University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Keller Named To Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference Team
10/19/2026 12:46:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Louisiana picked to finish sixth in voting by league's 14 head coaches
NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana's Jamyron Keller picked up preseason Sun Belt Conference honors on Monday when he was named to the third team in voting by the league's 14 head coaches and announced by the conference office.
Louisiana, which opens the second year of the Quannas White era on November 2 in the Cajundome against Akron in the MAC-SBC Challenge, was picked to finish sixth overall.
Keller, a fourth-year player from St. Matthews, S.C., made two appearances on the season before being sidelined due to injury. The guard averaged 17.0 points on the season, opening with a 21-point performance at Ball State before scoring 13 in the home opener against Southeastern Louisiana.
Louisiana, which produced the top recruiting class in the Sun Belt by 247Sports.com, returns five players from the 2025-26 squad – Keller, Jeremiah Evans, Todd Jones Jr., De'Vion Lavergne and Logan Myers.
Newcomers to the Ragin' Cajuns include five Division I transfers – Mekhi Cooper, Trent Middleton Jr., Josiah Harris, Deion Ware and Dani Pounds – along with high school products Isaiah Wilks (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Tyshawn Duncan (Alexandria, La.), Derrick Florence III (Mobile, Ala.), Christian Bernard (Lafayette) and Mikhail Dulkay (Berezniki, Russia).
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2026 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Preseason Awards
Preseason Player of the Year:
Isaac Taveras, Southern Miss [4th Yr. | G | Santo Domingo, D.R.]
Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team
Adante' Holiman, Old Dominion [4th Yr. | G | McAlester, Okla.]
Peyton Law, South Alabama [5th Yr. | F | Calhoun, Ga.]
Jacob Meyer, Georgia State [4th Yr. | G | Covington, Ky.]
Noah Otshudi, Marshall [5th Yr. | G | Hamilton, Ontario, Can.]
Isaac Taveras, Southern Miss [4th Yr. | G | Santo Domingo, D.R.]
Preseason All-Sun Belt Second Team
Tameron Ferguson, Arkansas State [3rd Yr. | G | St. Cloud, Minn.]
Preston Fowler, James Madison [2nd Yr. | F | Vernon, Conn.]
Dallas Gardner, Georgia Southern [4th Yr. | G | Charlotte, N.C.]
Gage Lattimore, James Madison [3rd Yr. | G | Greensboro, N.C.]
Layne Taylor, Arkansas State [3rd Yr. | G | Farmington, Ark.]
Preseason All-Sun Belt Third Team
Jacoi Hutchinson, Troy [4th Yr. | G | Laurel, Md.]
Jamyron Keller, Louisiana [4th Yr. | G | St. Matthews, S.C.]
Jalen Langsy, South Alabama [3rd Yr. | G | Shakopee, Minn.]
Kyran Tilley, Louisiana Tech [3rd Yr. | G | Louisville, Ky.]
K.J. Windham, James Madison [3rd Yr. | G | Indianapolis, Ind.]
2026 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll
1. Arkansas State (3) – 182
2. James Madison (9) – 176
3. Troy – 143
4. South Alabama – 136
5. Marshall – 125
6. Louisiana – 117
7. Southern Miss (2) – 109
8. App State – 105
9. Georgia Southern – 85
10. Georgia State – 79
11. Old Dominion – 76
12. Louisiana Tech – 64
13. Coastal Carolina – 58
14. ULM – 15
