TOLEDO, Ohio - The Mid-American Conference released its annual men's basketball preseason poll on Wednesday morning and defending champion Toledo has been picked to finish second, according to voting from the league's 12 head coaches. In addition to the team predictions, senior forwards JT Shumate and Setric Millner Jr. were named to the Preseason All-MAC First and Second Team squads, respectively.
The top three teams in the poll were separated by just eight points in the voting. The Rockets received 131 points, four points behind Kent State and four ahead of defending MAC Tournament champion Akron.