Coach Ray Harper talks to his players during practice on Monday, Oct. 5, 2015, at Diddle Arena. (Austin Anthony / photo@bgdailynews.com)

The Western Kentucky men’s basketball team was picked to finish sixth in the Conference USA Preseason Coaches Poll announced Wednesday by the league.

WKU had no players on the 10-member all-conference team.

Defending C-USA champion UAB was picked to repeat with 11 first-place votes, while second-place Old Dominion earned three top votes.

2015-16 Conference USA Preseason Coaches Poll (first-place votes in parenthesis)

1. UAB (11)

2. Old Dominion (3)

3. Middle Tennessee

4. UTEP

5. LA Tech

6. WKU

7. Rice

8. North Texas

9. Marshall

10. FIU

11. Charlotte

12. Florida Atlantic

13. UTSA

14. Southern Miss

2015-16 Preseason All-Conference USA Team

Adrian Diaz, FIU (Senior, F)

Alex Hamilton, LA Tech (Senior, G)

Erik McCree, LA Tech (Junior, F)

Ryan Taylor, Marshall (Junior, F)

Reggie Upshaw Jr., Middle Tennessee (Junior, F)

Trey Freeman, Old Dominion (Senior, G)

Marcus Jackson, Rice (Junior, G)

Robert Brown, UAB (Senior, G)

William Lee, UAB (Sophomore, F)

Earvin Morris, UTEP (Senior, G)