The WAC pre-season polls are out

Here's the 2010-11 WAC Preseason Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll:

Rank Teams (1st Place Votes)  Points
  1. Utah State (8)                        64
  2. New Mexico State (1)            55
  3. Nevada                                 47
  4. Boise State                            36
  4. Fresno State                          36
  6. San Jose State                       32
  7. Louisiana Tech                      24
  8. Idaho                                   19
  9. Hawai‘i                                11

Preseason Coaches All-WAC Teams

First Team 
                         
Troy Gillenwater, Jr., F, New Mexico State
Wendell McKines, Sr., F, New Mexico State   
Adrian Oliver, Sr., G, San Jose State         
Greg Smith, So., C, Fresno State  
Tai Wesley, Sr., F, Utah State

Second Team     
                     
Olu Ashaolu, Jr., F, Louisiana Tech
Nate Bendall, Sr., F, Utah State    
Daequon Montreal, Sr., F, Boise State        
Tyler Newbold, Sr., G, Utah State  
Pooh Williams, Sr., G/F, Utah State    

Player of the Year: Tai Wesley, Utah State

Here's the media poll:

Rank Teams (1st Place Votes)  Points
  1. Utah State (19)                      259
  2. New Mexico State (8)            237
  3. Nevada (2)                            190
  4. San Jose State (1)                  135
  5. Fresno State                          133
  6. Boise State                            129
  7. Louisiana Tech                      116
  8. Idaho                                    78
  9. Hawai‘i                                 73

Preseason Media All-WAC Team

First Team  
                       
Troy Gillenwater, Jr., F, New Mexico State
Wendell McKines, Sr., F, New Mexico State 
Adrian Oliver, Sr., G, San Jose State         
Greg Smith, So., C, Fresno State
Tai Wesley, Sr., F, Utah State

Player of the Year: Adrian Oliver, San Jose State

Newcomer of the Year: Brockeith Pane, Jr., G, Utah State

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In case you were wondering, here were the pre-season choices of the coaches last season:

2009-10 Preseason Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll

Rank Teams (1st Place Votes)  Points

  1. Utah State (8)                     64
  2. Nevada (1)                         53
  3. New Mexico State              50
  4. Idaho                                42
  5. Louisiana Tech                   31
  6. Fresno State                      30
  7. Boise State                        23
  8. San Jose State                   19
  9. Hawai‘i                            12

Preseason Coaches All-WAC Teams

First Team 
                           
Luke Babbitt, So., F, Nevada
Mac Hopson, Sr., G, Idaho     
Armon Johnson, Jr., G, Nevada           
Jared Quayle, Sr., G, Utah State   
Jahmar Young, Jr., G, New Mexico State

Second Team   
                        
Roderick Flemings, Sr., F, Hawai‘i 
Paul George, So., G/F, Fresno State     
Kyle Gibson, Sr., G, Louisiana Tech          
Sylvester Seay, Sr., F, Fresno State    
Tai Wesley, Jr., F, Utah State     

Player of the Year: Luke Babbitt, Nevada


And the media picks:

2009-10 Preseason Men’s Basketball Media Poll

Rank Teams (1st Place Votes)  Points
  1. Utah State (15)                   273
  2. Nevada (12)                       269
  3. New Mexico State (6)         226
  4. Idaho                                 193
  5. Boise State                         145
  6. Louisiana Tech                   140
  7. Fresno State                       130
  8. San Jose State (1)                88
  9. Hawai‘i                               66

Preseason Media All-WAC Team

First Team  
                         
Luke Babbitt, So., F, Nevada
Mac Hopson, Sr., G, Idaho     
Armon Johnson, Jr., G, Nevada           
Jared Quayle, Sr., G, Utah State   
Jahmar Young, Jr., G, New Mexico State

Player of the Year: Luke Babbitt, Nevada