10/20/09 - Madison County
By: Reggie Walker
10:42 p.m.
The Union
Bulldogs men's basketball team lost its
leading and second leading scorers from
last season and are still picked to
finish first in the Transouth Conference
for the 2009-2010 season.
In the
Bulldogs first year under new head coach
David Niven, the conference's coaches
picked them three points ahead of second
place Freed-Hardeman University. The
Lions received 70 votes in the preseason
poll.
Niven's
Bulldogs lost sharp shooter Matt
Neaville and swing man Brian Lake to
graduation, but are returning third
leading scorer Greg Truvillion to a very
deep roster.
Out of all
the Transouth head coaches, Niven is the
only neophyte. He served as an
assistant to Ralph Turner at Union for
the last 12 years.
Bethel was
the other West Tennessee school to
garner votes. They finished eighth
with 24.