Dayton Flyers are preseason favorite in A-10 poll

For the second straight season, the Dayon Flyers are the preseason favorites in the Atlantic 10 men’s basketball preseason poll.

Dayton received 16 of 28 first-place votes in the poll released Tuesday at A-10 Media Day at PPG Paints Arena. Rhode Island earned 12 first-place votes and was picked to finish second. Virginia Commonwealth, Davidson, St. Bonaventure, Richmond, La Salle, George Washington, St. Joseph’s, Massachusetts, Fordham, George Mason, Duquesne and Saint Louis followed.