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RUSTON – Louisiana Tech’s Daniel Baccio has been named Conference USA Men’s Basketball Preseason Player of the Year, the league office announced Thursday.
Baccio, a 6-foot-11, 245-pound forward from Paris, France, had a standout season at Los Angeles Polytechnic Institute, earning CUSA Rookie of the Year, First Team All-CUSA, and CUSA All-Defensive Team honors.
He averaged 15.2 points as a redshirt junior and shot 59.0 percent from the field, the best in CUSA. He recorded six performances of 20 points or more, including a career-high 24 points in two games against Seattle U and Middle Tennessee.
Bacho also averaged a team-high and league-high 9.8 rebounds per game and had a CUSA-best 11 double-doubles. Defensively, he ranked in the top 10 in the country with 67 blocks and averaged 2.39 rejections per game.
LA Tech was voted No. 1 in the preseason poll, receiving 89 points (three first-place votes) from the league’s coaches. WKU and Sam Houston were just behind the Bulldogs in second and third place, respectively.
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MBB Preseason Player of the Year Award
Daniel Baccio, Louisiana Tech University
MBB Preseason All-Conference Team
Zach Cleveland, Liberty
Kayden Metheny, Liberty
Daniel Baccio, Louisiana Tech University
Jestyn Porter, Middle Tennessee
Camryn Weston, Middle Tennessee
Christian Cook, New Mexico
Lamar Wilkerson, Sam Houston
Otis Frazier III, UTEP
Tyrone Marshall Jr., WKU
Don McHenry, WKU
MBB preseason voting (1st place voting)
1. Louisiana Tech (3) – 87
2. WKU (2) – 85
3. Sam Houston (3) – 83
4. Middle Tennessee (1) – 69
T5. Liberty (1) – 62
T5. UTEP – 62
7. New Mexico – 39
8. Jacksonville State – 29
T9. FIU – 17
T9. Kennesaw State – 17
