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Stars picked fifth in preseason SAC coaches poll

OCU brings back Jones, an honorable-mention all-SAC choice last season

The Stars enter their second season under the leadership of Dionne Phelps.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Sooner Athletic Conference men's basketball coaches have pegged Oklahoma City University to finish fifth place in the league according to the SAC preseason poll.
Oklahoma Baptist was picked to finish atop the Sooner Athletic Conference in men's basketball for 2012-13. The three-time defending SAC champion Bison have no starters returning from last year's NAIA runner-up squad.
The Stars went 12-15 and finished eighth in the league with a 9-13 record. OCU returns three starters – senior point guard Charlton Jones, senior center Tim Morton and senior guard Troynell Adams – for coach Dionne Phelps, in his second season guiding the Stars.
OBU received seven of nine first-place votes and coaches were not permitted to include their teams in the ranking. The Bison had 63 points in the poll. Rogers State had the other two first-place votes and 56 points.
John Brown (Ark.) is third in the poll with 50 points and Lubbock Christian (Texas) fourth at 40. Oklahoma City, with 39 points, is the middle team in the nine-team ranking at fifth.
USAO is ranked sixth with 28 points, followed by Wayland Baptist (Texas) with 22, Mid-America Christian with 14 and St. Gregory's with 12.
OCU opens the season 2 p.m. Nov. 3 against Champion Baptist (Ark.) at Abe Lemons Arena. The first conference games of the season are Oct. 30.
 
Sooner Athletic Conference
2012 Preseason Men's Basketball Coaches Poll
Place School (First-place votes) Points
1. Oklahoma Baptist (7)             63
2. Rogers State (2)                    56
3. John Brown                           50
4. Lubbock Christian                  40
5. Oklahoma City                       39
6. Science & Arts Oklahoma      28
7. Wayland Baptist                    22
8. Mid-America Christian            14
9. St. Gregory's                         12

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