The American Athletic Conference coaches may have just given the Wichita State men’s basketball team some motivation before the season.
WSU was picked to finish eighth in the 12-team AAC in the coaches’ poll released on Monday morning at the AAC Media Day. Central Florida was the favorite, followed by Cincinnati, Houston, Memphis, and Connecticut.
WSU senior forward Markis McDuffie was picked to the preseason second team all-conference team. No other Shocker received recognition. UCF guard B.J. Taylor was the conference’s preseason Player of the Year.
The Shockers return just 11.2 percent of their minutes from last season, the second-fewest in the NCAA, but coach Gregg Marshall has led WSU to seven straight NCAA Tournaments and hasn’t won less than 25 games since 2009.