San Diego State men’s and women’s basketball picked up more accolades Monday. Both teams were picked as the favorites to win the Mountain West conference by the Mountain West Conference. San Diego State men’s athlete Jamaal Franklin was picked to defend his title of Mountain West Conference most valuable player as selected by the league. San Diego State Men’s team took 10 of the 18 first place votes. The actual scoring is listed below in the article listing the predictions by the Mountain West Conference.

Defending Mountain West co-regular-season champion San Diego State edged UNLV as the preseason favorite to win the MW men’s basketball regular-season title in 2012-13. The Aztecs received 10 of 18 first-place votes and 153 points to garner the top spot in the poll. The Runnin’ Rebels claimed the remaining eight first-place votes and 151 points for second place. New Mexico garnered 122 points to finish third, followed by Colorado State, who collected 106 points for fourth place. Mountain West newcomer Nevada earned 89 points to finish fifth, followed by Wyoming (70 points) in sixth, MW newcomer Fresno State (49 points) in seventh, Boise State (43 points) in eighth and Air Force (27 points) in ninth to round out the poll. (MWC.com)

With the hype surrounding this San Diego State team more than ever before we have decided to attempt to piece together the SDSU men’s depth chart. This depth chart was hard to come by. When we take a look at who could be playing center for this team we come up with two options DeShawn Stephens and Skylar Spencer. That is until the only true center on the San Diego State team will be able to play and that is James Johnson.

– Guard: Xavier Thames, JJ O’Brien, LB3, 
– Guard: Chase Tapley, James Rahon, 
– Forward: Jamaal Franklin, Dwayne Polee II, 
– Forward: Winston Shepard,  Matt Shrigley, 
– Center: DeShawn Stephens, James Johnson, Skylar Spencer,

2012-13 Preseason All-Mountain West Team

Jamaal Franklin (San Diego State, Jr., G)

Chase Tapley (San Diego State, Sr., G)

Deonte Burton (Nevada, Jr., G)

Kendall Williams (New Mexico, Jr., G)

Mike Moser (UNLV, Jr., F)

2012-13 Mountain West Preseason Player of the Year

Jamaal Franklin, San Diego State, Jr., G

2012-13 Mountain West Preseason Freshman of the Year

Anthony Bennett, UNLV, Fr., F

2012-13 Mountain West Co-Newcomer of the Year

Dwayne Polee II, San Diego State, So., F

Bryce Dejean-Jones, UNLV, So., G

Current USA Today Coaches Poll

RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Indiana (21)	0-0	761
2	Louisville (5)	0-0	738
3	Kentucky (5)	0-0	718
4	Ohio State	0-0	617
5	Michigan	0-0	605
6	North Carolina State	0-0	581
7	Kansas	0-0	563
8	Duke	0-0	516
9	Syracuse	0-0	502
10	Florida	0-0	422
11	Arizona	0-0	411
12	North Carolina	0-0	401
13	UCLA	0-0	396
14	Michigan State	0-0	391
15	Creighton	0-0	325
16	Memphis	0-0	307
17	Missouri	0-0	289
18	Baylor	0-0	266
19	UNLV	0-0	203
20	San Diego State	0-0	196
21	Wisconsin	0-0	191
22	Gonzaga	0-0	166
23	Notre Dame	0-0	122
24	Florida State	0-0	61
24	Texas	0-0	61