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Emptying the Notebook: What do preseason polls really mean for Lobo hoops?

Related Topics: Rebecca Lobo, Richard Pitino

Wednesday was Day 1 of 2 of the preseason Mountain West hoops media day event, this year done virtually over Zoom.

Though I don’t anticipate doing the same on Thursday for Day 2 of the media day, I figured I’d try to shake off some offseason rust and throw together an “Emptying the Notebook” style column of odds & ends from media day and related to the preseason poll release by the league:

That darn media!

The media never knows what they’re talking about.

Except when they do.

When it comes to preseason media polls for college sports, coaches like letting the media know the obvious: It really only matters where a team finishes.