NEW ORLEANS – Tookie Brown, Ike Smith and Mike Hughes were named Preseason All-Sun Belt, and the Georgia Southern men's basketball team was picked fourth in the league's preseason poll, conducted by the conference's 12 head coaches.
Brown and Smith, who were both first-team All-Sun Belt selections last year, were named first-team preseason all-conference, while Mike Hughes was named to the league's third team.
UTA earned nine first-place votes and was picked to win the league, and Georgia State was picked second. Troy was picked third, followed by Georgia Southern and Louisiana.