From www.bigwest.org:
For the third straight year, UC Irvine is the media favorite to claim the Big West men’s basketball title as the 2015-16 preseason poll was announced today. The Anteaters return three starters and 10 total players who saw game action from last season’s squad that won the Big West Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history.
Coach Russell Turner’s Anteaters garnered 198 total points and 19 of the 23-first-place votes. UC Santa Barbara finished second in the poll with 161 points and two first-place nods, while Hawai‘i was picked third (133).