ARLINGTON, Texas – Seattle University men's basketball has been selected third in the 2024-25 Western Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches Poll while redshirt junior guard John Christofilis was named to the five-member Preseason All-WAC Team, the conference office released Tuesday.
The Redhawks are coming off a 2023-24 season that saw them finish 23-14 overall, including 11-9 in WAC play, and culminate with the College Basketball Invitational Championship. The 23-win season was the third consecutive year the Redhawks hit or surpassed the 20-win marker, the first such streak since 1957-59.
Seattle U's third place pick came with one first-place vote and 46 total points. Reigning WAC Tournament champion Grand Canyon earned eight first-place votes and 64 points to be named the preseason favorite. UT Arlington earned 49 points to edge the Redhawks for second place.
Christofilis returns for his second season with the Redhawks following a breakout year in 2023-24. The Seattle native averaged 12.7 points and 2.3 rebounds per game a season ago. He led Seattle U in scoring seven times and scored in double figures 17 total times.
After scoring 18 points to go with five rebounds and two steals in his Redhawk debut, Christofilis missed the next nine games due to a hand injury. In his fourth game back, he poured in a career-high 32 points on 13-of-22 FGs. Christofilis finished the season with 64 threes, hitting at a team-high 39.8% clip.
The 2024-25 season gets underway Wednesday, Nov. 6 as the Redhawks travel to face Eastern Washington in a 6 p.m. tip off at Reese Court in Cheney, Wash.
2024-25 WAC Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll
Rank, Team (1st-Place Votes, Points)
1. Grand Canyon (8), 64
2. UT Arlington, 49
3. Seattle U (1), 46
4. California Baptist, 45
5. Utah Valley, 38
6. Tarleton, 30
7. Abilene Christian, 29
8. Utah Tech, 12
9. Southern Utah, 11
2024-25 WAC Preseason Player of the Year
Tyson Grant-Foster, Sr., G, Grand Canyon
2024-25 Preseason All-WAC Team
Dominique Daniels Jr., Sr., G, California Baptist
Tyon Grant-Foster, Sr., G, Grand Canyon
Ray Harrison, Sr., G, Grand Canyon
John Christofilis, R-Jr., G, Seattle U
Freddy Hicks, Sr., G/F, Tarleton State
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