Obviously we will have an opinion on the first game of the college hoops season, which comes from South Dakota. Charleston is the defending CAA champion and picked to finish second this year while having two preseason all-conference picks in Ante Brzovic, the preseason CAA Player of the Year, and guard CJ Fulton, last season's NCAA assist-to-turnover ratio leader. Charleston also has as well-known new head coach in Chris Mack. SIU returns only three players from last season's 19-win team and breaks in a new coach in Scott Nagy. The Salukis were picked to finish seventh in the MVC.