The UNLV baseball team was predicted to finish fifth out of seven teams in the Mountain West's preseason coaches poll, the league announced Tuesday.
Defending conference tournament champion San Diego State and New Mexico were picked to win the title, both receiving three first-place votes and 32 points overall. UNLV, which finished 25-31 last season and 10-20 in the Mountain West, is two years removed from the regular-season conference championship. During that 2014 season, the Rebels finished 36-25 overall and 20-10 in league play en route to a berth in the NCAA Tournament.
However, since then the Rebels have struggled and coach Tim Chambers was dismissed by the university following a DUI arrest.