NEW YORK (AP) - No. 25 VCU is favored to win the Atlantic 10 men’s basketball championship for a second straight season.
The Rams return four starters from last year’s team, which won the A-10 regular season and reached the NCAA Tournament. Marcus Evans, the team’s leading returning scorer, was selected to the preseason all-Atlantic 10 team.
The Atlantic 10 held its media day Thursday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, where the league’s postseason tournament will be held in March.
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VCU received 19 first-place votes from coaches and media members who cover the conference. Davidson was picked second and received eight first-place votes. Dayton received one first-place vote and was picked third.
Rhode Island and St. Bonaventure round out the top five. Saint Louis, which won the A-10 tournament to reach the NCAAs last year, was picked seventh.
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