of the others was really a point forward, and both of the other two got the lions share of points and rebounds.