NEW ORLEANS – The votes are in and the 2019-20 preseason honors for Sun Belt Conference men's basketball have South Alabama picked as the favorite to capture the league title and redshirt senior forward Trhae Mitchell selected as Preseason Player of the Year.
The preseason poll, Player of the Year and All-Sun Belt honors were voted on by the conference's 12 head coaches.
South Alabama received eight first-place votes and a total of 138 points coming off a season capped by a run to the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Championship as the No. 8 seed.