The Mountain West had their basketball media days on Wednesday and Thursday with the media releasing the preseason all-conference teams and TCU Horned Frogs guard Hank Thorns made the cut. For the 2010-11 season Thorns was named an all-Mountain West third team selection while averaging 10.3 points and seven assists per game.
TCU as a team was selected by the media to finish seventh place just ahead of the new comer Boise St. Broncos by one point and only four points behind the Wyoming Cowboys.
2011-12 PRESEASON MEDIA POLL
Rk.
School (First-Place Votes
Pts.
1.
New Mexico (22)
203
2.
UNLV (4)
183
3.
San Diego State
158
4.
Colorado State
119
5.
Air Force
78
6.
Wyoming
68
7.
TCU
64
8.
Boise State
63
| 2011-12 MOUNTAIN WEST PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM | |||
| Name | Class | Position | Institution |
| Oscar Bellfield | Sr. | G | UNLV |
| Drew Gordon | Sr. | F | New Mexico |
| Chance Stanback | Sr. | G/F | UNLV |
| Hank Thorns | Sr. | G | TCU |
| Kendall Williams | So. | G | New Mexico |
| Preseason Player of the Year | |||
| Drew Gordon, Sr., F, New Mexico | |||
| Preseason Newcomer of the Year | |||
| Xavier Thames, So., G, San Diego State | |||
| Preseason Freshman of the Year | |||
| Hugh Greenwood, G, New Mexico | |||
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