Conference Preseason Polls

[y_jack_lok]

SLIAC

1. Eureka
2. Blackburn
3. Webster
4. Greenville
5. Fontbonne
6. Westminster
7. Spalding
8. Principia

[Greek Tragedy]

Great work! For future reference, can posters post a link to the news release as well? Thank you.

[Greek Tragedy]

SLIAC

1. Eureka
2. Blackburn
3. Webster
4. Greenville
5. Fontbonne
6. Westminster
7. Spalding
8. Principia

I couldn't find it on the SLIAC page, but on the Eureka page.

http://www.eurekareddevils.com/sports/mbkb/2021-22/releases/20211026m0lof6

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CCC:

1.   Nichols   91 (5)
T-1.   Endicott   91 (4)
3.   Suffolk   65
4.   Salve Regina   64
5.   Gordon   55
6.   Western New England   53
7.   Wentworth   52
8.   Roger Williams   45 (1)
9.   University of New England   21
10.   Curry 13

https://cccathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2021-22/releases/2021MBBPoll

[NEPAFAN]

HCAC coaches

1.   Anderson (4)   81
1.   Hanover (1)   81
3.   Transylvania (2)   78
4.   Rose-Hulman (2)   75
5.   Franklin (1)   67
6.   Bluffton   46
7.   Manchester   41
8.   Mount St. Joseph   36
9.   Earlham   26
10.   Defiance   19

Nice work on the color coding! +1

[y_jack_lok]

SLIAC

1. Eureka
2. Blackburn
3. Webster
4. Greenville
5. Fontbonne
6. Westminster
7. Spalding
8. Principia

I couldn't find it on the SLIAC page, but on the Eureka page.

http://www.eurekareddevils.com/sports/mbkb/2021-22/releases/20211026m0lof6

Here's the link from the SLIAC site: https://spark.adobe.com/page/xNiGo0wGZiUe8/

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https://www.naccsports.org/sports/mbkb/2021-22/releases/202110260ym1ie

1. WLC (11)
2. SNC (5)
3. Con WI (7)
4. Benedictine (1)
5. Aurora
6. Rockford
7. Edgewood
8. Lakeland
9. MSOE
10. Con (Chicago)
11. Ill Tech (2)
12. Marian
13. Dominican

Illinois Tech was picked 11th and got 2 first place votes.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

https://www.naccsports.org/sports/mbkb/2021-22/releases/202110260ym1ie

1. WLC (11)
2. SNC (5)
3. Con WI (7)
4. Benedictine (1)
5. Aurora
6. Rockford
7. Edgewood
8. Lakeland
9. MSOE
10. Con (Chicago)
11. Ill Tech (2)
12. Marian
13. Dominican

Illinois Tech was picked 11th and got 2 first place votes.

The CCC had one of those, as well.  I usually assume it was a voter who thought their own team was the best and didn't want to vote for a rival at the top.  I never know which leagues allow you to vote for your own team.  Most don't. Or maybe IIT's recruiting class was excellent and only their own voters know about it?

[Gregory Sager]

Thing is, though, two voters picked the Scarlet Hawks to win the league, not just one.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Thing is, though, two voters picked the Scarlet Hawks to win the league, not just one.

Yeah, but it's double votes.  They're letting maybe SIDs or ADs vote in this one.  There's 26 votes for 13 schools.

[Gregory Sager]

That doesn't mean that they're both going to be company men when it comes to voting in a preseason poll. My experiences with coaches, ADs, and SIDs is that they tend to approach these kinds of matters with fairly different mindsets.

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https://umacathletics.com/news/2021/10/22/mens-basketball-2021-mbb-poll.aspx

1. Northwestern (7)
2. Bethany Lutheran (2)
3. North Central
4. UW-Superior
5. Minn-Morris
6. Crown
7. Martin Luther
8. Northland

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https://rollrivers.com/news/2021/10/8/american-rivers-conference-tabbed-american-rivers-mens-basketball-preseason-front-runner.aspx

1. Dubuque (8)
2. Buena Vista (1)
3. Coe
4. Loras
5. Nebraska Wesleyan
6. Simpson
7. Wartburg
8. Central
9. Luther

[BaboNation]

https://www.naccsports.org/sports/mbkb/2021-22/releases/202110260ym1ie

1. WLC (11)
2. SNC (5)
3. Con WI (7)
4. Benedictine (1)
5. Aurora
6. Rockford
7. Edgewood
8. Lakeland
9. MSOE
10. Con (Chicago)
11. Ill Tech (2)
12. Marian
13. Dominican

Illinois Tech was picked 11th and got 2 first place votes.

The CCC had one of those, as well.  I usually assume it was a voter who thought their own team was the best and didn't want to vote for a rival at the top.  I never know which leagues allow you to vote for your own team.  Most don't. Or maybe IIT's recruiting class was excellent and only their own voters know about it?

Maybe my logic is wrong, but I would think oftentimes the coach of a consensus #1 would prefer to pick another school so that his team doesn't get too cocky before they've even played a game (not speaking of the CCC here).

[Greek Tragedy]

I thought some conferences prevent you from voting for your own team.