ASU 6th, UALR 8th in men’s SBC poll

The Sun Belt Conference’s men’s basketball preseason coaches poll was released Wednesday afternoon, and both Arkansas State and the University of Arkansas-Little Rock find themselves in the middle of the pack.

The Red Wolves were voted sixth among the SBC’s 12 teams with 89 points. The Trojans are projected to finish eighth, just ahead of Troy and Texas-Arlington.

Georgia State is the favorite to top the conference, receiving 139 points and eight of 12 first-place votes. Louisiana and Appalachian State each earned a pair of first-place votes.

ASU opens its season Nov. 9 when it hosts Division II Harding, and UALR will take on Southern Illinois at home earlier that evening.