Basketball: Cats picked 3d in North

Courtesy WCU Sports Information

The Catamounts, co-champs of the North last season, were ranked third by the league’s coaches in the SoCon preseason poll. Chattanooga, who shared the North Division title with WCU, was picked by the coaches as the preseason favorite this year   The Mocs return four starters from last year's squad, Appalachian State was voted second. UNCG was voted fourth, while Elon and Samford rounded out the North Division.