Conference Preseason Polls

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Baldini

2019-20 MIAC Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll

1.) Saint John's (6) 96

2.) St. Thomas (5) 93

3.) Augsburg 84

4.) Bethel 71

5.) St. Olaf 63

6.) Gustavus 57

7.) Saint Mary's 44

8.) Concordia 33

9.) Hamline 31

10.) Carleton 19

11.) Macalester 14

RosemontHoops

Quote from: Pat Coleman on November 03, 2019, 10:10:25 PM
Quote from: hopefan on November 02, 2019, 11:00:25 PM
CSAC
https://csacsports.com/news/2019/11/1/mens-basketball-cairn-the-top-pick-in-csac-mbb-preseason-coaches-poll.aspx

2019-2020 Colonial States Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll
1) Cairn University – 61 points (6 first-place votes)
2) Centenary University – 48 points (2 first-place votes)
3) Wilson College – 42 points
4) Rosemont College – 41 points
5) The College of Saint Elizabeth – 35 points
6) Keystone College – 33 points
7) Bryn Athyn College – 15 points
8) Clarks Summit University – 13 points

Wow, that's a brutal league.

I read these boards on a weekly basis. I have always appreciated the love and the passion that the posters on here have displayed for all schools, big and small, and have marveled at how, (mostly) people that support D3 basketball do so in a manner befitting of the ideals of the sport. I also know that coaches don't often post outside of needing games, and, well, I am going to break that trend tonight. While looking through the lists of preseason conference rankings I noticed a small shot at the conference I coach in, the CSAC. I expected to look at the person who took this cheap shot and see a handful of names that I would recognize that fall into the "troll" category around these parts. Instead, I see Pat Coleman's handle, and, frankly, my jaw dropped.

"Let's discuss (sports) in a positive way, sometimes kidding each other with no disrespect." I guess I feel disrespected.

I have admired Pat for that quote for the decade plus that I have visited your website, and taking some time to look through a couple of pages of your recent pots, he has lived up to this ideal. Why then take a shot at the CSAC? Honestly, it's inexcusable. I am going into my 8th year at Rosemont, and while their might not be any Aaron Walton-Moss' in the conference, guy like Malachi Hall, Chris LaBelle and Rahaan Bean are fine examples of what makes D3 hoops great. As coaches, we are all looking to teach the same lessons as guys in the ODAC, UAA or NESCAC, and create in the words of my old boss "a laboratory for life". You qualified your statements a few posts later, presumably to lessen the blow. Please let my statement here be crystal clear- I lost some respect for you tonight, Pat. The student-athletes of the CSAC deserve better from you.

Best of luck to everyone here. Thank you for providing me with a distraction as I sit around figuring out ways to win in this "brutal league". I guess it should be easy.

Bob Hughes

augie77

Well said.  I now have a rooting interest in the CSAC.

Caz Bombers

Coach Hughes's post got me to do a little research and it seems like the Rosemont 100, at Cairn 97 CSAC championship game last year was one of the best games of the season with so much at stake. 13 ties, 19 lead changes, a road W for the chip.

Props to Bob for fouling up 3 with six seconds left and not letting Cairn shoot a three!!

Gregory Sager

"To see what is in front of one's nose is a constant struggle." -- George Orwell

Fifth and Putnam

OAC: https://oac.prestosports.com/sports/mbkb/2019-20/releases/Basketball_2019.pdf

1. Mount Union 79 (7)
2. Marietta 67 (1)
3. John Carroll 64 (2)
4. Wilmington 56
5. Baldwin Wallace 52
6. Capital 37
7. Muskingum 31
8. Heidelberg 30
9. Ohio Northern 20
10. Otterbein 14

hopefan

Quote from: Fifth and Putnam on November 05, 2019, 09:32:09 AM
OAC: https://oac.prestosports.com/sports/mbkb/2019-20/releases/Basketball_2019.pdf

1. Mount Union 79 (7)
2. Marietta 67 (1)
3. John Carroll 64 (2)
4. Wilmington 56
5. Baldwin Wallace 52
6. Capital 37
7. Muskingum 31
8. Heidelberg 30
9. Ohio Northern 20
10. Otterbein 14

;D ;D This one must have come in early this morning!!.. It wasn't on the OAC site late last night!!  Thanks F&P...
The only thing not to be liked in Florida is no D3 hoops!!!

