SUWANEE, Ga. – In exclusive voting by the league's head coaches, where just 12 points separated the top three teams, Trinity University emerged as the favorite for the 2022-23 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball season.

On the heels of winning back-to-back SCAC Tournament titles for the first time since TLU won three-straight from 2015-17, the University of St. Thomas received the final two first-place votes and finished just behind Trinity in the poll with 57 points. The Celts welcome back a pair of All-SCAC players led by Third Team honoree Andrew Nguyen. Nguyen, a senior guard, averaged 8.7 points per contest last season, which included connecting on 38.5 percent of his attempts from beyond the arc – good for third best in the SCAC. Classmate Joshua Sanchez joins Nguyen as a returning All-SCAC performer after earning Honorable Mention accolades a season ago. Sanchez was key on the glass for the Celts, grabbing 58 offensive rebounds on the year, fifth most in the SCAC, and finished with 143 total rebounds on the year, ninth best in the league. One of just two teams last season that finished in the top four in both scoring offense and scoring defense, St. Thomas is seeking to be the first team since Schreiner accomplished the feat at the 2017 and 2018 SCAC Tournament to earn the top overall seed in back-to-back seasons.

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