SPARTANBURG, S.C. —

(SoCon Athletics) The Chattanooga Mocs are the preseason favorites to win the 2025-26 men’s basketball title in polling of the league’s 10 head coaches, while VMI senior guard Rickey Bradley, Jr. is the coaches’ selection as the preseason player of the year.

The coaches, who also picked a 10-member preseason all-conference team, were not allowed to vote for their own teams or student-athletes as part of the balloting. Five different programs were represented on the preseason All-SoCon squad, with Chattanooga leading the way with three selections.

Chattanooga collected five first-place votes and 77 points in the preseason poll. Head coach Dan Earl, who was the 2025 Anton Foy Coach of the Year, led the Mocs to a 29-9 record last season en route to a SoCon regular seas

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