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Wichita State enters the 2022-23 season as a Chaser, picked eighth of 11 teams in the American Athletic Conference preseason men’s basketball poll, which was released Wednesday morning ahead of the two-week virtual media day event. league days.
Fans can watch live coverage of the 2022 Men’s and Women’s Basketball Virtual Media Days on ESPN+. The show runs from 8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, October 13, and from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 14.
Coaches from Wichita State and select student-athletes will be on the show from 10 to 10:45 am CT on Wednesday. The full schedule for all 11 schools is listed below.
The Shockers (15-13, 6-9) return with just two men of letters from a year ago, but will look to raise the bar with the help of eight transfers with Division I experience.
WSU teams have met or exceeded preseason expectations in four of the five seasons since joining the league, most notably in 2020-21 when a similarly revised roster was picked seventh in preseason but won the title. the regular season.
Led by Preseason Player of the Year marcus sasser, Houston is a unanimous favorite to defend its 2022 title, earning 10 first-place votes (coaches couldn’t select their own team or players). freshman ahead walker jarace it was a unanimous choice for rookie of the year.
Memphis has a couple of first teams in Deandre Williams and SMU transfer Kendric Davis, the league’s reigning player of the year. The Tigers (87 voting points) edged out Cincinnati (82) for second place.
Fourth-place Tulane (74) landed the top three players in the league on the team from all preseason conferences, including the first team. Chef Jalen.
Damian Dunn he took the final first-team spot for Temple, who registered in fifth place with 66 points.
UCF (51), SMU (43), WSU (35), South Florida (33), Tulsa (21) and East Carolina (13) rounded out the rankings.
Wichita State hosts Newman for an exhibition game on Wednesday, November 2, and kicks off the regular season the following week with home matchups against Central Arkansas (Monday, November 7) and Alcorn State (Saturday, November 12).
Season tickets are on sale now through the Shocker Box Office (Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.), by phone at 316-978-FANS (3267) or in person at the southwest corner of Charles Koch Sand.
American Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches Poll:
First place votes in parentheses
1. Houston (10) – 100
2. Memphis (1) – 87
3.Cincinnati-82
4.Tulane-74
5. Temple – 66
6. FUC-51
7. SMU-43
8. Wichita State – 35
9. South Florida – 33
10.Tulsa-21
11. East Carolina – 13
Preseason Player of the Year:
Marcus Sasser, Sr., G, Houston
Preseason Rookie of the Year:
Jarace Walker, F, Houston*
All-Conference Preseason First Team:
Marcus Sasser, Sr., G, Houston*
Kendric Davis, Sr., G, Memphis*
DeAndre Williams, Sr., F, Memphis
Damian Dunn, R-So., G, Temple
Jalen Cook, So., G, Tulane*
Preseason All-Conference Second Team:
David DeJulius, Gr., G, Cincinnati
Jamal Shead, Jr., G, Houston
Battle Khalif, R-So., G, Temple
Kevin Cross, Jr., F, Tulane
Jaylen Forbes, Jr., G, Tulane
* denotes unanimous selection
American Men’s and Women’s Basketball Media Days Schedule:
Core hours listed
Wednesday October 12 | 8 a.m. Central Time | ESPN+
8 a.m. | Commissioner Mike Aresco
8:30 | eastern carolina
9:15 | Temple
10 a.m. | Wichita State
10:45 | houston
11:30 | EMU
Thursday October 13 | 10 a.m. ET | ESPN+
9 a.m. | Cincinnati
9:45 | South Florida
10:30 | UCF
11:15 a.m. | memphis
noon | tulane
12:45 | Tulsa
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