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Blue Raiders picked first in CUSA Preseason Poll; King, Weston named Preseason All-CUSA
10/12/2023 1:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
DALLAS – Conference USA has released its preseason coaches' poll with Middle Tennessee at the top. The Blue Raiders' Elias King and Camryn Weston were both named to the Preseason All-CUSA team.
MTSU and Liberty each received 71 points in the poll to tie for first place.
King is coming off a 2022-23 season in which he led the Blue Raiders with 56 made 3-point field goals while averaging 9.3 points and 4.0 rebounds per game. The 6-8 wing recorded double-doubles against Hofstra and LA Tech in his breakout junior season while shooting .449 from the floor and .409 from 3-point range.
Weston has been MTSU's assists leader in each of the last two seasons and is the team's leading scorer among returners. He enters the season with a shot at becoming the 18th Blue Raider to reach the 1,000-point mark in three years or less.
The full results of the preseason polls can be found below.
2023-24 CUSA Men's Basketball Preseason Poll
CUSA MBB Preseason Player of the Year
Isaiah Crawford, LA Tech
CUSA MBB Preseason All-Conference Honorees
* - 2022-23 All-Conference USA selection
MTSU and Liberty each received 71 points in the poll to tie for first place.
King is coming off a 2022-23 season in which he led the Blue Raiders with 56 made 3-point field goals while averaging 9.3 points and 4.0 rebounds per game. The 6-8 wing recorded double-doubles against Hofstra and LA Tech in his breakout junior season while shooting .449 from the floor and .409 from 3-point range.
Weston has been MTSU's assists leader in each of the last two seasons and is the team's leading scorer among returners. He enters the season with a shot at becoming the 18th Blue Raider to reach the 1,000-point mark in three years or less.
The full results of the preseason polls can be found below.
2023-24 CUSA Men's Basketball Preseason Poll
| Rank | School (first-place votes) | Total |
| t-1. | Liberty (5) | 71 |
| t-1. | MTSU (1) | 71 |
| 3. | WKU (2) | 63 |
| 4. | LA Tech (1) | 48 |
| 5. | UTEP | 41 |
| 6. | Sam Houston | 38 |
| 7. | FIU | 31 |
| 8. | NM State | 30 |
| 9. | Jacksonville State | 12 |
CUSA MBB Preseason Player of the Year
Isaiah Crawford, LA Tech
CUSA MBB Preseason All-Conference Honorees
| Name | Yr. | Pos. | Hometown |
| Arturo Dean, FIU | So. | G | Miami, Fla. |
| Isaiah Crawford, LA Tech* | Sr. | F | Fort Worth, Texas |
| Kyle Rode, Liberty | Sr. | F | Lexington, Ky. |
| Elias King, MTSU | Sr. | G | Atlanta, Ga. |
| Camryn Weston, MTSU | Sr. | G | Albany, Ga. |
| Cameron Huefner, Sam Houston | Jr. | F | Adelaide, Australia |
| Tae Hardy, UTEP | Sr. | G | Ellenwood, Ga. |
| Calvin Solomon, UTEP | Sr. | F | Houston, Texas |
| Dontaie Allen, WKU | Sr. | G/F | Falmouth, Ky. |
| Brandon Newman, WKU | Sr. | G | Valparaiso, Ind. |
* - 2022-23 All-Conference USA selection
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