ORLANDO, OCT. 27, 2015 – Orlando Antigua, Jaleel Cousins, Nehemias Morillo, Chris Perry and Roddy Peters took part in the 2015 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Media Day Tuesday in Orlando.
The five spent the morning on the floor of the Amway Center, home of the Orlando Magic and to this season's American Athletic Conference Championship, held March 10-13. Along with visiting with local and conference media members, the Bulls did interviews with ESPN, CBS Sports Network, the American Digital Network and the American Sports Network.
During Coach Antigua's on-air segment with ESPN's Tim Welsh, the second-year head coach spoke about the progress his program is making.
“We were able to establish a work capacity last year in how we wanted to play, how we wanted to work and how we want to approach the process each day,” said Antigua. “That made for a very good spring and summer and now we get to build off that foundation. Now we get to improve the skill set and the decision making and become better basketball players.”
Bulls Picked 10th in Preseason Poll
USF was predicted to finish 10th in the American Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll. The Bulls return seven from last season's team which finished 9-23 overall (2-15 The American). SMU was picked to repeat as conference champions with eight first-place votes ahead of No. 2 UConn with two first-place votes and No. 3 Cincinnati with one.
2015-16 Preseason Coaches' Poll
(First-place votes in parenthesis)
Team Points
1. SMU (8) 98
2. UConn (2) 87
3. Cincinnati (1) 84
4. Tulsa 76
5. Memphis 59
6. Temple 54
7. Houston 48
8. East Carolina 31
9. UCF 30
10. USF 20
11. Tulane 11
USF, The American and the American Sports Network
On Tuesday, the American Athletic Conference and American Sports Network (ASN) announced a multi-year partnership through a sublicense agreement with ESPN. As part of the agreement, ASN will televise 10 men's basketball games this season, including conference and non-conference matchups.
One of those 10 games includes USF's game with UAB on Dec. 19 at 7 p.m.
All ASN games will also be streamed live on ESPN3 through WatchESPN, which is what the game with UAB was already scheduled to appear on.
Basketball Tickets On Sale Now
There are still great seats available for season tickets and five-game flex plans. Fans can purchase those by logging on to USFBullsTix.com or by calling 1-800-Go-Bulls. USF hosts Eckerd in an exhibition on Monday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. and open the regular season Friday, Nov. 13 at 8:30 p.m. against Troy.
