EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series about the Mountain East Conference Basketball Preseason Poll, as voted upon by conference head coaches. Today features the men’s rankings. THURSDAY: Women’s poll.

WHEELING – Fairmont State grabbed the top in the Mountain East Conference men’s basketball preseason coaches’ poll which was announced Tuesday during Media Day inside the lobby of WesBanco Arena. West Liberty received the No. 2 spot.

The Falcons, who outlasted the Hilltoppers 122-144 in triple overtime in last year’s tournament finale and finished 27-5, received 10 first-place votes and 100 points, while the Hilltoppers had one first-place vote and 88 points.

Although it finished as the tournament runnerup, West Liberty captured its eighth consecutive MEC regular-season cha

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