Central Oklahoma and Midwestern State are the favorites according to the Lone Star Conference men's basketball preseason polls announced Tuesday.

   Both teams won the divisional titles last season as the Bronchos claimed their second-straight North Division crown, while the Mustangs won the South Division and league championship titles.

   The LSC has 14 teams set to play this season and the league races should be as competitive as ever.  Action begins on November 15.

   Here's a closer look at what the voters said about LSC men's basketball in 2009-10:

NORTH DIVISION

   Central Oklahoma is favored in the Lone Star Conference North Division, according to the annual preseason polls.

   UCO returns seven lettermen from last year's 24-6 team that made a second consecutive NCAA South Central regional appearance.  The Bronchos are led by senior guard Eric Cazenave, who averaged 11.8 points and 3.7 rebounds a game last season.

   UCO earned 18 of 20 first-place votes to finish with 138 total points in the balloting of LSC coaches, sports information directors and various media representatives.

   Texas A&M-Commerce was second in the poll with two first-place nods and 113 points.  Cameron was third with 81 points to edge Southwestern Oklahoma in fourth with 80 and Northeastern State in fifth with 79.  Rounding out the poll was Southeastern Oklahoma sixth with 37 and East Central seventh with 32.

SOUTH DIVISION

   Midwestern State is the Lone Star Conference South Division preseason favorite after going 25-7 overall and 10-2 in league play in 2009, according to the LSC's annual men's basketball preseason polls.

   The Mustangs claimed their second league championship in the last three years and advanced the NCAA South Central Regionals for the fourth time in school history last season.

   MSU earned 13 first-place votes out of the 21 votes cast for 125 total points by LSC coaches, sports information directors and various media representatives.

   Angelo State was second in the poll with five first-place tallies for 111 points and Tarleton State was third with 104 including two first-place nods.  West Texas A&M was fourth with 92 points, Texas A&M-Kingsville fifth with 82 and one first-place vote, Abilene Christian sixth with 48 and Eastern New Mexico seventh with 26.