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Charlotte 49ers 3rd in Preseason CUSA Coaches Poll

By John Woodcock

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The Conference USA preseason poll was announced on Tuesday. The team picked to finish at the top of the league this year is the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. The Charlotte 49ers were picked to finish third the league. The other team in front of them are the UTEP Miners. The Old Dominion Monarchs finished fourth in the poll. The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers finished fifth.

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Charlotte is well positioned with a veteran roster to make noise this year in Conference USA. It is always good to return four starters. It is even better when one of those starters is preseason all-conference. The coaches preseason all-conference team was announced on Tuesday as well and sitting at the top of the list is Pierria Henry, the senior point guard.

The Conference USA preseason all-conference team seems to be an entire team. There are 10 guys instead of the normal starting five and some honorable mentions thrown around. There also are not a lot of big guys on the team. Julian Washburn, one of the forwards, is really a swingman. That means there are only two post guys on the team. This could simply reflect the kind of talent that gets recruited to Conference USA schools. If you were a good post player, you might simply have never considered some of these schools. Which makes one wonder if we will see Nick Griciunas on this list in a few years.

Here are the Members of the Preseason All-Conference Conference USA Team

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    • Guards
    Pierria Henry, Charlotte, SR
    Raheem Appelby, Louisiana Tech, SR
    Alex Hamilton, Louisiana Tech, JR
    Kenneth Smith, Louisiana Tech, JR (Small wonder about being preseason champions)
    Aaron Bacote, Old Dominion, JR
    CJ Washington, UAB, JR
    TJ Price, Western Kentucky, SR

    Forwards
    George Fant, Western Kentucky, SR
    Vince Hunter, UTEP, SO
    Julian Washburn, UTEP SR

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