The Long Beach State men’s basketball team was picked to win the Big West Conference championship in a vote of the conference’s media. LBSU also placed three players on the six-man Preseason Media Big West All-Conference Team.
Long Beach received 20 of 24 first-place votes and finished with 212 points in the preseason conference poll. UC Santa Barbara collected 196 points and four first-place votes. Reigning Big West Conference Player of the Year Casper Ware earned a spot on the preseason all-league team along with teammates Larry Anderson and T.J. Robinson.
The 49ers were named the preseason favorite after racing through the 2010-11 Big West season with a 14-2 record. LBSU, which won the regular-season conference title by four games, returns four starters and 11 players off last year’s team, while also adding five t recruits who are looking to make an impact during the 2011-12 season.
Media Poll Results
1. Long Beach State (20) 212
2. UC Santa Barbara (4) 196
3. Cal Poly 158
4. Cal State Fullerton 131
5. UC Riverside 114
6. Pacific 91
7. UC Davis 62
8. Cal State Northridge 61
9. UC Irvine 55
( ) First-place votes
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