UNLV has work to do if it’s going to contend for the Mountain West men’s basketball title this season, according to the preseason poll released Thursday at media day at Resorts World. The Rebels were picked fifth in the 11-team league.

To absolutely no one’s surprise, the UNLV women were chosen as the preseason favorites in the Mountain West poll, which was revealed at Wednesday’s conference media day in Las Vegas. UNLV went 30-3 last season and ran up a 17-1 mark in the Mountain West,

Well, this is awkward. San Diego State is picked to finish fourth in the Mountain West men’s basketball preseason media poll announced Thursday morning, the first time in Brian Dutcher’s eight seasons as head coach that the Aztecs haven’t been first or second — and only the second time in the last 17 years they’ve been outside the top three.