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[UNTLifer]

No respect for UNT men at media day

I just sat down at Sun Belt Conference Basketball Media Days over in Mobile, Ala. Here is the rundown of where UNT was picked in the preseason polls.

The Mean Green men didn't get a whole lot of respect after winning the Sun Belt tournament title last season. UNT is picked to finish second in the SBC West this season behind Louisiana-Monroe, which was a near unanimous pick to win the division. UNT received one first-place vote. Arkansas State was picked to finish third and received two first-place votes, while New Orleans was picked to finish fourth and received one first-place vote.

UNT had two players selected to the preseason all-conference team. Forwards Quincy Williams and Keith Wooden were both third-team selections. New Orleans guard Bo McCalebb was a very deserving pick as the preseason player of the year.

The UNT women were picked to finish third in the SBC West and received two first-place votes. Arkansas-Little Rock was picked to win the division while Denver was picked to finish second. UALR received six first-place votes. Denver had three and Arkansas State, which was picked to finish fourth, had two.

Senior forward Talicia Sanders was the only UNT player selected to the preseason all-conference team. She was a third-team pick.

Western Kentucky forward Crystal Kelly is the preseason player of the year.

In an interesting side note, the Sun Belt Conference Tournament will be played in Hot Springs, Ark., in the 2009-2011 seasons

[Keith7]

ok thats fine, let people over look us again this year.. we'll see what happens when the season rolls around