(KJCCC) October 14, 2022 -- The preseason men's basketball coaches' poll has the Hutchinson Blue Dragons picked to win the D1 conference race for 2022-23.

Coaches ranked themselves and the other 12 teams in the division in the poll released today.

Butler was picked second, with perennial power Coffeyville picked a close third.

The season opens on Tuesday, Nov. 1.