HOUGHTON — Fresh off an outright GLIAC regular season title, the Michigan Tech men’s basketball squad was voted to win the league, the GLIAC office announced Wednesday.

The Huskies were the unanimous preseason favorite, earning 10 first-place votes and 100 points. U.P. rival Northern Michigan earned Michigan Tech’s first-place vote and 85 total points for second in the league. Parkside (80 points), Grand Valley State (74 points) and Lake Superior State (59 points) rounded out the top-five teams.

“What it means is that there’s a bigger target on your back, there’s going to be a lot of pressure, and you’re going to get everybody’s best shot, which we knew one way or the other,” said Huskies coach Josh Buettner. “Preseason polls in today’s world mean less. I mean, they’ve never meant much,

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