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Men’s Basketball Picked to Finish 10th in Preseason AAC Coaches Poll
10.28.20 | Men's Basketball
PHILADELPHIA – Temple men's basketball has been selected to finish 10th in the American Athletic conference preseason poll in voting by the league's head coaches, the conference announced Wednesday (Oct. 28).
The Owls, under second-year coach Aaron McKie, return just five lettermen, including two starters, from last year's squad that entered the AAC tournament with a 14-17 record before the season ended due to COVID-19.
Seniors De'Vondre Perry (6.2 ppg) and J.P. Moorman II (5.8 ppg, 5.1 rpg) along with junior Jake Forrester (7.5 ppg) are expected to lead the young squad during the season.
Houston, which garnered nine first-place votes and 99 points, has been selected as the preseason favorite to win the 2020-21 American Athletic Conference. Memphis, which tallied two first-place votes, is picked to finish second with 90 points. SMU was third with 80 points, followed by Cincinnati (77), USF (61), Tulsa (50), Wichita State (44), UCF (37), East Carolina (34), Temple (18) and Tulane (15).
The Cougars' redshirt sophomore guard Caleb Mills was selected as the Preseason Player of the Year, while Memphis freshman center Moussa Cisse was picked as the Preseason Rookie of the Year.
The American's men's basketball championships will be contested at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, March 11-14.
The full conference schedules, along with television selections and game times, will be announced later.
The Owls, under second-year coach Aaron McKie, return just five lettermen, including two starters, from last year's squad that entered the AAC tournament with a 14-17 record before the season ended due to COVID-19.
Seniors De'Vondre Perry (6.2 ppg) and J.P. Moorman II (5.8 ppg, 5.1 rpg) along with junior Jake Forrester (7.5 ppg) are expected to lead the young squad during the season.
Houston, which garnered nine first-place votes and 99 points, has been selected as the preseason favorite to win the 2020-21 American Athletic Conference. Memphis, which tallied two first-place votes, is picked to finish second with 90 points. SMU was third with 80 points, followed by Cincinnati (77), USF (61), Tulsa (50), Wichita State (44), UCF (37), East Carolina (34), Temple (18) and Tulane (15).
The Cougars' redshirt sophomore guard Caleb Mills was selected as the Preseason Player of the Year, while Memphis freshman center Moussa Cisse was picked as the Preseason Rookie of the Year.
The American's men's basketball championships will be contested at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, March 11-14.
The full conference schedules, along with television selections and game times, will be announced later.
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