Men's Hoops Favored to Win Division

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern men's basketball heads into the 2021 season slated to start in January picked to win the Great American Conference's Western Division and is a heavy favorite to win the overall title according to the league's preseason poll released on Tuesday.
 
The Savage Storm collected 24 points in the poll, highlighted by four first-place votes.
 
SE is coming off its second-straight NCAA Central Region berth as a No. 3 seed after posting a 23-8 record and earning the number two seed in the GAC tournament.
 
Oklahoma Baptist was second in the division with 21 points and two first-place votes, followed by Southern Nazarene with 16 points.
 
Northwestern Oklahoma State and Southwestern Oklahoma State were tied for fourth while East Central was sixth in the poll.
 
The Storm also picked up eight of the possible 12 votes as the favorite to take home the overall GAC title, with SNU next with two votes, followed by Henderson State and Southern Arkansas with one each.
 
SAU was the favorite in the Eastern Division with four first-place votes, while HSU was second with two.
 
Arkansas Tech and Arkansas-Monticello were tired for third, while Ouachita Baptist and Harding rounded out the division.
 
The teams are slated to open the season on Jan. 7 with each division playing a 20-game schedule against the teams in its division before meeting for the GAC Tournament in March.
 
Southeastern is set to face Oklahoma Baptist in Shawnee, Okla., on Jan. 7 with the team's first home game set for Jan. 11 against East Central.