UW-Milwaukee has been picked to finish 4th and UW-Green Bay 6th in the Horizon League men’s basketball preseason poll.
The national runner-up Butler Bulldogs are the preseason favorite for the 3rd year in-a-row. That, despite losing three starters, Matt Howard and Shawn Vanzant to graduation and Shelvin Mack to the NBA. The Bulldogs received 28 of a possible 50 first-place votes from the league’s coaches, sports information directors and selected media members.
Detroit is picked to finish second and Cleveland State third.
Detroit’s Ray McCallum has been picked as the preseason player of the year. The Horizon League preseason first team includes UW-Milwaukee’s Kaylon Williams.
The second team includes UW-Milwaukee’s Tony Meier and UW-Green Bay’s Alec Brown.
Butler Way says
This is going to be a tough season to predict with so many unknowns. I expect Butler to be good but if there is any time in the near future where someone could outright win the title from them this would be it. Detroit is extremely talented but they have been for the past few years and have yet to put anything together. Milwaukee definitely isn’t a favorite but I’m sure they have their eyes on that NCAA tournament appearance this season.