A media panel tabbed Long Beach State as the favorite to win the 2009-10 Big West men's basketball championship and selected six players to the preseason all-conference team.

The Big West Conference held southern California Basketball Media Day at the ESPN Zone in Anaheim but added a twist to the preseason event - a Cooking Challenge involving the men's and women's head coaches from Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Northridge, Long Beach State, UC Irvine and UC Riverside.

The eighth annual BracketBusters event, a two-day men's college basketball extravaganza pitting potential NCAA Tournament hopefuls against each other Feb. 19-20, will feature 11 nationally televised games - on either ESPN2 or ESPNU - selected from a pool of 98 teams.

Cal State Fullerton and UCLA will initiate ESPN's second annual College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon , featuring 12 college basketball games over 24 consecutive hours of live programming to celebrate the start of the 2009-10 season.  The Titans and Bruins will assemble at center circle in UCLA's Pauley Pavilion on Monday, Nov. 16 at 9 p.m. PT (12...

Brush up on the nine Big West men's basketball teams and the upcoming 2009-10 season through the summer preview, which is now available online.