Temple picked 6th in AAC preseason coaches' poll

Fran Dunphy's Temple Owls were picked sixth in the American Athletic Conference's preseason coaches' poll, which was released Wednesday morning at the conference's media day in New York.

Connecticut barely edged out Southern Methodist as the favorite. Huskies guard Ryan Boatright was named preseason player of the year, and Temple guards Will Cummings and Quentin DeCosey were named to the all-conference second team.

Here are the full poll results and all of the preseason player honors.

1. Connecticut (6)
2. SMU (5)
3. Memphis
4. Cincinnati
5. Tulsa
6. Temple
7. Houston
8. South Florida
9. Central Florida
10. East Carolina
11. Tulane

Player of the Year: G Sr. Ryan Boatright, Connecticut
Rookie of the Year: G Fr. Daniel Hamilton, Connecticut

First Team (with a tie in the voting)

G Sr. Ryan Boatright, Connecticut
F Jr. Shaq Goodwin, Memphis
F So. Austin Nichols, Memphis
G Jr. Nic Moore, Southern Methodist
F Jr.. Markus Kennedy, Southern Methodist
G Jr. James Woodard Tulsa

Second Team

C So. Amida Brimah, UConn
G Jr. Anthony Collins, South Florida
F So. Chris Perry, South Florida
G Sr. Will Cummings. Temple
G Jr. Quenton DeCosey, Temple