In a vote amongst league coaches, Transylvania University was picked to lead the pack in the 2019-20 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Men's Basketball race, receiving 95 points, and six first place nods.

The Pioneers bested reigning HCAC Champs, Hanover College (83 points), the polls second place finisher who also received one first place vote. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology came in third with 73 points, and also received one first place vote, narrowly edging out Franklin College, who scored 72 to take fourth. Bluffton University rounded out the top half of the poll with 66 points, also earning a first place nod.

Listed below is the 2019-20 HCAC Men's Basketball Preseason Poll and the 2019-20 HCAC Players to Watch.  For more information on HCAC Men's Basketball, visit the websites of any of the participating schools, or go to the HCAC's home on the Internet at www.heartlandconf.org.  Be sure to stay up to date on all of your Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference news by following @HCACDIII on Twitter and by liking the "HCAC DIII" Facebook page.