DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern men's basketball opens the 2018-19 season with its highest preseason ranking since joining the Great American Conference after being picked second in the league's preseason poll released on Thursday.

The Savage Storm picked up 92 points in the poll, trailing Southern Nazarene who was picked to win the league by 29 points. SNU picked up 11 of the league's 12 first-place votes.

SE finished six points up on Arkansas Tech in third place, while East Central was in fourth with 83 points with Southern Arkansas in fifth at 80 points.

Northwestern Oklahoma State picked up t...