DETROIT -- The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) released its annual Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll on Wednesday, October 21, with the Wayne State University men's hoops squad being tabbed to finish ninth.

The Warriors compiled a 13-14 record during the 2025-26 campaign and qualified for the GLIAC Tournament for the third straight season, something that hadn't happened since 2012-13.

Each of the 11 head coaches ranked the other 10 squads, with Grand Valley State earning five first-place votes and 89 points in a tie-for-first.  The other half of that deadlock, Lake Superior State was picked second, also securing 89 points (three first-place nods).  LSSU was followed by Michigan Tech with 83 points (two first-place votes) and Ferris State with 68 points (one first-place nod).  Then before Wayne State came Parkside (56 points), Northern Michigan (51 points), Purdue Northwest (49 points), and Saginaw Valley State (47 points).  Following the Green and Gold's 37 points in ninth to round out the poll were Davenport (26 points) and Roosevelt (10 points).

GLIAC PRESEASON POLL
T1. Grand Valley State - 89 (5)
T1. Lake Superior State - 89 (3)
3. Michigan Tech - 83 (2)
4. Ferris State - 68 (1)
5. Parkside - 56
6. Northern Michigan - 51
7. Purdue Northwest - 49
8. Saginaw Valley State - 47
9. Wayne State - 37
10. Davenport - 26
11. Roosevelt - 10

The league office will release its Preseason Teams and Preseason Player of the Year in exactly one week on Wednesday, October 28.

Wayne State will begin its regular season at home on Monday, November 9 with a 7 p.m. tipoff against Walsh inside the WSU Fieldhouse.