NEW ORLEANS – The University of South Alabama men's basketball team is the preseason pick to win the Sun Belt Conference and senior Trhae Mitchell is the player of the year, the league announced Friday morning.
Mitchell was joined on the first team by fellow senior Josh Ajayi, and senior Don Coleman was tabbed to the third team. The last Jaguar to be named preseason player of the year was Augustine Rubit in 2013.
South Alabama received 138 points and 8 of 12 first-place votes. UT Arlington was second with 124 points and two first-place votes, and Georgia Southern and Texas State had 121 points and 110 points, respectively, with a first-place vote apiece.