NEW YORK (AP) — Xavier is the preseason favorite in the Atlantic 10 Conference.
The Musketeers, who have clinched at least a share of the regular-season title the last five years, received 18 first-place votes on Thursday from the league’s head coaches and members of the media.
Temple, which has won three of the last four A-10 tournaments, was second with the other four first-place votes.
Saint Louis was third followed by St. Bonaventure, Richmond, Dayton, St. Joseph’s, George Washington, Duquesne, Rhode Island, Charlotte, Massachusetts, La Salle and Fordham.
The preseason first-team is all seniors: Xavier’s Tu Holloway, last season’s player of the year, St. Bonaventure’s Andrew Nicholson, Temple’s Ramone Moore and Juan Fernandez, and George Washington’s Tony Taylor.
