Cook, Forbes, Cross Earn American Conference Preseason Honors

NEW ORLEANS – Tulane Men's Basketball were selected to finish fourth in the American Athletic Conference, while Jalen Cook, Jaylen Forbes and Kevin Cross earned preseason honors in voting done by the league's head coaches, the conference announced Wednesday, Oct. 12.

Houston was tabbed the favorite for the fourth consecutive year, receiving all 10 possible first-place votes and a total of 100 points. Memphis received one first-place vote and 87 total points to be picked second. Cincinnati is third with 82 points, followed by Tulane with 74.

Jalen Cook was selected as was one of three unanimous selections on the Preseason All-Conference First Team. After averaging 18.0 points per game, the highest for a freshman in the American, Cook looks to have a dominant sophomore season.

The Preseason All-Conference Second Team consists of the duo of forward Kevin Cross and guard Jaylen Forbes.

Cross was the only player in the AAC to rank in the league's top 10 in scoring (13.9), field goal percentage (52.0), rebounding (6.8) and assists (3.6) last season. Forbes played the most minutes of anyone in the conference last season, proving reliable for the young team.

American Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches Poll

1	Houston (10)	100
2	Memphis (1)	87
3	Cincinnati	82
4	Tulane	74
5	Temple	66
6	UCF	51
7	SMU	43
8	Wichita State	35
9	South Florida	33
10	Tulsa	21
11	East Carolina	13

First-place votes in parenthesis

Preseason Player of the Year
Marcus Sasser, Sr., G, Houston

Preseason Rookie of the Year
Jarace Walker, F, Houston*

Preseason All-Conference First Team
Marcus Sasser, Sr., G, Houston*
Kendric Davis, R-Sr., G, Memphis*
DeAndre Williams, R-Sr., F, Memphis
Damian Dunn, R-So., G, Temple
Jalen Cook, So., G, Tulane*

Preseason All-Conference Second Team
David DeJulius, Gr., G, Cincinnati
Jamal Shead, Jr., G, Houston
Khalif Battle, R-So., G, Temple
Kevin Cross, Jr., F, Tulane
Jaylen Forbes, Jr., G, Tulane

* denotes unanimous selection

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Cook, Forbes, Cross Earn American Conference Preseason Honors

Players Mentioned

Jalen Cook

Kevin Cross

Jaylen Forbes

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