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NAIA Division II Preseason Coaches’ Poll

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2018-19  Women’s Basketball – NAIA Division II Preseason Coaches’ Poll

Women’s Basketball Poll:

(1st place votes in parenthesis)

1.Concordia (Neb.) (10) 36-2 311 2

  1. Dakota Wesleyan (1) 32-6 395 7
  2. Southeastern (Fla.) (1) 31-1 290 1

T4. Saint Xavier 32-63 277 4

T4. Marian 32-3 277 5

  1. College of the Ozarks (Mo.) 31-2 268 3
  2. Eastern Oregon 31-3 243 6
  3. Northwestern (Iowa) 25-9 240 11

T9. Indiana Tech 30-5 22 9

T9. St. Francis (Ill.) 22-10 220 19

  1. Morningside (Iowa) 22-12 212 13
  2. Southern Oregon 28-5 203 10
  3. Hastings (Neb.) 26-7 195 12
  4. Saint Francis (Ind.) 17-14 183 NR
  5. Indiana Wesleyan 25-9 156 17

T16. Valley City State 25-5 150 14

T16. University of Jamestown 31-5 150 8

  1. Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 23-10 138 16
  2. Taylor (Ind.) 24-11 136 15
  3. Tabor (Kan.) 18-14 123 RV
  4. Lawrence Tech 25-7 121 21
  5. Cardinal Stritch 19-10 95 RV
  6. Bryan (Tenn.) 25-10 85 23
  7. Rio Grande (Ohio) 30-4 67 20
  8. Antelope Valley 22-7 58 24

Others receiving votes: Oregon Tech 55, Bethany (Kan.) 47, Reinhardt 28, Aquinas (Mich.) 28, Bellevue (Neb.) 18, Oklahoma Wesleyan 14, St. Thomas (Fla.) 12, IU East (Ind.) 7, U.C. Merced 6, Huntington (Ind.) 5, Northwest Christian (Ore.) 4, Rochester (Mich.) 4, Indiana Northwest 3.

 

Men’s Basketball Poll…

Morningside totaled 100 points and is the preseason coaches’ selection to win the 2018-2019 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men’s Basketball Championship.  The Mustangs tallied ten first place votes. Briar Cliff garnered the last first place vote and totaled 90 points and was picked second in the poll.

Dakota Wesleyan was picked third (83) followed by Doane with 69 and Dordt with 56 points to round out the top five.

Morningside won the regular and postseason championships last year in the GPAC.  In all, four teams (Morningside, Northwestern, Briar Cliff and Dakota Wesleyan) qualified for the NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship Tournament in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, at the Pentagon.

Points were awarded on a 10-1 basis and coaches’ could not vote for their own team.

Here is the complete 2018-19 GPAC Men’s Basketball Preseason Coaches’ Poll:

Place  School Points  First Place Votes 
1. Morningside 100 10
2. Briar Cliff 90 1
3. Dakota Wesleyan 83
4. Doane 69
5. Dordt 56
6t. Northwestern 46
6t. Hastings 46
6t. Midland 46
9. Jamestown 40
10. Concordia 17
11. Mount Marty 12