hopefan

GNAC..

https://www.thegnac.com/sports/mbkb/2019-20/releases/20191105f5c424

2019 GNAC Men's Preseason Poll
1. Albertus Magnus (8) – 139
2. Saint Joseph CT (3) – 129
3. Johnson & Wales – 117
4. Suffolk (1) – 111
5. Emmanuel – 96
6. Saint Joseph's Maine – 82
7. Colby-Sawyer – 76
8. Lasell – 61
9. Regis – 52
10. Anna Maria - 31
11. Norwich – 26
12. Rivier - 16
The only thing not to be liked in Florida is no D3 hoops!!!

hopefan

NEWMAC..

https://www.newmacsports.com/sports/mbkb/2019-20/releases/2019110594h8zg

2019-20 NEWMAC Men's Basketball Preseason Poll

Rank (First Place Votes)

1.   WPI (4)

2.   Emerson (4)

3.   Babson

4.   Springfield

5.   MIT

6.   Coast Guard

7.   Clark

8.   Wheaton
The only thing not to be liked in Florida is no D3 hoops!!!

nescac1

Wow, I'm surprised that NEWMAC ranked Emerson above Babson (all but one guy back, add a high-profile D1 transfer) and Springfield (which has maybe the best player in the country and probably the two best players in the conference, and suffered some tough injury luck last year after making the Final Four the preceding season).  Even more surprised Emerson got four first place votes!  Yes, Emerson had a great run in last year's NEWMAC playoffs, but they were mediocre the entire season leading up to that, flamed out badly in round one of the NCAAs, and graduated a big-time player in Geoffrey Gray (led Emerson in points, assists, rebounds, steals) from a team that was very top-heavy in its talent. 

Fifth and Putnam

AMCC: https://www.amccsports.org/sports/mbkb/2019-20/files/2019-20_MBB_Pre-Season_Poll.pdf

1. La Roche University
2. Mount Aloysius College
3. Penn State Behrend
4. Franciscan University
5. Medaille College
6. Hilbert College
7. Pitt-Greensburg
8. Penn State Altoona
9. D'Youville College
10. Alfred State College
11. Pitt-Bradford

Baldini

https://njacsports.com/news/2019/11/4/njcu-selected-2019-20-njac-mens-basketball-preseason-favorite.aspx

2019-20 Preseason Poll (First place votes in parentheses)

NJCU (8)
TCNJ
Montclair State (1)
Ramapo (1)
Rowan
William Paterson
Stockton
Rutgers-Newark
Kean (dark horse)
Rutgers-Camden

ronk


2019-20 Landmark Men's Basketball Preseason Poll
Rank   Institution (First Place)   Points
1.   Scranton (7)   70
2.   Susquehanna (1)   53
3.   Drew   52
4.    Moravian   36
5.   Catholic   26
t6.   Elizabethtown   18
t6.   Juniata   18
8.   Goucher   7

hopefan

SCAC

https://www.scacsports.com/sports/mbkb/2019-20/releases/PreseasonPoll

2019-20 SCAC Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses, followed by total points)
1.   Southwestern University (6)   76
2.   Centenary College    62
3.   University of Dallas (1)   57
4.   University of St. Thomas (2)   49
5.   Schreiner University   44
6.   Colorado College (1)   43
7.   Texas Lutheran University   38
8.   Trinity University   37
9.   Austin College   27
9.   Johnson & Wales University (Denver)   17
The only thing not to be liked in Florida is no D3 hoops!!!

hopefan

Skyline

https://skylineconference.org/news/2019/11/6/mens-basketball-2019-20-skylinembb-preseason-coaches-poll-results-announced.aspx

2019-20 Skyline Conference Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll

North Division

1. Purchase (9 first-place votes), 63 pts.
2. Sarah Lawrence (2), 53
3. Manhattanville (1), 48
4. Mount Saint Mary, 40
5. USMMA, 27
6. Maritime, 15

South Division

1. Yeshiva (11), 66
2. Farmingdale State (1), 54
3. Old Westbury, 46
4. St. Joseph's-Brooklyn, 36
5. Mount Saint Vincent, 27
6. St. Joseph's-Long Island, 17
The only thing not to be liked in Florida is no D3 hoops!!!