The Western Athletic Conference coaches and media preseason polls released this morning. Looks like the University of Hawaii men’s and women’s basketball teams are not garnering a lot of respect, as both teams were picked to finish in the middle of the pack in the WAC conference.
The Hawaii men’s basketball team was picked to finish fourth of eight teams in both the Western Athletic Conference coaches and media preseason polls, while the UH women’s basketball team was picked to finish fifth in each of the WAC preseason women’s polls.
Nevada was picked to win the WAC by the coaches, getting five of eight possible first-place votes. New Mexico State followed, then defending champion Utah State and Hawaii. USU had the other three first-place votes.
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The media picked USU to win for the fifth straight year, with the Aggies getting 13 of a possible 24 first-place votes. Nevada, NMSU and UH followed, with five, three and three first-place votes, respectively.
In the media poll, Rainbow Warriors freshman guard Shaquille Stokes was tabbed as the preseason WAC Newcomer of the Year, while the polls were split on the preseason WAC Player of the Year, with the coaches going with Nevada point guard Deonte Burton and the media selecting USU point guard Brockeith Pane.
Sophomore forward Kamilah Jackson was named to the media preseason first team. Wing Shawna Kuehu, who joined Jackson on the All-WAC freshman team last year, was reunited with her on the preseason second team in the coach’s poll.
Louisiana Tech was picked to win the WAC in both women’s polls; with Utah State senior forward Ashlee Brown tabbed the Preseason Player of the Year.
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