Prior the Southland Conference Basketball Media Day on Tuesday morning, the conference revealed the preseason poll and the Texas A&M-University-Commerce men's basketball team is picked seventh, as voted on by the conference's head coaches and sports information directors, in its inaugural season in NCAA Division I and the SLC.
The Lions are coming off four NCAA Tournament appearances in the last six opportunities and went 17-9 last season, falling on the road to No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Division II Tournament, Lubbock Christian. Coach Jaret von Rosenberg goes into his sixth season as the Lions' coach and is slated to appear on ESPN+ for the SLC Media Day at 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon. Fans can tune in HERE.
In 2022-23, the Lions return Demarcus Demonia (Fort Washington, Md.), who has twice earned all-conference honors and welcome several transfers from Division I schools and high-level junior colleges this season. The non-conference schedule for the Lions includes matchups at SMU, Texas, Hawaii, Abilene Christian, as well as tournaments in Atlanta and Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Prior to the start of the season, the Lions host an exhibition game against Science & Arts on November 4 at 8 p.m. in the Field House. A&M-Commerce's lone regular season home game comes against Arlington Baptist on November 28.
On Tuesday night, the Lions are hosting Lion Mania presented by Cypress Bank for a preview of basketball season in the Field House. Admission is free and the night full of activities includes a dance-off between the two coaches and free giveaways.
2022-23 Southland Men's Basketball Preseason Poll
PlSchool1stPoints
1Texas A&M-Corpus Christi11149
2Nicholls6137
3New Orleans2129
4Southeastern105
5McNeese97
6Northwestern State92
7A&M-COMMERCE56
8HCU155
9Lamar44
10UIW36
Original source can be found here.
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