SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO — Coming off of their stellar 2022-23 campaign, and aided by another solid recruiting class, the Saint Mary's Men's Basketball team has been selected to win the WCC by the conference coaches in the 2023-24 preseason poll. This is the first time since the start of the 2017-18 season that the Gaels were selected as preseason conference favorites. The Gaels edged out Gonzaga, whom they split a share of the 2022-23 regular season WCC title with, by one first place vote and one total voting point. The entire WCC Preseason Coaches Poll is as follows:
Team (first-place votes) points
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