{"id":156232,"date":"2018-10-24T07:58:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T12:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=156232"},"modified":"2018-10-24T08:47:29","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T13:47:29","slug":"preseason-womens-basketball-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=156232","title":{"rendered":"NAIA Division II Preseason Coaches\u2019 Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"

2018-19 \u00a0Women\u2019s Basketball – NAIA Division II Preseason Coaches\u2019 Poll<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Basketball Poll:<\/p>\n

(1st place votes in parenthesis)<\/p>\n

1.Concordia (Neb.) (10) 36-2 311 2<\/p>\n

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  1. Dakota Wesleyan (1) 32-6 395 7<\/li>\n
  2. Southeastern (Fla.) (1) 31-1 290 1<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    T4. Saint Xavier 32-63 277 4<\/p>\n

    T4. Marian 32-3 277 5<\/p>\n

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    1. College of the Ozarks (Mo.) 31-2 268 3<\/li>\n
    2. Eastern Oregon 31-3 243 6<\/li>\n
    3. Northwestern (Iowa) 25-9 240 11<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      T9. Indiana Tech 30-5 22 9<\/p>\n

      T9. St. Francis (Ill.) 22-10 220 19<\/p>\n

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

        T16. Valley City State<\/strong> 25-5 150 14<\/p>\n

        T16. University of Jamestown 31-5 150 8<\/p>\n

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

          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.<\/p>\n

           <\/p>\n

          Men\u2019s Basketball Poll\u2026<\/p>\n

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          Morningside totaled 100 points and is the preseason coaches\u2019 selection to win the 2018-2019 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men\u2019s Basketball Championship.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n

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

          Morningside won the regular and postseason championships last year in the GPAC. \u00a0In all, four teams (Morningside, Northwestern, Briar Cliff and Dakota Wesleyan) qualified for the NAIA Division II Men\u2019s Basketball National Championship Tournament in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, at the Pentagon.<\/p>\n

          Points were awarded on a 10-1 basis and coaches\u2019 could not vote for their own team.<\/p>\n

          Here is the complete 2018-19 GPAC Men\u2019s Basketball Preseason Coaches\u2019 Poll:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
          Place\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nSchool<\/strong><\/td>\nPoints\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nFirst Place Votes\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          1.<\/td>\nMorningside<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          2.<\/td>\nBriar Cliff<\/td>\n90<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          3.<\/td>\nDakota Wesleyan<\/td>\n83<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          4.<\/td>\nDoane<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          5.<\/td>\nDordt<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          6t.<\/td>\nNorthwestern<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          6t.<\/td>\nHastings<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          6t.<\/td>\nMidland<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          9.<\/td>\nJamestown<\/strong><\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          10.<\/td>\nConcordia<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          11.<\/td>\nMount Marty<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
          <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
          <\/div>\n

           <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          2018-19 \u00a0Women\u2019s Basketball – NAIA Division II Preseason Coaches\u2019 Poll Women\u2019s Basketball Poll: (1st place votes in parenthesis) 1.Concordia (Neb.) (10) 36-2 311 2 Dakota Wesleyan (1) 32-6 395 7 Southeastern (Fla.) (1) 31-1 290 1 T4. Saint Xavier 32-63 277 4 T4. Marian 32-3 277 5 College of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7811,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156232"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156243,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156232\/revisions\/156243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}