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MUNCIE, Ind. — The Ball State men's basketball team was picked to finish second in the Mid-American Conference West in the league's preseason media poll, which was released Thursday.
Tayler Persons, a redshirt junior point guard, was selected to the Preseason All-MAC West squad. Persons is coming off a season in which he averaged 15.5 points and 4.9 assists in making All-MAC Second Team. Ball State returns eight letterwinners and four starters from last year's 21-win team.
Western Michigan was picked to win the West, while Buffalo was picked to win the East.