BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Gulf South Conference has announced its men's basketball preseason poll alongside with Newcomers to Watch with a pair of Falcons named as student-athletes to watch.
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The Newcomers to Watch list featured a pair of new Falcons in
Xzayvion Childress and
Dominic Commisso. Childress, a senior guard from Calera, Ala., joins Montevallo after spending the last season at Mississippi Valley State where her averaged 8.23 points per game on a 40-percent field goal mark and a 29.7-percent clip from deep while adding 2.46 rebounds per game. Commisso, a junior forward out of Roscoe, Ill., spent last season at Saint Leo after playing a season at The Citadel. Commisso has posted an average of 5.77 points per game on a 56.2-percent shooting mark while adding 2.86 rebounds per game in his collegiate career.
The 2026-27 Preseason Poll saw Montevallo voted T-10
th in the conference alongside Christian Brothers for the final spot on the poll.
Coaches Preseason Poll
1. West Alabama (9), 99 points
2. UAH (2), 92 points
3. Trevecca Nazarene, 73 points
4. Valdosta State, 70 points
5. Lee, 69 points
6. AUM, 61 points
7t. Delta State, 37 points
7t. Mississippi Christian, 37 points
9. Union, 33 points
10t. Christian Brothers, 17 points
10t. Montevallo, 17 points
First-place votes in parentheses
