Southeastern finished fifth in The Sun Conference Men’s Basketball Preseason Coaches’ Poll, released today by the league office.
The Fire recorded 49 total points, and picked up one of the 10 first-place votes with coaches unable to vote for their own team.
Defending regular season champion Warner finished first with 71 points, and got two first-place votes. The defending tournament champion, Ave Maria, had one less point, and had the most first-place votes with four. Coastal Georgia (62 points) received the final three first-place votes.
Keiser finished fourth with 55 points.
Kevin Lubbers enters his first year with the Fire returning the services of All-Sun Conference selections Jeremy Oppenheimer and Isaiah Moody to go along with 10 new players.
The 2019-20 season opens November 8th in McKenzie, Tennessee at the Chick-Fil-A Classic.