CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Coastal Carolina is picked to unseat defending champion Winthrop in the Big South and High Point junior guard Nick Barbour is the conference's preseason player of the year.
The Chanticleers received 10 of 24 first-place votes by the league's coaches and a media panel after winning the regular-season title last season. Tournament champ Winthrop was picked to finish second Tuesday, followed by UNC Asheville, Presbyterian, High Point, Liberty, Charleston Southern, VMI, Radford and Gardner-Webb.
Barbour averaged 18.9 points last season and shot a Big South-best 40.1 percent from 3-point range. He's joined on the all-conference team by Chad Gray of Coastal Carolina, Al'Lonzo Coleman of Presbyterian, Jamarco Warren of Charleston Southern and Austin Kenon of VMI.
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